Grace Turner
Ann Arbor’s NSF International Acquires Seafood Certification Company in Ireland
Ann Arbor-based NSF International, an independent, global organization that facilitates standards development, has acquired Global Trust Certification Ltd., an Irish company specializing in seafood certification. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.NSF Certification Ireland...
Plastic Path
In the first study of plastic use across the entire U.S. economy, researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor found two-thirds of the plastic put into use in 2017 was for non-single-use items such as electronics, furniture, construction materials, and automobiles.
FCA US 2020 Sales Down 17 Percent, Q4 Sales Fall 8 Percent
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US in Auburn Hills sold 499,431 vehicles in the fourth quarter and 1,820,636 vehicles in 2020. This was an 8 percent decline in sales for the quarter, while full-year sales dropped...
Ron Kagan to Retire from Detroit Zoological Society
Ron Kagan has announced he will retire this summer from his role as executive director and CEO of the Detroit Zoological Society, which is based in Royal Oak. He served in his position for...
General Motors Sees Q4 Sales Growth, Decrease for Year
Detroit’s General Motors Co. sold 2,547,339 cars and trucks in 2020, which was a drop in total deliveries of 12 percent year-over-year and a decline in retail deliveries of 6 percent.The company sold 771,323...
Ann Arbor’s Micro-Tech Partners with Interscope to Distribute Gastrointestinal Device
Ann Arbor-based Micro-Tech Endoscopy has partnered with Massachusetts’ Interscope to distribute Interscope’s EndoRotor System for interventional gastroenterology. Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the stomach and intestines.Interscope pioneers minimally...
Penrose TherapeuTx Announces Mark de Souza as CEO
Plymouth Township-based Penrose TherapeuTx, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing small-molecule therapies to treat advanced cancers, has announced Mark de Souza as CEO and member of the board of directors.De Souza has decades of...
Southfield’s Clayton and McKervey Hires Two Managers
Southfield-based Clayton and McKervey, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm that focuses on companies, has announced the hiring of Jacob Mouradian and Rob Cheyne as managers.Mouradian is a manager in the firm’s...
The Christman Co. Announces Leadership Changes at Detroit Office
The Christman Co. in Lansing, a national construction management and real estate development firm, has announced a phased approach to leadership succession in its Detroit office.Ron Staley, senior vice president and principal-in-charge of southeast...