Michigan Business Success Stories

We ReUse

A designer and manufacturer of reusable stainless steel foodware products is helping to make the world a greener place through support from the MEDC’s Supply Chain Resiliency team

The Patient Company

A Grand Rapids-based medical device startup developed a product for making lateral patient transfers safer with support from the MEDC-funded Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization for Life Sciences Innovation Hub

Shape Corp.

The Grand Haven-based engineering and manufacturing company recruited hundreds of new hires and upskilled its existing workforce with the help of the MEDC’s Talent Action Team

Holly Reilly and Roberts Sinto Corporation

Holly Reilly found an opportunity to support her family – and the metalcasting and foundry industry – with help from the MEDC’s Talent Action Team and the EV Jobs Academy.

Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear

The founders of an Upper Peninsula-based manufacturer creating quality outdoor gear received small business resources and advice from the MEDC

Global Retool Group

Brighton-based leader in supplying retools and retrofits of OEM manufacturers receives assistance through MEDC’s Capital Access program

The Standing Company

When the Saginaw-based standing wheelchair manufacturer faced supply chain delays, MEDC’s Pure Michigan Business Connect services helped the company secure a local supplier

Andonix

Manufacturing technology solutions business looks to be a leader with Industry 4.0 and integration of Open AI in its platform

Visual Workplace, Inc.

Custom sign manufacturer fosters international partnerships to improve workplace safety

Autaza

Ann Arbor startup modernizes quality control with support from the Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator

Great Lakes Sound & Vibration

Defense manufacturer breaks sales goals and expands with assistance from Michigan Economic Development Corporation to support military contracts and international trade

Belmont Engineered Plastics

Custom Injection Molding Business Thrives in Grand Rapids with Support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Capital Access Team

Stormy Kromer

Since 1903, the Stormy Kromer brand has come to embody the independence, wit and grit of the upper Midwest.

Nu-Wool

The oldest company in its industry balances being green and being innovative by embracing Industry 4.0

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM)

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing taps into Michigan’s manufacturing heritage and legacy of pharmaceutical discoveries to achieve success on the state’s west side.

Redi-Rock International

Redi-Rock International moves from zero export sales to global market leader thanks in large part to the support of MEDC’s International Trade Program.

Michigan companies become part of solution during COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the demand for personal protection equipment (PPE) skyrocketed. As health care and other frontline workers struggled to find the essential PPE to stay safe, Michigan’s manufacturing companies answered the call.

TentCraft

From making custom prints for the event industry to medical tents for COVID-19 response efforts, TentCraft has retooled and revived its company to support frontline workers while keeping its workforce on the job through a global pandemic.

Challenger Communications

From Albion, Michigan to Argentina and Mexico, Challenger Communications, an antenna systems manufacturer, exports to global markets.

Northern Wings

From their meager beginnings in a pole barn in the Upper Peninsula, Northern Wings has discovered that with the help and support of MEDC and its network of partners, the sky is the limit for its continued success.