The entrepreneurial wave is sweeping over Holland. Read More

West Michigan’s best-known names in office furniture manufacturing have done well at NeoCon this week, with Steelcase, the largest company, taking the most awards. Read More

Although Founders Brewing Co. is growing larger by the day, the expansion process has caused some growing pains. Read More

For revelers who enjoy BeerCity, U.S.A. just a little too much, there’s a new business that might ease some of the transportation issues associated with drinking and then opting not to drive. Read More

New office chairs and electronic communications technology is behind much of the buzz at NeoCon this year, ranging from an office chair designed for personal mobile device users to built-in electronics in tables and wall panels. Read More

American Seating, a well-known producer of contract seating in Grand Rapids for more than 100 years, will introduce a freestanding table line, a wood base chair, a stackable table and Us Chair accessories at this year’s NeoCon. Read More

After joining the Alliance AutoGas Network just six months ago, Crystal Flash Energy in Grand Rapids has secured its first three fleet customers. Read More

Television advertising is starting to see some serious competition from online video advertising in terms of effectiveness. Read More

Whirlpool launched a new television spot last month titled “teen jeans,” which portrays a teenager aghast that her mother has washed her favorite pair of jeans, because she is worried that the trip through the washing machine will ruin the new look. Read More

The Grand Rapids based private equity firm Blackford Capital has acquired Mopec, a manufacturer of pathology and mortuary equipment based in metro Detroit. Read More

Johnson Controls, which makes lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles at its Holland plant, will provide the batteries for a U.S Department of Energy project involving large plug-in hybrid trucks. Read More

SelfLube, a small Coopersville manufacturer of parts for metal stamping dies for the auto industry, has gotten so busy it just added a second shift for the first time in the company’s 23-year history. Read More

Procter & Gamble has implemented the cloud based color-management service PantoneLIVE developed by Pantone, a subsidiary of Grand Rapids-based X-Rite. Read More

LANSING — The number of traditional landlines in Michigan is continuing to fall, and cellphones now make up three-quarters of all phones, according to a state report released Monday. Read More

Zeeland-based auto supplier Gentex Corp. has reported that the company’s chief financial officer and vice president of finance has left the company. Read More

Hines Corp. of Spring Lake announced Monday its acquisition of Oklahoma-based Crane Carrier Co., a manufacturer of custom-built, heavy-duty diesel, CNG and hybrid truck chassis. Read More

Behind every successful exporting/importing company, there’s a lot of intricate paperwork to make it happen. Read More

The massive number of plastic bags ending up in landfills is a major problem for landfill operators in many parts of the world, so the executives of Great Lakes Bottled Water in Walker have organized a new business to distribute plastic trash bags described as being truly biodegradable “under landfill conditions.” Read More

First came the breweries. Now comes the brewery apps. Read More

Perrigo has won its legal battle to challenge the validity of the patent on the bladder drug Sanctura XR, even as it begins another patent challenge in its efforts to be first to produce a generic version of a topical testosterone solution. Read More