Michigan Business Success Stories

Alerje

With help from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, a successful app developer suffering from severe allergies developed a high-tech health management platform to help patients with similar conditions.

Priva

From planes and trains to next-generation automobiles, regional mobility is being redefined thanks to startups like Priva providing a practical door-to-door solution from right here in Michigan.

Creative Studio Promotions

Creative Studio Promotions is in the top 3 percent in the promotional industry with close to $5 million in revenue in 2019. Ninety-five percent of companies in this industry have revenues less than $1 million. Several MEDC programs were instrumental in helping CSP reach this level of success.

Gabrizio Italian Café and Bakery

Long-time pastry chef’s newest venture, Gabrizio Italian Café and Bakery, is attracting the attention of people across the region to downtown Niles thanks to the support of MEDC’s Match on Main program.

Pivot Materials

Scrappy Detroit-based startup Pivot Materials is revolutionizing the plastics industry and promoting sustainability thanks to support from the MEDC and Michigan’s entrepreneurial landscape.

Orbion Space Technology

From Houghton, Michigan, to the moon, Orbion Space Technology reaches new heights in the tech and aerospace industries.

Lineage Logistics

More likely than not, Lineage Logistics played a role in shipping the food you ate today. That’s why in 2017, when the company began looking to move its international headquarters from Irvine, California, there was no doubt that Michigan would be its next home for opportunity.

Shoppes at the Penney’s Block/Lumberman Lofts

A historic two-story building in downtown Allegan is restored, sparking further revitalization thanks to the decision of one commercial developer to take a chance on a city.

Bright Walls

Clay McAndrews and Leslie Youngdahl have three things in common: their love for each other, murals and the Jackson community. Combine them and you get Bright Walls, a mural festival in Jackson, Michigan.

Challenger Communications

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