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The American Society of Employers (ASE), a Livonia-based not-for-profit trade association, today released the results of its 2017 Healthcare Insurance Benefits Survey. The annual survey examines the premiums, deductibles, and co-pays of Michigan employer-sponsored health plans as well as wellness benefits and cost control measures.

Benton Harbor-based KitchenAid today announced new signature color offerings, three new kitchen appliances, and four coffee appliances.

Michael Baker International, an engineering, planning, and consulting services provider headquartered in Pennsylvania, today announced the company’s expansion into Michigan with the opening of their Detroit office. 

As harvest season nears for many Michigan-produced agricultural products, the Lansing-based Agricultural Leaders of Michigan (ALM), today voiced concern in regard to ongoing service issues with CSX railroad, whose corporate headquarters are in Jacksonville, Fla.

Chevrolet has announced the Camaro ZL1 as the new race car for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The Camaro ZL1 will make its competition debut next February during Daytona Speedweeks, which begins the 2018 NASCAR season. It will join the Camaro SS, which has been Chevrolet’s entry in the NASCAR series since 2013.

BioreclamationIVT, a New York provider of biospecimens, today announced the acquisition of Detroit-based Asterand Bioscience located in the Tech One Building at the north end of Midtown in TechTown. Asterand Bioscience is a global provider of human tissue and oncology-focused research solutions.

Ferndale-based Vancive Medical Technologies and Eloquest Healthcare, a subsidiary of Ferndale Pharma Group, today announced a partnership for the development of a post-operative dressing that contains the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), which contains antimicrobial properties inhibit microbial growth within the dressing.

Startup Angels, a global team of investors and startup leaders, and Detroit-based Techstars Mobility, today announced they will host an investor workshop designed for the metro Detroit area Oct. 4-5.

Life Remodeled, a Detroit-based nonprofit that invests labor and resources into Detroit neighborhoods, today announced it will stay in the same neighborhood for the next year or two. Typically, Life Remodeled invests $5 million in cash, labor, and materials into a single Detroit neighborhood every year, but their current project will work on the same blocks, going beyond blight removal.

Detroit-based Little Caesars Pizza today announced the launch of Reserve-N-Ready, which features a heated, in-store self-service mobile order pick-up station called the Pizza Portal.