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Hard cider canning begins in Spring Lake

Vander Mill ciders are already award-winners on tap in GR and Chicago.

May 24, 2013
One of the Midwest’s largest and fastest-growing craft cider producers, Vander Mill Cider & Winery in Spring Lake, has just completed a $600,000 expansion project that included renovation and the addition of fermentation equipment and a canning line that will be able to produce 1,800 16-ounce cans of hard cider per hour. Read More

Industrial market turns positive

CBRE reports vacancy is down, while building value is up for some.

May 24, 2013
The overall vacancy rate for the county’s leaseable industrial real estate space fell to 13.9 percent at the beginning of this year. Read More

Manufacturers plan 182 jobs and $34.2M expansions in West Michigan

May 23, 2013
More than 1,000 out of work Michigan residents could soon have jobs. Read More

Amway employees treated after disinfectant leak

May 23, 2013
| By AP
Amway Corp. says two of its employees were treated at a hospital following the leak of a cleaning chemical at its Ada headquarters. Read More

Cooking up new business

Changing food trends lead to winners and losers.

May 17, 2013
Jeff Grogg, a Battle Creek consultant to the food industry across the U.S., sees potential trouble ahead for the sugar industry but lots of new opportunities for the growers and processors of fruits and vegetables. Read More

GR Spring & Stamping allies with Automatic Spring Products Corp.

May 17, 2013
GR Spring & Stamping in Grand Rapids has formed a strategic alliance with Automatic Spring Products Corp. in Grand Haven, to enable both companies to “leverage each other’s product strengths, while allowing for continued focus on core manufacturing strategies,” according to their joint announcement. Read More

Perrigo prescribes marketing campaign for store-brand meds

May 16, 2013
Allegan-based Perrigo has begun what it claims is the first broad marketing and communications campaign to raise consumer awareness of, and confidence in, generic over-the-counter medications sold by major retailers under their own store brands. Read More

Wolverine Worldwide walks brands into Grand Rapids

May 14, 2013
For the first time ever this week, Wolverine Worldwide is hosting a global conference for all of its brands — and the event is being held in downtown Grand Rapids at DeVos Place. Read More

Steelcase invests in LiquidSpace

May 10, 2013
LiquidSpace, an online San Francisco-based company that markets temporary office and meeting space, has announced that Steelcase and CBRE Group have jointly invested $1.3 million in the company. Read More

Perrigo earns $111.9M in 3Q

May 8, 2013
| By AP
Perrigo reports that its net income slipped 3 percent in the fiscal third quarter on costs related to two acquisitions. Read More