Manufacturing
ACME Manufacturing
Auburn Hills
www.acmemfg.com
For four generations of Carlson family ownership, and almost 100 years of dedicated service worldwide, Acme Manufacturing Company has maintained a singular focus: to develop cost-effective systems and solutions to meet complex finishing needs. An exporter of machinery since 1950, Acme strives to maximize their customer’s productivity and quality at the lowest possible cost, which benefits the customers. Continuous improvement of product and services increases customers' profits and ensures Acme’s long-term success.
Adaptive Materials, Inc.
Ann Arbor
www.adaptivematerials.com
Adaptive Materials has a unique combination of vision and reality. While others speak of what could be, the staff is busy designing and manufacturing. Their staff understands that innovation is nothing if it cannot solve their customer’s challenge. Team members are driven to deliver in an environment that embraces empowerment, innovation and growth with a positive, passionate and urgent zeal.
Howard Finishing, LLC
Madison Heights
www.howardfinishing.com
The tradition of Howard Finishing, LLC began in 1947. Since that time, the company has developed into one of the 10 largest metal finishing companies in the United States. The company is a leader of providing zinc, zinc/nickel, cathodic electrocoat and phosphate finishes. By offering a wide variety of process specifications, along with the capacity to run small and large volumes simultaneously, it is able to better meet the varying needs of customers. It remains committed to continuing the traditions of their past and meeting the new challenges of the future, while maintaining a leading role in automotive finishes.
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
www.kelloggcompany.com
A recognized leader for breakfast foods and more, Kellogg recently completed a $40 million expansion of the W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, the epicenter for Kellogg’s global product development, quality, research and innovation.
This state-of-the-art facility plays a key role in the company’s commitment to be the food company of choice. At the same time, Kellogg strives to be the employer of choice in the communities in which it operates by fostering a safe, inclusive, values-driven workplace that develops and rewards employees for ethical behavior and sustainable results. Kellogg is a global company committed to providing high-quality foods that meet a diverse range of consumer needs and tastes. The company is the world’s leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles and veggie foods. Founded in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1906, it has been headquartered in the state for more than a century.
Visotek, Inc.
Livonia
www.visotekinc.com
With a laser-like focus, this company develops and manufactures laser systems and components that simplify the use of lasers in commercial, military, medical and research applications. These “smart laser tools” are cost effective, compact, reliable and easy to use. The employees are forward thinkers that are encouraged to create outside the boundaries of convention. The staff is working toward true innovations that span product and process improvement, provide tools for warfare which protect the country, and assist physicians in bringing lifesaving surgical techniques to patients in the operating suite. The company is poised for growth and ready to address the new technology economy emerging in Michigan.