Michigan Business Success Stories

Ethel's Baking Co.

Ethel’s Baking Co. made its mark as the premier wholesale and retail baking company producing hand crafted gluten-free dessert bars and cookies for consumers across the U.S. and Canada.

Fifth Eye

On its journey to create a revolutionary and life-saving technology, Ann Arbor-based startup Fifth Eye found access to the support and ecosystem it needed thanks to the MEDC.

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.

Waupaca Foundry

Out-of-state company Waupaca Foundry chose to make the Western Upper Peninsula its latest home for opportunity thanks to Michigan’s wealth of manufacturing know-how and a work ethic that is second-to-none.

FarmWise

The future of agriculture and technology are merging in Michigan thanks to partnerships between Silicon Valley’s FarmWise and Michigan-based Roush.

Accurate Carbide

As a third-generation Saginaw company, Accurate Carbide Tool Co. has solidified its reputation as a premier contract manufacturer of high quality precision machined tooling and components.

Hayes Manufacturing

After 60 successful years of domestic growth, Hayes Manufacturing wanted to expand internationally but didn’t know where to begin. Enter the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

M & R Ventures

Made in Michigan for the past 20 years, M & R Ventures has a reputation for creatively adapting traditional recipes to bring out the best in food quality. Little did they know that its latest endeavor would result in an increased geographic footprint in the state.

PROLIM

For PROLIM, expanding into India’s automotive and industrial machinery market was essential to its continued growth. With support from the MEDC, this dream would become a very profitable reality.

Cherry Republic

From selling T-shirts and cookies outside the trunk of a car to becoming a nationally sought-after brand, Cherry Republic has achieved its success over the past 30 years by thinking “a little differently” than most of Corporate America.