by Kimberly Viers | Oct 14, 2019 | Business
Company Eimo Technologies It’s Nice to Meet You The first instinct of many is to pronounce this company’s name as “Eee-mo,” “Eye-mo,” or even “El-mo.” (That’s right, as in the star of Sesame Street!) However, the correct pronunciation goes back to the company’s...
by Kimberly Viers | Oct 14, 2019 | Business
USING EMPATHY AND PLENTY OF POST-ITS A Q+A WITH ALISON SHIELDS __________________________________ What is your role at Stryker? I’m a user experience (UX) researcher on Stryker’s product development team. My job is to advocate for the people who will eventually use...
by Kimberly Viers | Oct 14, 2019 | Business
Comstock Township will sparkle more brilliantly thanks to the 25,200-square-foot Forman Glass expansion that broke ground in June 2019. While the aesthetic impact Forman Glass brings to a project is dazzling, the company’s solutions are practical. This 57-year-old...
by Kimberly Viers | Oct 14, 2019 | Leadership
We sat down with two local leaders to get their insights on success, development, motivation, and more. Joseph Thomas III FIELD Services and Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Manager at Kalamazoo County Ninth Circuit Court—Family Division Linda Apsey President and Chief...
by Kimberly Viers | Oct 14, 2019 | Culture
When two Grand Rapids natives opened the doors of Eastern Kille Distillery in 2016, it was a moment long in the making. It all started in 2014 when Brandon Voorhees and Steve Vander Pol began transforming a dilapidated industrial building at 700 Ottawa Avenue NW into...
