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Why Join?
That's easy! We could give you the long-winded answer or simply say: Members are provided with connections necessary to achieve success in the life science industry.
For those of you who crave a longer explanation, we offer this:
The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative's Connect2 program takes synergy within the local life sciences arena and builds structure around it, by connecting people and resources.
Why the Success?
Connections! Connections! Connections! Through the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative several organizations such as: Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University, The Right Place, Inc., and the City of Grand Rapids have built an important life science cluster within West Michigan.
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2B Studio is a full service product development company, providing complete design and engineering services. We work in all phases of the development process - from ideation to prototype, through engineering and launch - providing a single point of contact for the client during product development. Our systematic development process, developed over thirteen years, ensures that the products we design and deliver will function as intended.
When a product is conceived to help customers, designed to be intuitive, and engineered to be manufactured effectively - that's good design. Good design is good business. We deliver these results to help our clients successfully launch new products and grow their business.
Contact: Bruce Sienkowski
Telephone:
616.676.1500
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Action Fabricators custom converts a wide array of adhesive backed foams, plastics, tapes and other materials, making them useful for a variety of industrial, medical and manufacturing applications.
We specialize in developing innovative, value-added solutions that exactly fit our clients' unique needs. With a powerful blend of expertise in conversion; experience in the automotive, appliance, furniture and health care industries; and two decades of increasingly collaborative vendor relationships, Action Fabricators can take you from prototype to production quickly and cost effectively.
If you are faced with dampening a "buzz, squeak or rattle", providing shielding, ensuring bonding, improving sealing or any other situation where adhesive backed materials might be employed, we've done it or something similar already. That means we can turn the solution to your problem around faster and better than you'd expect.
Benefit from our product knowledge, application expertise, customer service and commitment to getting your job done right the first time.
Contact: Jeff Greene
Telephone:
(616)957-2032 x3101
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Airway Oxygen Inc. a privately owned, community based, home medical equipment supplier has been the leader in providing excellence in quality and personalized service to the members of the community for over 36 years.
Airway Oxygen has a respiratory Pharmacy, a full service Rehab department, Full line oxygen capabilities including home ventilators, its own Oxygen fill plan and truck mounted liquid vessels. Airway Oxygen has been accredited since 1989, first in Western Michigan and third in the state. One of the finalists for the 2003 HME Excellence awards in Atlanta. Airway Oxygen has 12 full service locations serving 45 counties in Michigan with Respiratory Therapists on staff at all locations. Two showrooms in Grand Rapids and Wyoming has the only hi-tech rehab facility in West Michigan, evaluation rooms for stockings and rehab equipment and it's own in-house Therapist with teach rooms and video capacities for Oxygen and CPAP set ups. Our customer base includes all area hospitals, doctors, nurses, home health agencies and consumers.
Contact: Steve Nyhuis
Telephone:
(616)437-3807
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GenMed Corporation and ALLMARC are located in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and have been serving you since 1990. GenMed Corporation's market focus and customer base is in contract medical products and contract furniture products manufacturing and custom tube bending. GenMed also offers a line of Bariatric Tubular Seating. ALLMARC is a full engineering service company with full design/development, and 3D CAD support.
Both Companies are quality first suppliers focused with three CNC Tube Benders (1.6mm to 165mm), CNC Machining and Metal Forming, advanced CNC Waterjet Cutting System, fabrication, certified welding, finishing, value analysis, and much more.
Contact: Jim Jongekryg; Mark Harmsen
Telephone:
616.245.9700
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Target customers for Alternative Medical Supplies include managed care groups, hospital buying groups, physician groups, independent physicians, medical supply houses and universities.
Their mission is to develop and market new technologies available in the medical supply industry here in West Michigan. Every technology or product we carry will be improved upon, and thus be a better alternative for health care organizations.
Contact: Richard Ortega
Telephone:
(616) 452-6554
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Arivium is a technology consulting firm focused on making technology work to improve our clients' business. We have business experience in a variety of industries and functions that complements our extensive training in delivering technology solutions. Over the past five years, we have established deep expertise in the life sciences and pharmaceutical markets, in addition to our traditional base in the manufacturing and services sectors.
At Arivium, we were taught how to implement new technologies. Along the way, we learned what that really means to the business. Our clients are big and small, some with simple needs and others with extremely complicated requirements. We've also learned how external factors can put more pressure on the business and people within it. We work with our clients to find appropriate technology solutions and put them to use. Our objective is for our clients to reach their goals. We enable the business vision and help the strategic goals of the business to be launched into operation.
Contact: Darren Brown
Telephone:
(616)292-5018
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It started in 1905, when University of Michigan civil engineering professor Harry Atwell began a land surveying company from his Ann Arbor home. Civil engineer and surveyor Herbert Hicks joined him in 1949, bought the firm a year later and incorporated it as Atwell-Hicks. It flourished - and occasionally floundered - with the local economy for another 30 years. Along the way, we added services and changed ownership several times. Then the construction industry ground to a halt in the early-80s. We survived. Barely. We vowed: never again.
So we focused on the things we could control. Exceed expectations. Deliver technical excellence. Hire the best people. Add value every step of the way.
We've been breaking new ground ever since, transforming development visions into realities for clients from the nation's largest retailer to the private landowner who shops there. We approach your project as investment advisors, combining innovation and experience to maximize the value of your real estate. Our commitment: to create more value on the income side of your accounting ledger than you'll ever spend on the expense side.
Contact: Mike DeVries
Telephone:
(616)361-0547
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AZKOUL, INC. is a privately owned, Grand Rapids based company, that has been providing communication services for Western Michigan and beyond since 1986.
We provide complete design and production service for your business, and will help you determine the correct message in the medium best suited to deliver it.
We are a full service film, video, multimedia production company.
We create innovative, engaging videos, interactive DVD’s and custom web animations that enable companies to enhance their marketing presence.
Our innovative and engaging films and interactive CD-DVD’s enable your company to enhance your market presence via traditional or electronic networks.
Contact: Anne Azkoul
Telephone:
(616) 774-0738
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Our process provides a method and the internet based tools necessary to enhance the quality of life for the person who provides non-medical care (caregiver) and/or assistance and their charge(s) that we refer to as the care receiver. The focus of our method is to provide the caregiver the ability to remotely assist and monitor those care receivers, with diminished cognitive abilities, through their daily funtions, rountines, and/or schedules.
Our products and methods provide the caregiver the ability to remotely author, schedule, control, administer, assemble, manage, monitor, change, and edit a specific care receiver's individual calender and schedule for the purpose of increasing the likelihood that the care receiver could remain independent and at home for a longer period of time.
Contact: Jonathan Conklin
Telephone:
(269) 694-6846
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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, based in Chicago, is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States. With offices located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and five other locations across the U.S., Brinks is at the cutting edge of intellectual property law. With approximately 170 attorneys, supported by a full complement of scientific advisors, patent agents and paralegals, the firm specializes
in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, intellectual asset management and licensing. Brinks is experienced in fields as diverse as electrical, chemical, mechanical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, Internet and computer technology, as well as in trademarks and brand names for a wide variety of products and
services. The firm is repeatedly ranked by Chambers & Partners as the #1 IP firm in Chicago and the Midwest, ranked among the top 15 in the U.S. for patents (utility and design) and patent reexamination and the top 25 in patent litigation in the U.S. by The Legal 500 - U.S., and
among the top 10 in the Midwest and top 25 in the U.S. for patent
litigation by Managing Intellectual Property magazine.
Contact: Katie Goedertier
Telephone:
(734) 302-6005
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At Broadview Product Development Corporation our goal is to help you introduce innovative, cost effective, quality products. We can help with any piece of the product development chain from initial concept, engineering, prototyping, to testing and sourcing and well into production.
Our team approach to projects ensures you get the best product, at an affordable price, in the least amount of time.
Do you have a new product you want to get underway, but your Engineering Team is already fully committed?
If the long term outlook does not merit adding to your staff, Broadview Product Development has the answer. Low overhead reinforcement to your existing team. On call, and ready when you need us.
Maybe you have an existing product that is giving you field problems?
Our highly trained staff of engineers will determine what design, material or assembly modifications are needed to fix the problem and or improve your efficiency.
Contact: Jack Nyenhuis
Telephone:
(616)772-4560 x202
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At Bullseye Group, LLC, we combine our strong local presence with a worldwide selection of promotional products to give you the best in customized marketing solutions.
We personally show you how to use custom-imprinted products to effectively promote your company at trade shows and events, set up successful incentive and recognition programs, and create a dynamic impression for your organization in a wide array of other activities.
Contact: Brian Elliott
Telephone:
(616)774-2323 x 17
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C3 Network is a Grand Rapids, MI based company specializing in the launch of new products and the start up support of new companies. C3 provides a combination of product positioning, brand development and cash management for a wide range of clients. The key focus of C3 Network is converting great ideas into sustainable businesses.
Need help in selling? Want to form a solid financial strategy? Have a great idea but no visibility? Call C3 Network at 616-459-9500 or contact us at www.c3network.biz. That's .biz, as in biz-ness.
Contact: Derek Kaufman
Telephone:
(616)459-9500 x 101
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Founded as a workshop for precision mechanics and optics in the German city of Jena in 1846, Carl Zeiss is today a global leader in the optical and opto-electronic industries. There are currently 12,257 employees in the Group. We have offices in over 30 countries and are represented in more than 100 countries, with production centers in Europe, North America, Central America and Asia. The company’s headquarters are located in Oberkochen, Germany, in northeastern Baden-Wurttemberg.
Our most important task, as we see it, is to enable science and technology to go beyond what man can see. “We make it visible.”
– our corporate slogan, and our promise to our customers to open doors that were previously sealed.
We are market leaders in the majority of our fields. We offer an extraordinary spectrum of leading-edge solutions and products.
Contact: John Lapsley
Telephone:
(734)429-7391
Email:
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Local Real Estate, Worldwide.
CB Richard Ellis is the global leader in commercial real estate and has developed an unparalleled commitment to customer service by delivering the people, performance and platform best suited to the unique needs of each client. With more than 356 offices in 58 countries around the globe, CBRE is uniquely positioned with the information needed to anticipate market opportunities, seize competitive advantages and execute the best possible real estate strategies.
CBRE's Life Sciences real estate specialists are located in all the major and secondary Life Sciences markets throughout the world. Group members are real estate professionals with experience servicing companies in all kinds of industries, but have chosen to specialize in the unique needs of biotechnology, life sciences and pharmaceutical firms. We pay attention to current emerging technologies, regulatory policies, global business practices and other market forces. By combining our specialized knowledge and experience, we are able to anticipate how these business and economic drivers may affect your business - and have a proven track record of success with real estate solutions that support your business objective.
Contact: Drew Miller
Telephone:
(616)831-2200
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Founded in 2001 and based in West Michigan, CBS Solutions is an action oriented software development and implementation company.
What can we do for you:
Build or find the right software for your company. Help you better utilize your existing software. Manage projects and applications. Help your company, identify and correct business process issues. Recruit IT management and personnel.
We have developed systems and improved processes for a number of companies in the West Michigan; a short list of clients includes - Quixtar, Novartis, Pfizer, Smiths, Stryker, Alcoa, Herman Miller, Perrigo, United Way, HOPE Network and Gordon Food Service.
Contact: Mike TenHarmsel
Telephone:
(616)291-4321
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Chemtech International
Chemtech was founded to help local companies who are seeking procurement of goods and
services from China, but have not established their own office there yet. We are specialized in
the following areas:
Custom chemicals
Specialty Chemicals
Polymer additives such as UV stabilizers and antioxidants
Various adhesive package containers
Cleanroom Supplies
Industrial safety products
Industrial Disposable Products
Technical Consulting
China related business consulting
For products or components to be outsourced to China, please contact us
Contact: Joe Zhao
Telephone:
(616) 633-0264
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Contact: Kate Conley
Telephone:
(616)855-8306
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Clark Hill PLC is a full service law firm serving clients in the
business, government, and nonprofit sectors, in addition to our representation of individuals. Our experienced attorneys and leading-edge technologies consistently deliver client-centered solutions. Clark Hill clients expect the best, and we deliver by responding quickly to their needs, understanding their business issues, and providing outstanding legal advice. Since 1890, our attorneys have proudly represented a diverse range of clients ranging from individuals and new entities to Fortune 500 corporations.
These are just a few of the reasons why our firm is repeatedly chosen and recommended by our clients. In order to better serve our clients and our community, our firm lives by our four guiding principles - our "DNA". These four principles embody our overall philosophy:
Count on More
Embracing new ideas,technologies, and cutting-edge business solutions, we provide relevant legal counsel with industry perspective.
You're #1
Working with passion, commitment, and enthusiasm, we approach our practice with a service attitude and structure our relationship to meet the unique needs of our clients.
Don't Call Me Mr./Mrs.
Encouraging an open-door mentality toward new prople and fresh ideas, our humble, highly educated professionals emulate Midwestern values with an innovative edge.
Sometimes It's Just Black & White
Conducting oursleves with the highest level of integrity and ethics, we deliver a high-quality product on time and on budget.
Contact: Donald Lee
Telephone:
(313)965-8319
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Since 1971, CORT has been helping companies and individuals manage change.
From what started as the merger of 4 small regional furniture rental companies, CORT has grown into a market leading organization providing a constantly expanding range of services.
If your business is just starting out or rapidly growing, if your employees are relocating to another part of the world or just moving to another part of town, CORT can offer solutions to make those transitions seamless and worry-free. From furniture rental to apartment locating, from space planning to total relocation solutions.
As an organization, CORT's greatest assets are the more than 2,500 employees who help to comprise our company. Their understanding of the difficulties and the stresses involved with major changes, whether they be business-related or personal, are what allow them to so effectively service their clients and make them the industry leaders. Their commitment to making these transitions painless is the reason for our company's motto, "Wherever you're heading, we'll be there."
This commitment to customer care is inherent in the culture of our organization. Most of our upper management has been with CORT almost since its beginnings. Doing whatever is necessary to satisfy our clients is just our way of doing business.
In 2000, CORT became a part of Berkshire Hathaway, another company known for their corporate ethics and for being around for the long term. You can be assured that CORT will be here to service our customers' needs for decades to come.
During the past 35+ years, CORT has helped countless companies and individuals. We've worked with over 80% of the Fortune 500 and helped service customers in over 30 countries around the world. And as we continue to grow and expand, we'll help even more companies in more ways.
Contact: Kristen Valentine
Telephone:
616.901.8544
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In the communications business, Cynthia Kay and Company is a rarity. The company produces high-quality communications that are used on the national and international scene and uses its experience to “think with and for” clients. The Company serves an active client base of over 130 businesses and organizations. Cynthia also works with companies from the Fortune 100 to small business to coach, train and develop communication skills.
Cynthia and the company have been honored to receive many awards.
2006 and 2008- One of West Michigan’s 50 Most Influential Women
2007 and 2008- Telly Awards for Outstanding Media Production
2006 and 2007 – One of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies in West Michigan
2005- Top-Female Owned Business (GRBJ)
2005 - GR Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year.
Contact: Cynthia Kay
Telephone:
(616)776-0354
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In 1951, Dan Vos learned building relationships and quality projects was his true calling. For nearly 60 years, we have been building more than great facilities, we build lasting relationships. Our nearly 95% repeat business rate is proof of the long-term relationships we’ve built with some of the areas biggest names in business; Perrigo, Wolverine World Wide, Request Foods, Amway, Haworth, and the list goes on.
Our expertise ranges from design to construction to steel erection to facilities management, with a unique advantage in the Design/Build delivery method.
With both design and construction under the same roof, there is a single point of responsibility for quality, cost and schedule adherence. Our team is motivated to deliver a successful project to our clients - from architectural design, 3D computer modeling, LEEDTM accredited professionals, to accurate estimating, and high quality construction. All of this and more is delivered with an unbeatable level of client satisfaction.
Contact: Bill Van Skiver
Telephone:
(616)676-9169
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In just over a decade, a tiny space (ok, it was our founder's basement) has grown to a 10,000 sq. ft state-of-the-art facility engineered from the ground up to help provide rock solid dependable products and services day after day. Likewise, simple video copying services have
evolved into CD/DVD authoring, video editing and encoding, duplication and conversion, and packaging and distribution.
Contact: Drew Veach
Telephone:
(616)975-9911
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Dykema, with over 450 attorneys and professionals, is a leading national law firm with a Midwest heritage that has been serving clients for more than a century. The firm is consistently recognized as one of the top 150 law firms in the United States. Dykema has become a strategic partner and the firm of choice for many Fortune 1000, middle market and startup companies that are increasingly attracted to the firm’s sophisticated practices, practical solutions, quality lawyers and commitment to providing value. What sets Dykema apart from other firms in the market is its unique value equation which includes a commitment to dedicated client service teams, flexible billing for financial predictability and accountability, lower cost structure, and advanced technology and communications strategies.
Contact: Brian Page
Telephone:
(616)776-7509
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Eimo Technologies Inc. is one of southwest Michigan’s premier plastic injection molding companies servicing the medical industry.
We offer rapid tooling and molding for prototype and R&D projects as well as high volume production molding and assembly. Our ability to rapidly produce injection molded samples in as little as a few weeks is a key benefit we offer our customers.
Eimo’s class 100,000 clean room is equipped to mold, assemble and package medical devices. We also offer multi-shot molding, tooling, In Mold labeling, Insert Molding and In Mold Decoration.
Please contact Robert Stewart for more information.
Contact: Robert Stewart
Telephone:
(269)217-3713
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With headquarters in New York and over 200 employees, we are the largest subsidiary of Eppendorf AG (Hamburg, Germany)—world-reknown manufacturer of the highest quality laboratory instruments and consumables for the life sciences. To make it easy for labs in the United States to benefit from Eppendorf ® quality, we provide total customer support and service: taking/tracking orders; distribution to your preferred laboratory suppliers as well as direct sales and deliveries; product installation and training; application support; calibration services; general product maintenance and repair, and more! We offer fantastic startup packages here in Michigan, please contact your local representative, Chris D'Jamoos djamoos.c@eppendorf.com.
You'll see Eppendorf products used in all types of life science research and clinical testing settings—from basic laboratory applications to highly specialized cell and molecular biology applications. They are highly regarded for their quality design and performance—beginning with extensive research and development, adding state-of-the-art technology and ending with strict quality-controlled manufacturing are what make our products stand out from the rest. It is what has made us a brand you have been able to rely on for over 60 years.
Contact: Veronica Reed
Telephone:
(800)645-3050
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Finite Precision, LLC designs solutions for the future today.
We specialize in 3D Designing and Process/Material Feasiability Simulation. Our company has taken great pride in servicing the Metal Stamping Industry and is now expanding into the Life Sciences Industry. Our diverse engineering knowledge, progressive approach to technology and commitment to a better tomorrow trancends industries. We look forward to the opportunity of providing your company with the competitive advantage of having Finite Precision, LLC be a part of your team.
Contact: Chris Saylor
Telephone:
(616)855-0194
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fuel D is a creative services studio. Our end goal is to provide valuable solutions that address today’s business challenges. In other words, "accelerating business ~ Creatively"
fuel D's overarching service is always to provide great solutions for our clients.
Our key focus areas include:
- Research
- Benchmarking
- Roadmapping
- Product Development
- Program Management
- Brand Management
- Marketing Strategy
- Marketing Communications
We take a holistic approach to problem solving. Our services are embedded within a process of Discovery, Direction, and Development. First we seek to understand what a client wants to accomplish on a given project. Then we build a recommended approach to get there. When we have a collective understanding of goals and process, we design a creative team best positioned to maximize the return on innovation investment.
Contact: Jay Frankhouse
Telephone:
(616)994-9838
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Contact: Steve Harney
Telephone:
(616)301-3400 x 12
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G&S Machine Services
G&S Machine Services is your newest, full-service company dedicated to the screen and pad printing industry. G&S is committed to partnering with manufacturers to help them better serve the needs of their customers.
President Glenn Baird brings 30 years of tool and die, and special machine building experience, coupled with six years of experience in the printing, coating and marking industry. Baird pledges service that is customer-focused, cost effective and on time.
“We help our customers with concept and design to build the perfect solution for their manufacturing needs,” says Baird. G&S provides quality service and repairs on all types of Innovative Machine, Inc. equipment. As a distributor for the following companies, G&S Machine Services provides the highest quality machines and consumables available to the printing industry:
- AutoRoll Print Technologies – carrying a full line of Maribu Inks and pad printing consumables
- Winon Pad Printing Equipment including ACP’s Computor Numeric Controlled machine line
“As a member of the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative, we are able to offer quality inks for the medical device industry. And, being based in West Michigan allows us to deliver excellent customer service throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin,” says Baird.
Contact: Glenn Baird
Telephone:
(616)446-3924
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Galster & Associates LLC provides supply chain consulting services to both providers and suppliers within the healthcare industries. We specialize in assisting providers in significantly reducing their supply chain costs, and working with suppliers to help them enter the healthcare markets utilizing the most effective and efficient methods as possible. Our range of expertise and services include: Six Sigma Process Improvement, Stratgeic Sourcing, Group Purchasing Analysis and Options, Vendor Certification, Supplier Diversity Promotion, Product Design, Development, and Commercialization, and Sales and Marketing Consulting.
Contact: Clay Galster
Telephone:
(616)402-3266
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Gill Industries
Contact: Joani Gill
Telephone:
(616)559-2758
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Greenridge Realty
Contact: Jim Henderson
Telephone:
(616) 974-6050
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Grubb & Ellis
Contact: Valery Moody
Telephone:
(616)242-5193
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GVSU Professional Science Masters Program
Contact: David Elrod
Telephone:
(616) 331-8643
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Hense and Associates PC was established by Paul A. Hense CPA in 1972. The firm is currently located in North East Grand Rapids near the intersection of the East Beltline and Three mile road. Three CPAs with extensive business experience provide accounting, tax and financial consulting services to individuals and small business.
The distinguishing characteristic of Hense and Associates is the organizations commitment to the presentation of tax and financial matters in an understandable format. Mr. Hense has demonstrated his firm's commitment to small business through his advocacy activities on the behalf of the firm's tax and small business clients. Mr. Hense is a board member of the National Small Business Association serving as immediate past chair, The American Marketing Association serving as treasure, The Small Business Resource Center serving as treasurer and is past chair of the Small Business Association of Michigan and The Small Business Management Association. The firm's primary interest is in taking entrepreneurial ideas and turning them in to successful enterprises.
Contact: Paul Hense
Telephone:
(616)949-5555
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Wouldn't it be nice if someone just took care of all your information technology needs and problems? Hi-Tech GetService is a leader in technology services for small and medium-sized businesses, offering a proven service portfolio of innovative computer support, equipment, and software solutions. GetService strives to remove obstacles and promote growth and efficiency for leading Michigan businesses through managed services.
From 24 x 7 network maintenance to remote help desk support, GetService ensures that your business information is secure, reliable, recoverable if disaster strikes, and managed in a cost effective way. As Microsoft Gold Certified partners we are proactive and strive to prevent problems before they occur in order to minimize network downtime and PC issues. Our goal is increase your business productivity and reduce the expense of managing IT.
Contact: Greg Wood
Telephone:
616.608.1040
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Hilb Rogal & Hobbs (HRH) is the eighth largest insurance brokerage firm in the United States with over 125 offices throughout the United States and London. In West Michigan we are located at 3196 Kraft Avenue SE just south of 28th Street in Grand Rapids. We at HRH help clients manage their risks in property casualty, employee benefits, professional liability, and other areas of specialized exposure, including the healthcare and medical industries, science and technology. In addition, HRH offers a full range of personal and corporate financial products and services. We make it our business to understand our clients' businesses, employees and risks as well as the insurance and financial markets, so that we can find them the insurance programs, companies and coverages that best fit their needs.
The HRH National Healthcare Practice provides insured's in the Healthcare and related industries with competitive and proactive solutions to the design, financing, implementation and management of medical professional liability and property & casualty insurance and risk management programs. Our client profile includes hospitals and hospital systems, long term care facilities, bio-tech/clinical trials organizations, research facilities, physician groups, medical device manufacturers, service organizations of various descriptions. We look to serve companies engaged in providing CARE, PRODUCTS, or SERVICES designed to care for the Human Body, or any company who pays for such CARE, PRODUCTS, or SERVICES.
Contact: Tom Madison
Telephone:
(616)464-2760
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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $36 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies, Huntington has more than 140 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through more than 380 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Huntington also offers personal, retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,000 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including Dealer Sales offices in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus and an office located in the Cayman Islands and an office located in Hong Kong.
Huntington has an active, local presence in West Michigan and looks to serve our market with "Simply The Best" service.
Contact: Peter Draaisma
Telephone:
(616)771-6321
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Delivering Executive Solutions
Impact Executive Search is an independent boutique executive search firm in located the Mid West, specializing in conducting searches in the manufacturing, technology (software & hardware) and service industries. Although located in the Mid West, searches are conducted for clients throughout North America.
Impact Executive Search is founded on the principle of sourcing, qualifying and delivering impact players that will make a difference in our client’s enterprise. We are small enough to provide the personal attention and flexibility for our clients; this enables them to have a strong voice and active participation in the search process customized to their business requirements. We are sensitive to the unique needs of every client and the importance of timeliness, cost and final candidate selection.
Impact is uniquely skilled at identifying top performing talent and recruiting executives; deploying a high-touch approach and rigorous processes that consistently deliver the highest quality leadership. Impact’s commitment to client satisfaction is underscored by our on-going project status and open communications throughout the entire search process.
Contact: Tony Sandners
Telephone:
616-643-8444
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We are a mobile Document Shredding & Recycling Company serving all of the West Michigan and the Lakeshore areas. We provide secure Shredding services to companies of all sizes with either a continuous service or once a year record purge. We shred everything from Paper to CD's, Floppy disks, X-Ray's, microfilm etc.
Not only do we here at Info-Shred completely destroy all of your material we also recycle what we shred. When using our service with either the on-site shredding or the secure off-site shredding that we offer, you can rest assured that the owner of the company is the only person who will be handling your material during the shredding process. Our high speed state-of-art shredders are HIPPA compliant and make fast work of completely destroying everything.
Contact: Dan Dykstra
Telephone:
(616)797-9901
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Headquartered in Royal Oak, Michigan, Intelligent Connections (IC) is a National leading provider of network security solutions and services, specializing in security consulting, product deployment and integration, support services, and certified training. Combining the highest level of expertise with best-of-breed manufacturer relationships, IC continues to increase reliability, security, and performance of networks of all sizes. Information Security Expertise at the Speed of Business. Visit www.intelligentconnections.net for more information.
Contact: John Deryke
Telephone:
(248)837-1400
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Intrepid Plastics Mfg. is a woman owned certified injection molding company that was founded by Bonnie Knopf in 2003. Intrepid Plastics Mfg. has taken an approach to traditional molding that will solidify their niche in the industry by focusing on smaller production runs, prototyping and service work, as well as larger manufacturing opportunities. Intrepid means “fearless”, which means that we are ready to take on any challenge with our customers. Aside from attaining a WBENC certification, ISO 9001:2000 was also award in Spring 2006.
Small to large tonnage machines (75T to 720T) are available at Intrepid Plastics Mfg. Non surgical medical manufacturing - with the consideration of a clean room would be an exciting opportunity. Intrepid Plastics Mfg. can also provide insert molding, over molding, gas assist molding, secondary operations, assembly, mold sampling, prototypes and tool build. Experienced technicians with knowledge in virtually all materials ranging from PP to ABS to PVC, are available for optimum processes. The quality systems at Intrepid Plastics Mfg. promise that product leaving the dock will arrive as ordered and on time. Intrepid Plastics Mfg. has formed alliances with larger companies to ensure that expertise and capacity are never an issue. The opportunity to grow and accept new challenges with the thought of giving back to the community is what drives us everyday. We want our customers to be proud to do business with Intrepid Plastics Mfg. and we look forward to the opportunity to do business with you!
Contact: Bonnie Knopf
Telephone:
(616)901-5718
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JMGP Enterprises, LLC
Contact: Gregory Pellizzon
Telephone:
(616) 682-2491
Email:
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Product and Service Description
JS Die & Mold, Inc. is a manufacturer of custom injection molds. JS provides a full range of design and program management services to make any molded part a reality. JS also provides mold repair and Engineering Change services for its customers. JS Die & Mold, Inc.'s customers represent the automotive, home appliance, business furniture and other diversified manufacturing industries.
Company History
The company was founded in 1984 by James Survilla, who built the company over the years starting with only a few customers with repair work on injection molds and die cast dies. By the time of its sale to Bob Sloma in 2004, JS Die & Mold had a steady customer list that numbered over 20 and averaged $7 million in sales annually for new prototype and production injection molds as well as repair and engineering change work. The major industry served by JS is the Motor Vehicle eating and Interior Trim Industry, with additional customers that serve the office furniture and other markets.
Contact: Bob Sloma
Telephone:
(616)878-1597
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Kelly Scientific Resources (KSR) is the scientific business unit of Kelly Services, a Fortune 500 staffing industry leader. Since 1995, KSR has grown into a $200 million global business with 100+ locations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. We provide scientific staffing services on a temporary, project and full-time basis to a broad spectrum of industries including:
- Chemical
- Cosmetics
- Food Science
- Pharmaceutical
- Biomedical
- Consumer Products
- Environmental
- Medical/Clinical
- Petrochemical
Kelly Scientific Resources offices are staffed with experienced recruiters and scientists. Our recruiters are scientists themselves.
Contact: Michael Yoder
Telephone:
(616)791-2162
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Kent Manufacturing Company specializes in the conversion of pressure-sensitive adhesive coated materials for both unique and standard industry applications across a wide range of markets, including the medical, automotive, appliance and electronics industries just to name a few. Our more than 60 years of experience in the converting industry, combined with our skilled team of application specialists, provides our customers with high quality, user-friendly solutions that will increase your process time and profitability.
Kent Manufacturing offers a wide variety of solutions to meet your joining, fastening, sealing, vibration damping and surface protections needs. Our in-house capabilities include, but are not limited to laminating, die-cutting, custom slitting, laser cutting, spooling, tabbing and specialty converting. We have aligned ourselves with the best suppliers in the industry offering the latest technologies; companies you know and trust such as 3M Company, Avery Dennison, Rogers Corporation, and many others.
As a family-owned business, we like to think of our suppliers, our employees, and our customers as extended family. We take pride in the high quality adhesive products that we produce and the proven engineering expertise of our staff. It is an effective combination that has kept our valued and loyal customers coming back to Kent year after year.
Contact: Peter Woods
Telephone:
(616) 454-9495
Email:
Website:
Placing great people in the right positions is the key to achieving outstanding business and career development results. Backed by more than 2,000 staffing specialists, Kforce operates with 75 offices in 43 markets across the United States. Kforce has gained the respect of job seekers and employers alike by matching the right people with the right employers. And that means great results for all concerned.
Contact: Matt Matlosz
Telephone:
(616)459-3600 x 2324
Email:
Website:
Koops designs and builds factory automation equipment, assembly systems, robotic cells, machine vision systems, work cells, oven and heating systems, material handling and test machines. Our clients include Tier One and Tier Two manufacturers that rely on us for innovative automation solutions to their most difficult manufacturing and processing challenges. Our turnkey services include 3-D mechanical design, machine controls design, complete manufacturing, project management, production line integration as well as outstanding service and support.
Wesley Koops founded Koops in 1990 as a service company dedicated to supplying its customers with special machine designs and engineering services. From an entrepreneurial beginning to its present diverse staff of professionals, Koops has continued to expand, diversify, and improve its products and services. Koops achieved ISO 9001:2000 registration in January 2003. If you have automation needs you can rely on Koops to provide solutions.
Contact: Wesley Koops
Telephone:
(616)395-0230 x 7012
Email:
Website:
Labcase Inc. was established in 1997 with the intent to provide cost effective laboratory furniture solutions. We currently manufacture a wide base of products for laboratory space from simple table solutions to more complex fume hoods. Our products are sold globally either through direct sales or distributors. Most of our products are currently sold through distributors who will brand the products under their own name. We offer our customers complete turn key laboratories or a single product based on there needs. Because no one lab is the same as the next special engineering or custom built systems are also offered. Our main focus is always on the customer to provide them with a cost effective and safe solution.
Contact: Mike Olsen
Telephone:
(616)481-8550
Email:
Website:
Lawrence Productions is a full-service film, HD video, audio, CD-ROM and DVD production company located in downtown Grand Rapids. For over 20 years, we
have produced successful electronic sales and marketing projects for the Healthcare, R&D and related field organizations. Nothing captures your message better than a high quality, digital DVD presentation.
We are storytellers at heart. We partner with our clients to help share their passion with the world. Our staff of 13 dedicated award-winning professionals are ready to work for you. For more information contact Curtis Cunningham at 616-454-4380, ext. 28 or visit us at www.lpi.com.
Contact: Curtis Cunningham
Telephone:
(616)454-4380 x 28
Email:
Website:
Listen One energizing changes promoted by effective-active-listening with Greg Bauer ¨C ¡°The Guru of Listening.¡± Greg Bauer ¨C Innovative author, inspiring professional speaker, challenging listening consultant, and victim/survivor of a body-crushing and life-changing near death drunk driving crash welcomes you to discover the energizing world of how to internally/externally: Utilize the Power of Effective-Active-Listening, Greg's "I Can Do It" attitude, enthusiasm for life, committed desire to help and serve others is better elaborated upon at www.listenone.com.
Contact: Greg Bauer
Telephone:
(616) 669-4200
Email:
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Established in 1999, Management Solutions Group Inc. is a Grand Rapids-based company that helps manufacturers implement quality improvement programs. This includes preparing businesses for all types of ISO certifications and audits, including medical device manufacturers (ISO 13485, ISO 17025, and ISO 9001).
Since its founding, Management Solutions Group has worked with nearly 300 companies throughout the nation, including scores of West Michigan businesses that range in size from small automotive suppliers to Fortune 500 corporations. It recently helped Ranir, LLC. of Grand Rapids, a global oral products manufacturer, prepare for ISO certification that is necessary for product sales throughout Europe and other parts of the world, and which also demonstrates their commitment to quality in North America.
In the course of its work, Management Solutions Group's quality experts, all of whom are former certified auditors, assess a company's internal quality procedures and supplement areas that are necessary for ISO certification, such as design and risk analysis or regulatory requirements. The firm documents internal quality systems, helps to train personnel in the procedures and then performs an internal audit prior to a visit by an ISO registrar.
Contact: Brandon Kerkstra
Telephone:
(616)365-9822
Email:
Website:
Maner, Costerisan & Ellis P.C.
Contact: James Meyer
Telephone:
(517)886-9513
Email:
Website:
Medical Dressings LLC
Contact: David Johnson
Telephone:
(231) 215-1261
Email:
Website:
Since opening in December, 1997, Mercantile Bank has established itself as the "premier business bank" for small to medium-sized businesses. Building strong relationships, providing a wide range of commercial banking products, supplying the tools to achieve financial goals and a commitment to customer service have been the cornerstones of Mercantile's success. Noted as one of the fastest growing banks in the Midwest, Mercantile Bank has reached over $2 billion in assets.
As a local business bank, Mercantile has become the bank of choice for businesses, government units and individuals across the state. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, the bank provides a wide variety of commercial banking services through its five full-service banking offices in greater Grand Rapids and its full-service banking facilities in Holland, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Novi, Michigan. Mercantile Bank Corporation's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol MBWM.
Contact: Deb Rogers
Telephone:
(616)726-2405
Email:
Website:
The MiBiz Network, MiBizWest and MiBizSouthwest, is the dominant business news source for this dynamic and growing region. Recognized as the "must read" business publications, MiBizWest and MiBizSouthwest deliver in-depth news with a unique regional perspective, focusing on the performance and global competitiveness of the area's strong manufacturing, economic development, finance and commercial construction sectors as well as its emerging life sciences and research clusters. The network's comprehensive news and timely features are seasoned with columns from worldwide industry experts and augmented by www.mibiz.com, which provides online versions of past and current issues plus daily news updates.
Contact: Denise Schott
Telephone:
(231)798-8335
Email:
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Midwest Cleanroom Associates is a full-service design/build firm that specializes in the design and construction of cleannrooms for various industries including microelectronic, Nano-technology, biotechnology industries, pharmaceutical, medical device, research facilities for colleges and universities, automotive, and paint finishing facilities.
Our company is made up of three departments that continually interact to benefit our clients with a full service approach to each project. We provide the following services:
- Planning/Design
- Construction
- Field Services
Visit our website or call us for additional information.
Contact: John Vander Wall
Telephone:
(616)458-8533
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Miller Johnson attorneys have a long history of representing and counseling new, emerging businesses, as well as the institutions that finance them, both locally and nationally. We provide guidance on business issues important to you, such as raising capital, entity formation, strategic partnering, tax planning, research and development collaborations, technology and commercialization, to name a few.
Working alongside our clients, we develop a solid legal structure which compliments their overall business strategy, including strong counsel for protecting intellectual property. Our business is helping you build
yours.
Contact: Lance Hartman
Telephone:
616.831.1861
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Moch International
Contact: Joe Moch
Telephone:
(616)634-3761
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Nimlok Grand Rapids is a Full-Service, Custom Modular Display & Exhibit Systems manufacturer. Our core focus is to design and create unique, cutting-edge trade show display exhibits displays for companies of all sizes. Nimlok Grand Rapids sets itself apart from its' competition by delivering unparalleled workmanship, one-of-a-kind creative solutions and unmatched value to it's clients and prospective clients. Stop by our showroom or contact one of our creative consultants for a unique experience that only Nimlok can deliver.
As our motto says it all...Get Nimlok. Get Noticed.
Contact: Mike Gray
Telephone:
(616)233-9401
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Oliver Medical has been a leader in providing sterile grade packaging materials to medical device manufacturers worldwide for more than 30 years. Oliver serves customers from an ISO 9001:2000 registered facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; an ISO 9001:2000 registered, class 8 clean room facility in Venray, the Netherlands; and a sales office in Suzhou, China.
Only Oliver Medical provides the unique package of inventive products, superior adhesives, and flexible customer service to medical device manufacturers worldwide. Oliver offers product applications including roll stock for form-fill-seal applications, pouches, lids, and other barrier materials. Oliver is featuring a revolutionary sterile-grade packaging material that fills the gap between performance and price. Ovantex® is a strong, breathable, synthetic fiber substrate unique in the medical packaging industry. Oliver also offers Osurance®, the only zone coated lid to combine optimal zone coverage, Oliver’s Xhale™ adhesive technology, and consistent seal integrity.
Contact: Stephanie Heintz
Telephone:
(800)253-3893
Email:
Website:
OMD
Contact: Jim Overbeck
Telephone:
(616)942-5354
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Paychex was founded in 1971 with the simple idea of helping small to medium business owners with their payroll needs. Over the course of time, we have expanded our services to include paying our clients taxes, filing quarterly and annual returns, issuing W-2s and paying employees, including direct deposit and a Visa card. We then began offering a time and attendance system, retirement services, health insurance, COBRA administration, worker's compensation and handbooks. These services have allowed our clients to grow bigger and more effective because we provide the best streamlined solution available.
Paychex has become the largest payroll provider in the industry, mainly due to the quality of service we provide. We are recognized for our highly skilled payroll tax specialists, our security features measured by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2004 (which also includes being bonded and insured) and recognition by the IRS regarding the accuracy of our service. We are also recognized by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as the preferred method of payroll processing because we take full responsibility for accuracy and timeliness of our work.
Paychex provides accuracy, timeliness, security, compliance and a highly professional local service for your payroll needs.
Contact: Linda Vogl
Telephone:
(616) 821-3084
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Contact: Chris Taylor
Telephone:
(616)459-4444
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PharmOptima is a contract research organization founded in 2003 and located in Kalamazoo, MI specializing in consulting and pre-clinical drug discovery. PharmOptima's pharmacology/ADME scientists are knowledgeable in the requirements for successful drug discovery and registration. PharmOptima's expertise includes: in vivo ADME; establishing bioanalytical assays using HPLC/MS-MS and other methods, pharmacokinetic studies, PK/PD analyses, brain uptake, and GLP sample analysis. PharmOptima's scientists are also proficient in: in vitro ADME including microsomal and cellular metabolic profiling, isozyme characterization, p450 inhibition, and protein binding.
PharmOptima provides value to its clients by understanding what data is required to move their intellectual property up the value chain, offering consulting on the best approaches to solve their most difficult problems and utilizing a Project Team of scientists from different specialties to find the optimal experimental approach. Our scientific staff has grown to 30, with most scientists having more than 15 years of drug discovery/development experience from assay development through writing INDs to executing client's studies. PharmOptima offers clients the full attention of a small company allowing rapid study completion and competitive pricing.
Contact: Mike DeGraaf
Telephone:
(269) 492-3878
Email:
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Pinnacle Insurance Partners provides tailored insurance and risk management programs for life science companies, regardless of specialty or stage of growth. Pinnacle Insurance Partners has partnered with the world's top insurance providers to become a leader in providing insurance protection for the life sciences industry. The wide selection of options our Life Sciences Insurance Practice offers continues to break through traditional boundaries to deliver sophisticated insurance solutions which respond to the growing needs of the life sciences industry. An example of coverages we offer include, R&D exposures (property, animals, business income), product liability (including recall), clinical trials liability, errors & omissions liability, and multinational insurance.
Contact: Ben Kacprzyk
Telephone:
(616)301-6726
Email:
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Pioneer Construction is now in its fourth generation of family
ownership and has been building Michigan for 75 years. Employing nearly 300 full time management and field personnel, Pioneer Construction is one of the largest full service general contracting and construction
management companies in the State of Michigan. We have a skilled and
loyal workforce and a quality of workmanship that is based on a legacy passed down through generations of skilled tradesmen. Over the decades
Pioneer has been a leader in the construction industry in Michigan,
having constructed many landmark buildings throughout the state and
region. We have built strong relationships with loyal clients, who have found that we do what we say and deliver project after project with the same commitment to quality and professional service that we had at the
onset.
With over $100 Million in construction volume each year, we have a wide range of construction experience and are able to handle large projects with a variety of challenges. We have a great deal of experience with renovation projects as well as extensive experience in Church planning
and construction. Beyond our project experience, the true strength of Pioneer Construction is a philosophy of professional integrity, accountability, and attention to detail. The Pioneer team is made up of true builders. We are not just managers, but rather the team we are offering for the Cornerstone Church project is made up of personnel who not only understand their role, but have the knowledge,
experience and commitment to assure the success of this project.
Contact:
Telephone:
(616) 247-6966
Email:
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Potentia
Contact: Cynthia Novak
Telephone:
(616)464-0888
Email:
Website:
Praxis is one of the fastest growing contract packaging companies in the Midwest. Praxis is dedicated to cost effective, on-time, quality services. We provide POP and store display assembly, clamshell, blister and stretch card packaging, kit assembly and shrink wrapping services to name a few. Praxis brings full knowledge of appropriate controls and regulations including FDA, DEA, cGMP to all jobs. Our experience and expertise has positioned Praxis as a leader in the packaging industry.
Working closely with pharmaceutical companies, we have developed a strong niche in that pharmaceutical industry. Our facility and trained team are equipped to handle any project following FDA and DEA guidelines. These projects range from product inspection to a complete design and launch of a new prescription patient starter kit.
We are proud of our accomplishments and certifications but we believe it is our team that truly makes the difference. Honesty, integrity, superior quality, dedication and commitment are values we hold very high. These are the values you can expect from Praxis.
Contact: Jennifer Deamud
Telephone:
(616)827-8525
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Prima, in business since 1991 and with offices in Schoolcraft, Portage, and Indianapolis, serves life science, manufacturing, and related industries. The company provides a range of services by defining and improving processes, with end results such as graphic standard operating procedures, validation, or a complete assessment of existing processes and recommendations for improvement.
Other offerings include engineering documentation support (operating manuals, validation services, technical specifications), procedures (in support of ISO and other quality certifications), training materials (traditional and computer-based), process mapping, website development and maintenance, sales materials, and other communications-related tools. For more information, please visit http://www.primacommunications.com or contact Lisa Thorne, Marketing Director, at lthorne@primacommunications.com or 269-488-7745.
Contact: Lisa Thorne
Telephone:
269-488-7745
Email:
Website:
ProFICIENT Engineering Services, Inc.
Contact: Lars Chrisman
Telephone:
(269) 679-2966
Email:
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ProPharma Group provides validation and compliance services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Our focus is on enabling our customers to improve their operations, revitalize their facilities, and stay compliant in a challenging and changing regulatory environment. We understand that our manufacturing clients are driven by aggressive timelines for production line start-up and are comfortable working in such an environment while maintaining a strong integrity and commitment to compliance.
Contact:
Telephone:
913.661.1662
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Purity Cylinder Gases Inc. is a fully independent and locally owned distributor of specialty and medical gases. We have been providing excellent service to hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories since 1938. Purity Cylinder Gases Inc. owns and operates its own speicalty gas plant right here in the Grand Rapids area. In it we fill ultra-high pure gases, medical gases and laser mixes. This allows us to keep tight controls over the special products you require. We also have a full line of safety products used in labs and hospitals. Purity's corporate headquarters are in Grand Rapids, but we also have branch offices in Lansing, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Mt. Pleasant, Traverse City and Warsaw Ind. Being an ISO 9000 company, Purity's goal is to provide our customers with on time delivery of quality products.
Contact: Doug Nyhuis
Telephone:
(616)532-2375 x 116
Email:
Website:
Regal Limousine Service
Contact: Kevin Olney
Telephone:
(616) 340-3606
Email:
Website:
Regus is the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, offering the widest range of products and services to allow individuals and companies to work however, wherever, and whenever they need to. Regus operates over 950 business centres across 400 cities in 70 countries, each providing full and part-time offices, world-class business support services, meeting facilities and the world's largest videoconferencing network. Regus provides mobile and home workers with what they need; from mail, phone handling, and dedicated business addresses to convenient workplaces in airports and major commercial hubs around the world. Large corporations and companies of all sizes trust Regus' corporate outsourcing solutions to reduce costs and remove the burden of property ownership and management. Regus delivers a completely new way of working by removing the boundaries of the traditional office and allowing businesses to focus on what they do best.
Contact: Lia Rain Ratering
Telephone:
(616) 717-5702
Email:
Website:
Since opening in December, 1997, Mercantile Bank has established itself as the "premier business bank" for small to medium-sized businesses. Building strong relationships, providing a wide range of commercial banking products, supplying the tools to achieve financial goals and a commitment to customer service have been the cornerstones of Mercantile's success. Noted as one of the fastest growing banks in the Midwest, Mercantile Bank has reached over $2 billion in assets.
As a local business bank, Mercantile has become the bank of choice for businesses, government units and individuals across the state. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, the bank provides a wide variety of commercial banking services through its five full-service banking offices in greater Grand Rapids and its full-service banking facilities in Holland, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Novi, Michigan. Mercantile Bank Corporation's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol MBWM.
Contact: Ross Meehan
Telephone:
(616)975-2845
Email:
Website:
Robert Half Technology offers flexible staffing solutions to premier organizations worldwide that require technical expertise on demand. Projects range from complex e-business and web development initiatives to enterprise wide application development and technical system support. The technology professionals we deploy, on either a contract, contract-to-hire or full-time basis, include software developers, project managers, database specialists, networking and internetworking specialists, and help desk support professionals.
Our full-service approach, extensive knowledge of the technology marketplace and experienced staff allows us to respond to your special needs and requirements promptly. Your local Robert Half Technology office offers a wealth of career opportunities and resources. We currently have more than 100 locations in North America, Asia and Europe.
Contact: Randy Baron
Telephone:
(616)451-7000
Email:
Website:
Welcome to Rolf Bates Associates. We are an executive search firm
specializing in career consulting and professional placement in Engineering, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Biotech.
In today's electronic world, we still maintain the key ingredient to solving staffing problems is personal contact. The process of Human Resource development can not be done by a computer, website or email alone. It is
best discovered by personal conversation and probing interaction to determine the skills and abilities that match the need and solve the problem.
We search, interview, qualify and match companies and candidates on a person to person basis. The result is a better fit for the candidate and a better employee for the client.
Please visit the links below: to search our job or candidate databases, submit your resume, or open a job order. We will contact you at our earliest convenience to discuss possible solutions to your career or
staffing problems.
Contact: Rolf Bates
Telephone:
(269)327-6225
Email:
Website:
Sandab Group is a consulting company located in metro Detroit, the Automotive Hub of North America and also one of the fastest growing Life Science Corridors in the world.
Founded in 1991, Sandab has evolved from a manufacturers' rep into a consulting firm, focusing on marketing, research and business development. In that time, Sandab has successfully represented a variety of corporations from big name fortune 500 companies to small start-ups just setting out in the marketplace.
Contact: Sven Anden
Telephone:
(248)644-0011
Email:
Website:
Siebers Mohney PLC
Contact: Andrew Rassi
Telephone:
(616) 451-2121
Email:
Website:
SightLine Medical Supplies
Contact: Brian Cole
Telephone:
(616) 784-4488
Email:
Website:
Snelling Search
Contact: Eric Egeland
Telephone:
(616)452-2154
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Website:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Contact: Natalie Lowell
Telephone:
(616)554-5955
Email:
Website:
SolidDesign software
Contact: Pranay Rajgarhia
Telephone:
(616)879-1018
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Seven years ago Michael Williams and his four partners started Springthrough with the mission of redelivering and supporting practical, cost-effective IT services and solutions that would allow businesses to focus on their core objectives. In 2005, Michael bought out his four partners to become the sole owner and President of Springthrough.
Over the past seven year Springthrough has grown from 4 employees to almost 30 full time in employees. Our areas of expertise have also broadened and we have become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Springthrough now specializes in Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Custom Development, .Net Development, Microsoft SharePoint, Business System Integration, and Web Development.
Contact: Kristin DeSham
Telephone:
(616) 828-5150
Email:
Website:
Technology, information and flexibility are the key attributes to our printing and promotional products management programs. Our approach with our clients will provide them with competitive pricing, clear and cohesive communications. A vendor relationship built on trust and we believe the best business model to achieve success. We're different from other printers and promotional product companies. We know no limits, because as you see we have none. With Knowledge, technology and virtually unlimited production resources we simply have more options to develop innovative print management and supply chain solutions that follow lean and just in time manufacturing and distribution practices. We produce the simple business forms to sophisticated, labels, documents, barcode systems, promo items to variable print on demand.
Contact: Tim English
Telephone:
(616)241-1416 x 202
Email:
Website:
The SWMF Life Science Fund is a limited partnership venture fund interested in early stage life science opportunities in the region. The Fund offers certain services and equity investment to entrepreneurs.
Contact: Patrick Morand
Telephone:
(269)377-0597
Email:
Website:
Contact: Jon Moroney
Telephone:
(616)847-0851
Email:
Website:
Unique Model Inc. is a ISO 9001 & ISO/IEC 17025 registered firm, Unique Model designs and builds checking fixtures and gages for the automotive, and consumer goods industries. A large percentage of our business also includes the design and build of tools and secondary tooling for compression molded parts. Unique Model also produces many different forms of prototypes which include: rapid prototypes, vacuum formed, hand poured and CNC machined. Unique Model operates two FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) machines to quickly turn a design into a functional part. Unique Model has a full service inspection facility that has been accredited by The American Association For Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for competence in the field of ¡°Calibration¡±. Our inspection capabilities include reverse engineering, CMM certification, calibration, part layouts, digitizing, and 3rd party inspection. Unique Model also operates a portable CMM (Faro Arm) that can perform CAD-to-part analysis on parts, fixtures and assemblies, either in house or at your facility.
Contact: Rick Berta
Telephone:
(616)791-0966
Email:
Website:
Varnum is a regional business law firm representing medical device manufacturers and life sciences companies at all stages of product development, distribution and use. We have a solid record of providing counseling on FDA regulatory and enforcement issues, private equity and venture capital financing, intellectual property matters and other day-to-day business issues.
Contact: Bill Hazard
Telephone:
(616)336-6391
Email:
Website:
Velocity Partners is a full service market strategy firm. We provide market research, intelligence, growth strategy and customer relationship managment solutions that deliver market understanding, drive product innovation, enhance customer relationships, and improve market & financial performance.
Velocity is a team of seasoned market research, strategy, and business professionals that serve clients who value growth and seek to explore new directions, create new opportunities, increase revenue, enter new markets, launch new products and services, serve their customers better, and improve bottom-line results.
In addition to our traditional clients, Velocity has over five years experience serving companies active in the life sciences, medical device and healthcare market sectors.
Contact: Brian Bascom
Telephone:
(616)399-8800
Email:
Website:
Two Tramps in Mud Time
But yield who will to their separation,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For Heaven and the future's sakes.
ROBERT FROST
Ok. You have done it, are in the process of doing it, or want to do it so bad that you are working long hours - days at your vocation and all other hours at your avocation, trying to realize a dream. You desire to be an entrepreneur; you have an idea that you believe in and want to explore to the limit of its potential.
What now? Many of the details and financial plans that will help entrepreneurs better realize their dreams get thrust aside in the headlong pursuit of an idea, a concept or a business plan. Effectively tying together your personal financial goals, needs and values with your evolving business can be critical to the leap needed to be a successful business owner. At Waddell & Reed, we would like to help the businesses, entrepreneurs and dreamers of the West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative to succeed.
Contact: Brian Justema
Telephone:
(616)956-6051
Email:
Website:
White’s Bridge Tooling (WBT) has been in business for over 30 years and is
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