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t’s an unprecedented run-up to the De- The two men share common views on some things: troit mayoral primary election. Emergency manager Kevyn Orr should get out of their Mike Duggan, who was kicked off the way, and the city needs to reduce Aug. 6 ballot because courts ruled he crime and blight. But they differ I filed his nominating petitions too soon, widely in how the business aims to place second in the primary as a community can help the city write-in to earn a spot on the November bal- emerge from its financial lot. Front-runner Benny Napoleon, mean- crisis and on ways to reduce LARRY PEPLIN while, is running aggressively on a plat- Detroit’s health care costs. The missing ingredient for form to reduce crime. Crain’s interviews with While 14 candidates are on the ballot — building food biz? A kitchen Duggan and Napoleon are including Tom Barrow, three times unsuc- on Pages 24-25. cessful in previous bids for mayor and What’s the best verdict for polling in third place now — the two candidates that business is paying attention to downtown jail site? are Duggan and Napoleon. Inside Like Magic, sports talk could add a player, Page 4

This Just In Colliers hires brokerage FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES team from Ludwig & Seeley DMC to build children’s The Southfield office of Col- liers International Inc. has hired the retail brokerage team of Southfield-based outpatient center in Troy commercial real estate firm The quickest? Ludwig & Seeley Inc. Eight retail brokers; prin- Detroit Zoo. Richard Ludwig cipals , 63, and Facility first of “We have Frederick Seeley , 71; and two evaluated in the staff members joined Colliers Quicken past year our effective July 1. Ludwig and several planned need to reach Seeley became senior vice all it a portrait of the local economy that the patients at presidents and directors of the point of you paint by numbers. Take a list of public for suburbs retail brokerage for Colliers. where they are,” Also joining Colliers are C and private companies, rank them by BY JAY GREENE said Mullany. vice presidents of retail Kent dollar amount of revenue growth between 2009 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS “The conclusion Butler and Max Goldman; asso- and 2012, then rank them by percentage rev- based on need ciate vice presidents of retail The Detroit Medical Center has Mullany and demograph- Matthew Seeley, Bryan Weiss enue growth, then add the two, and you purchased 4 acres in Troy to build ics led us change from Royal Oak” Brian Whitfield Lou Fran- have Crain’s list of the fastest-growing com- and ; a $42 million children’s outpatient to Troy. go, senior retail associate; panies in Southeast Michigan. Most of the specialty center. Mullany said the DMC Children’s and retail associates Doug La- top 10 were lifted by the rising tide of the The 70,000-square-foot center, at Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center Couver and Paul Lichtenberg. auto industry. But standing alone at No. 350 W. Big Beaver Road near the will include an emergency depart- Ludwig & Seeley will con- I-75 interchange, is one of several 1? That would be Quicken Loans Inc., ment, operating rooms, clinics and tinue its property manage- DMC plans to build in Southeast a variety of outpatient services, in- which attributes its ascendance to ment operations, said Amy Michigan over the next few years cluding cardiology, endocrinology, Schiffman, marketing man- the use of technology to secure to offer lower-cost specialty ser- gastroenterology, nephrology, ager for Colliers. greater loan volumes. vices in the suburbs, said CEO Joe neurology, oncology and surgery. Paul Managing Director Mullany. It will not include adult services as Choukourian has hired 33 bro- Construction on the site, adja- previously planned in Royal Oak, kers since taking over the Read how the other fastest grew, in profiles that begin cent from the Troy Marriott, is ex- he said. Colliers office in March 2011. pected to start next spring. DMC “We have tremendous support He said the office now has 46 on Page 11. will hire about 100 full-time work- from the residents of Oakland brokers and that broker hir- ers for the center. County requesting to have pedi- ing will continue “if there’s a Last year, DMC canceled plans atric service at the level of Chil- specific need.” to build a pediatric and adult spe- — Kirk Pinho cialty center in Royal Oak near the See DMC, Page 22

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MICHIGAN BRIEFS As immigration debate persists, new president of Mercy Health Saint Mary’s in Grand Rapids, replacing growers wonder who’ll pick fruit Grand Rapids firm opens Detroit office to be amid ‘energy’ the retiring Phil McCorkle. Manns Northern Michigan fruit grower has been COO of Alameda Health Sys- Pat McGuire contends that cher- Open Systems Technologies Inc., a Grand Rapids- the company looks to hire a few more people in the tem in Oakland, Calif., since 2005 ries and apples could rot on the based information technology services company, Detroit office in applications development. and also has been an executive at ground because there won’t be has opened an office in downtown Detroit with an Almost exactly a year ago, Crain’s Michigan Busi- Detroit-based St. John Health System ness and Providence Hospital in Southfield. enough workers to pick them. Last initial staff of seven full-time employees. reported on the growing presence of Grand Ⅲ week, The Associated Press report- OST President Daniel Behm said his company de- Rapids-based businesses in downtown Detroit. They In March, Crain’s Michigan Business ed that McGuire and other Michi- cided to open the 1,500-square-foot office on the 17th include Mindscape at Hanon McKendry, Atomic Object reported on the shortage of rental apartments in downtown gan growers want Congress to pass floor of 28 W. Adams Ave. because it wanted to be Inc. and Lambert, Edwards & Associates. In that story, Grand Rapids. Last week, Mid- an immigration bill that includes part of the resurgence of Detroit. “The energy in Behm made OST’s own intentions known. land-based Brookstone Capital Man- more lenient and less complex downtown Detroit is amazing,” Behm said. “There is Open Systems Technologies, founded in 1997, agement said it planned to build a rules for hiring farm workers. a lot of talent there, especially in the tech industry. posted revenue of about $80 million in its 2013 fiscal $40 million, 14-story residential Michigan farmers hire about We see Detroit as the engine that moves the state.” year, which ended March 31, by providing IT ser- and retail building downtown, the 45,000 seasonal workers, many of With headquarters in Grand Rapids and satellite vices for the health care, manufacturing and distrib- Grand Rapids Business Journal re- them immigrants, in the typical offices in Ann Arbor, Minneapolis and Detroit, OST ution, finance and insurance industries. ported. The building would have year. Some of the asparagus crop employs about 120 full-time employees. Behm said — Matthew Gryczan 108 apartments and retail space. was left in the field this spring be- Ⅲ The Spring Arbor University cause too few pickers were avail- Corporate Giants Are Getting publication Advertising Age recent- necessary medical procedures, board of directors approved Brent able, the AP reported. Crushed, said many temp workers ly reported that beer cans are shed- The Associated Press reported. Ellis as the school’s new president, Apple grower Mark Youngquist “get by on minimum wage, renting ding their reputation as lowbrow de- Jashu Patel and other cardiolo- the Grand Rapids Business Journal said his migrant labor housing, rooms in rundown houses, eating livery systems that give their gists at Jackson Cardiology Associ- reported. He will take over from the usually half-full for the approach- dinners of beans and potatoes and contents the distinct taste of alu- ates allegedly performed heart retiring Charles Webb on Aug. 16. ing harvest, is now “at zero.” Un- surviving on food banks and tax- minum ingots. Among the trailblaz- catheterizations and other proce- less something changes quickly, payer-funded health care. They al- ers: Grand Rapids-based Founders dures that weren’t justified. Many Find business news from “none of it is going to get picked.” most never get benefits and have lit- Brewing Co., which has spent mil- procedures were performed at Al- around the state at crainsdetroit tle opportunity for advancement.” lions refining its canning line. legiance Health. Cardiologist Julie .com/crainsmichiganbusiness. Report: Kent County among MLive.com noted that in a re- “You can really do a disservice Kovach, who filed the suit, will get Sign up for Crain's Michigan cent story, Mark Lancaster, who to beer, quickly, at the packaging” a portion of the settlement. Business e-newsletter at crains leaders in temporary employees heads a local temp agency, said the stage, said Mike Stevens, CEO of Ⅲ Bill Manns was appointed the detroit.com/emailsignup. rise in temporary hiring “is gener- A report by the website ProPubli- Founders, which will launch its ally considered a positive econom- All Day IPA in cans this year. He ca found that Kent County is the ic indicator because temp workers third-largest market for temporary forecasts a 25 percent increase in CORRECTIONS can often be hired onto company overall volume of All Day IPA. employment, with 6.7 percent of all payrolls as sales improve.” Ⅲ jobs in the private sector coming A story and headline on Page 1 of the July 8 issue should have said there are 54, not 56, candidates who are running for the Detroit City from temporary staffing agencies. ICH CELLANEOUS Only Greenville County, S.C., and Founders Brewing leads way for M - Council. Ⅲ Crain’s Kane County, Ill., rank higher. beer makers with do-can attitude Ⅲ Allegiance Health in Jackson list of the largest outstate law firms, published July 8, should The report, titled The Expend- will pay nearly half of a $4 million have listed Scott Huizenga as Varnum LLP’s top Michigan executive. ables: How the Temps Who Power Crain’s Detroit Business’ sibling settlement in a lawsuit over un-

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July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 What’s best verdict for jail site? Inside

get with a final price tag of $391 mil- “The economic climate has Ideas for 5 properties: Office lion, prompting the county to halt changed since we started the pro- the construction June 7. ject two years ago,” Lee said. Those bonds will mature be- “Things have changed, and given space, entertainment district tween 2014 and 2040. the fact that we’ve suspended the June Lee, chief of staff for project, we wanted to put it out BY DUSTIN WALSH juvenile detention center and both Wayne County, said the county there to see if there is interest.” CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS of the current jail sites. moved forward Matt Cullen, CEO of Dan Real estate brokers and develop- with the project Gilbert’s Rock Ventures LLC, said In the middle of a 60-day con- ers wax poetic on the area’s possi- because of the work stoppage provides the struction moratorium on the over- ble uses — an expanded entertain- cheap federal county, developers and the com- Group wants Highland Park COURTESY OF WOODWARD AVENUE ACTION ASSOCIATION budget, half-built Wayne County ment district, new office space or bonds during munity time to consider a new vi- Jail site, the county is asking de- mixed-use developments — but the the recession sion for the area. plant to get its due, Page 22 velopers: What now? county says it needs the financials and fears that if “They can’t finish what they Wayne County launched a re- to match up. the justice sys- started; everything they planned is quest for information on June 26, The county issued $200 million in tem was moved, in turmoil,” Cullen said. “So let’s Company index calling for proposals to redevelop bonds to pay for the jail in Decem- existing infra- take thoughtful moment and be These companies have significant mention in this fortuitous on this and maybe we week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: the five justice properties con- ber 2010 after the county commis- Lee structure and law firms and can get a do-over … do the thing Advantage Resourcing America ...... 21 trolled by the county, including sion approved the sale of up to $300 Advocate Commercial Real Estate Advisors of Mich. . . 22 the jail construction site, the million in bonds for the project. But other legal tenants would move Alta Equipment ...... 13 Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the the project quickly went over bud- out of the city. See Jail, Page 22 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings ...... 12 Aristeo Construction ...... 18 Atlas Oil ...... 12 Bartech Group ...... 3 BorgWarner ...... 12 Chase Plastic Services ...... 16 Chrysler Group ...... 11 Clark Hill ...... 4 Bartech plans Colliers International ...... 1 Commercial Contracting Group ...... 13 Computech ...... 19 Cooper-Standard Holdings ...... 17 Detroit Kitchen Connect ...... 23 HQ move to Detroit Medical Center ...... 1 The Diez Group ...... 15 Diversified Restaurant Holdings ...... 15 DMC Consultants ...... 19 DTE Energy ...... 21 Southfield, first Eastern Market ...... 3 Edibles Rex ...... 19 Eli Tea ...... 3 FoodLab Detroit ...... 3 Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions . . . . . 22 foreign office Gateway Marketplace ...... 26 General Motors ...... 15 General RV Center ...... 15 BY SHERRI WELCH Gentherm ...... 11 George P. Johnson ...... 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Global Automotive Alliance ...... 15 Great Expressions Dental Centers ...... 15 Just over a year after Bartech Grede Holdings ...... 11 Henniges Automotive ...... 18 Group Inc. sold a stake to private eq- Iconma ...... 19 uity firm Sverica International, the Innovation Ventures ...... 12 International Automotive Components ...... 16 company is moving its headquar- Inteva Products ...... 11 ters to Southfield and making Kenwal Steel ...... 13 plans to open its first office outside Key Safety Systems ...... 14 Lakeshore TolTest ...... 12 the country. Lear ...... 14 The goal of better serving an un- Ludwig & Seeley ...... 1 McNaughton-McKay Electric ...... 18 named client in Meadowbrook Insurance Group ...... 16 Western Europe Meijer ...... 26 Meritor ...... 17 has spurred Metaldyne ...... 16 Bartech to seek Michigan Pepper ...... 23 office space LARRY PEPLIN Neapco Holdings ...... 12 Jess Daniel’s need for kitchen space led her to Devita Davison (right), community kitchen coordinator at Eastern Market Neighborhood Noodle ...... 3 there, said Pres- NYX ...... 16 Corp. They are developing Detroit Kitchen Connect, which will place food entrepreneurs into two commercial kitchens. ident David Piston Automotive ...... 12 Preferred Solutions ...... 19 Barfield. PVS Chemicals ...... 17 At the same Quicken Loans ...... 11 Rapid Global Business Solutions ...... 17 time, he said, Redico ...... 22, 23 Livonia-based RevSpring ...... 14 Barfield RKA Petroleum Cos...... 14 Bartech is look- Kitchens in sync Rock Ventures ...... 3 ing to extend its services beyond Roush Enterprises ...... 13 Sachse Construction and Development ...... 14 overseeing all staffing vendors for SET Enterprises ...... 14 companies as a managed service Soave Enterprises ...... 16 provider and placing contract em- With space scarce, new program aims to get small biz cooking Summit Health ...... 16 Syntel ...... 15 ployees. Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications . . . . . 4 BY AMY HAIMERL ing affordable, reliable commercial kitchen space. “In order for Bartech to contin- Technical Training ...... 17, 19 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Among the upstarts is Elias Majid, 24, who has TI Automotive ...... 13 ue to really be a competitive force, been developing his line of teas for nearly 18 TriMas ...... 15 it is important that we offer a TRW Automotive Holdings ...... 17 ess Daniel and Devita Davison understand months. Using the moniker Eli Tea, he has sold at Universal Truckload Services ...... 12 wider array of talent management firsthand the challenges of trying to scale up farmers markets and other locations, testing the U.S. Farathane ...... 14 services,” Barfield said. U.S. Manufacturing ...... 13 a burgeoning food business. market for what he describes as “American herbal That could mean recruiting not Vision Information Technologies ...... 14 J Daniel opened a pop-up noodle shop, teas.” WCAR 1090 AM ...... 4 only for contract or temporary em- WDFN 1130 AM ...... 4 Neighborhood Noodle, in Detroit after relocating In January, he decided he was ready to expand ployment positions, but also per- WMGC 105.1 FM ...... 4 from Washington, D.C., in 2010. Davison returned Detroit-based Eli Tea LLC and seek wholesale distrib- WXYT-FM 97.1 ...... 4 manent placements. And it could to her native Detroit after Hurricane Sandy de- ution for his 30 varieties. mean extending the company’s stroyed the inventory in her New York City shop, First, however, he had to find a commercial Department index vendor management role for kitchen in which to roast herbs and cleanly package clients beyond other staffing com- The Southern Pantry, which specialized in small- his teas. Without that, he couldn’t get licensed to BANKRUPTCIES ...... 6 panies to outsourced contracts for batch foods. wholesale to shops and restaurants. BUSINESS DIARY ...... 20 work such as information technol- Now Davison, the newly hired community He soon discovered what a struggle that can be. CAPITOL BRIEFINGS...... 6 ogy projects, he said. kitchen coordinator at Eastern Market Corp., and “I thought that finding a kitchen would be a lot “I’ve got to figure out how to do Daniel, founder of FoodLab Detroit, are helping the CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 21 next wave of food entrepreneurs tackle one of the easier than it was,” said Majid. KEITH CRAIN...... 8 See Bartech, Page 21 biggest obstacles to growth in their industry: find- See Kitchens, Page 23 LETTERS...... 8 MARY KRAMER ...... 9 Where the elite meet to tweet Blog heaven OPINION ...... 8 See what’s on the minds of reporters on the THIS WEEK @ Follow Crain’s staffers by grabbing PEOPLE ...... 20 their handles at front lines of gathering Crain’s business WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM crainsdetroit.com/twitter news at crainsdetroit.com/blogs. RUMBLINGS ...... 26 WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 26 20130715-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 5:14 PM Page 1

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BY BILL SHEA Loretta Ames, a partner at the De- A message was left for station CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS troit office of Bloomfield Hills-based owner Sima Birach. Birach Hold- law firm Plunkett Cooney PC, repre- ings owns more than 20 mostly Detroit’s FM radio dial may sents Lane but declined comment. foreign-language, ethnic and soon have some competition for Lane last month launched a brokered-content radio stations in the sports talk audience. weekday podcast on Michigan and 12 other states. Radio industry scuttlebutt for Soundcloud.com called “DM&M” Until picked up by WCAR, ESPN months has been rife with specula- with former “Drew & Mike” pro- Radio last aired in the Detroit mar- tion that Greater Media Inc.’s WMGC ducers Mike Wolters and Marc ket on WXYT 1270 AM until Septem- 105.1 FM will change formats next Fellhauer. Former on-air partner ber 2007. Its nationally syndicated month from adult contemporary Mike Clark has been off the air. weekday content includes “Mike music to sports. WMGC has lagged in the ratings and Mike in the Morning” and That would pit the soft rock sta- since popular morning show host “The Herd With Colin Cowherd,” tion known for many years as Jim Harper retired in December along with pro and college sports. “Magic 105” against market leader 2011 after a WXYT’s rating dominance is WXYT-FM 97.1 “The Ticket,” owned decade at the largely because it has the rights to by CBS Sports Radio Inc. station, so a for- air live all four of Detroit’s profes- Sources familiar with the situa- mat change is a sional sports teams’ games. The ra- tion, who spoke on the condition of likely possibili- dio contracts for the Detroit Lions, anonymity, told Crain’s that the ty, said Don Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons don’t switch could Tanner, a part- expire until 2015, meaning it happen in Au- ner in Farming- would be more than a year before a gust and that ton Hills-based flipped WMGC could theoretically Greater Media Tanner Friedman pursue and air pro games. Universi- has been in Strategic Commu- ty of Michigan football and men’s talks with po- Tanner nications and au- basketball games are aired on CBS tential show thor of a book about the radio and Radio-owned WWJ 950 AM under a hosts — includ- music industries, No Static At All. five-year deal signed in 2011. ing Drew Lane, “It would make sense consider- The market’s other sports sta- formerly of the ing Magic is basically on life sup- tion is Detroit-based WDFN 1130 “Drew & Mike” AM Lane port, and the FM sports franchises , owned by San Antonio-based morning show, are among terrestrial radio’s most Clear Channel Corp. which in May ended a 22-year run lucrative,” he said. “Add in the fact The only local sports content on on Greater Media-owned WRIF that Drew Lane is open for a gig WDFN is Matt Shepard’s 7-10 a.m. 101.1 FM. and a huge sports fan, and you have talk show. It carries nationally syn- The station’s ownership is non- a very intriguing possibility.” dicated shows during the day and committal when asked about the Radio insiders say Greater Me- Fox Sports Radio programs at night. rumored format change. “Like oth- dia has been pursing local contrac- Greater Media, whose local sta- er broadcasters, we are always ex- tual rights to ESPN Radio content, tions and offices are in Ferndale, ploring our options, but we don’t which belong to Livonia-based also owns classic rock station have any specific plans at this Birach Holdings Inc.’s WCAR 1090 WCSX 94.7 FM. time,” said Heidi Raphael, Greater AM. WCAR began airing the ESPN Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, Media’s vice president of corpo- programming on Feb. 1, 2012. It [email protected]. Twitter: rate communication, via email. doesn’t broadcast live local shows. @bill_shea19 Biz also to benefit from new energy assistance fund

BY CHRIS GAUTZ per month as part of their electric state with an electric meter, rather CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT rates to support the previous itera- than just the gas and electric cus- tions of the fund. tomers of the state’s two largest util- A new law to assist low-income “It was enough to make us want ities. Nofs said one of the problems residents struggling to pay utility to challenge it,” Strong said. with the old system was that any- bills will result in reduced electric That challenge led to the law be- one who qualified could seek help bills for large businesses and ing signed two weeks ago. ABATE from the fund, regardless of many residential utility customers had filed suit over the way the fund whether they had ever paid into it. in the state. was previously set up, claiming the Judy Palnau, media and public Changing the odds Gov. Rick Snyder signed SB 284, utilities did not have authority to information specialist for the Michi- the low-income energy assistance collect the fees, and the Michigan gan Public Service Commission, said in our clients’ favor fund, which helps provide funding Court of Appeals agreed in 2011. the first step with the new law will for people below 150 percent of the For two years after that ruling, be for utilities around the state to federal poverty level to keep their lawmakers wrestled with how to inform the commission if they plan electricity from being shut off. craft a new fund, and they came up to assess the fee. If a utility does not The fund has the ability to gen- with short-term fixes to help indi- participate, it has to agree that it erate up to $50 million and will viduals have access to assistance. will not shut off utility service become from a new fee on electric Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, tween Nov. 1 and April 15 of each bills throughout the state of no chairman of the Senate Energy and year to any residential customers more than $1 per month, per me- Technology Committee, said he be- who cannot pay their bill. ter. For homes or farms that may lieves the law, which he sponsored, The utilities that agree to assess have more than one electric meter, will help businesses and also pro- the fee must then also tell the com- the owner will pay a fee for just vide enough financial resources to mission how many meters are in one meter. A business will pay the help those most in need. its territory, and then a calcula- fee for each meter it has. The law provides the ability for tion will be done so that the fund But businesses will still see sig- the Legislature to fund the pro- will generate $50 million. (There nificant savings, said Robert gram, negating the need to assess are an estimated 5 million meters Securities fraud and shareholder rights Strong, member of Clark Hill PLC and the annual fee on electric meters, in the state.) legal counsel for the Association of Automotive supplier disputes Shareholder and partnership disputes but when lawmakers in the future Palnau said once the commis- Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity, a are unable or unwilling to fund the sion has that information, it can

Commercial and business lawsuits Family law and probate litigation group of large, energy-intensive in- program with tax dollars, the fee determine the monthly fee and dustrial businesses in the state. can be assessed. when it will begin to be assessed. Strong said there were members Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, 248-841-2200 While this cuts costs for business- of ABATE who were paying hun- es and residential customers, the [email protected]. Twitter: millerlawpc.com dreds, if not thousands, of dollars fee will be spread to everyone in the @chrisgautz DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 7/9/2013 9:52 AM Page 1

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS July 15, 2013 MEDC chief talks up state success on N.Y. media tour Michigan Economic De- what’s happening with to return and vote for the bill. velopment Corp. President young talent in the state Also last week, a statewide and CEO Michael Finney Capitol and startups in Michi- group called the Coalition of Con- was in New York City Briefings gan. cerned Michigan Grassroots Citizens last week taking part in announced a yard sign campaign his first major media to oppose the expansion. The red tour and said this will Medicaid messages and white sign says: “Ouch! Medic- help bring positive atten- With all eyes on the aid expansion hurts! Families. tion at the national level Senate as it decides Budgets. Michigan.” to what has been happen- whether to vote on a bill Group spokeswoman Joan Fabi- ing in the state. to expand Medicaid, ano said in a statement the signs During the two-day groups on both sides are a response to the billboards trip, Finney met with re- have stepped up their ef- and Snyder’s tour around the state Chris Gautz porters from The New forts, ranging from lawn urging Senate Republicans to vote York Times, The Wall signs to billboards and 30-second for the expansion. Street Journal, Forbes magazine, commercials. “The governor has taxpayer- Entrepreneur.com, Fox Business Net- The Expand Medicaid coalition last funded resources at his disposal to work, CNNMoney.com, Inbound Lo- week released a 30-second ad on so- get his expansion message out and gistics magazine and Bloomberg cial media featuring Rob Fowler, politically powerful special inter- Businessweek. president and CEO of the Small Busi- ests who stand to profit from the ex- The reporters were interested in ness Association of Michigan, who pansion have thousands of dollars hearing Michigan’s story, and makes the case for expansion, to spend on billboards,” she said. Finney said the major business tax though he doesn’t say the word “ex- overhaul, the passage of right-to- pansion.” In the ad, he urges view- work and the resurgence of the au- ers to contact their senators. Immigrants pay taxes, too tomotive sector were items he “It’s time to finish the job,” Now that the U.S. Senate has ap- brought up. Fowler says in the ad. proved a bipartisan immigration “They got a sense that positive Last month, the House approved bill, and it is all but dead in the Re- things are happening,” Finney HB 4714, which would expand publican-controlled U.S. House, said. Medicaid to some 450,000 of the those supporting reform are point- Along on the trip to help make state’s working poor adults, but ing to a report released last week the case with Finney were Jake the Senate has not taken up the by the Institute on Taxation and Eco- Cohen, a partner with Detroit Ven- bill, despite urging from Gov. Rick nomic Policy as another reason to ture Partners, and Rick DeVos, CEO Snyder to do so. support overhauling the system. of Start Garden. Finney said those The coalition has also installed The report provides a state-by- two were able to talk to the re- billboards in key Senate Republi- state breakdown of the estimated porters about venture capital, can districts urging members there amount of taxes paid by undocumented immigrants. In Michigan, that amounts to just less than $126 million. If immigration reform is approved, the report says, that amount would increase to $161 million, as people stop using fake So- cial Security or individual tax identification numbers. Taxes paid now by undocumented immigrants are on property, sales and income, according to the report. It also estimates there are 150,000 undocumented immigrants Kyle Sasena, VP, International Banking Specialist in the state. Fred Fordon, SVP, Commercial Banking Manager Nationwide, the report estimates there are 11.2 million undocumented immigrants, who pay The Entrepreneurial Bank. about $10.6 billion in taxes annually. And if immigration reform is approved, that total is expected to increase by $2 billion. Level One Bank makes international trade easy. Comings and goings Import and export, safe and eﬃcient. House Speaker Jase Bolger, R- Marshall, has appointed Brock Swartzle as House majority coun- Level One, your international bank, right here at home. sel. Swartzle was a partner at Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn LLP. He begins July 22. Swartzle is Call us. replacing Joseph Baumann, who was hired as general counsel for the Michigan Supreme Court. Contact Greg Wernette Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, [email protected]. Twitter: Entrepreneur and Chief Lending Oﬀicer, 248-737-0300 @chrisgautz

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OPINION Comments on ‘better city’ column Creditors skip bus, LETTERS Regarding the July 8 Other well. The Arizona Daily Star re- Voices, “10 ways to build a better Crain’s Detroit Business cently examined the cost differ- welcomes letters to the editor. city,” penned by Herb Strather, I ence between bottled water and All letters will be considered must take exception to the sug- for publication, provided they water from the city’s municipal can’t deny train wreck gestions regarding water privati- supply. A half-liter of Pepsi’s are signed and do not defame zation and bottling of water. individuals or organizations. Aquafina at a Tucson conve- t sounded like a good idea: Pile a bunch of the out-of-town Detroit supplies water to most Letters may be edited for nience store costs $1.39. The creditors onto a bus and really show them Detroit. As one of Southeast Michigan, and pri- length and clarity. bottle contains purified water vatization affects this entire re- of their own — investment banker and Detroit native Ken- Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit from the Tucson water supply. I gion. From the tap, you can pour over neth Buckfire, now advising the city — told the Detroit Free Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., The upfront payment of $1 bil- Detroit, MI 48207-2997. 6.4 gallons for a penny. That Press last week, he wanted to show creditors the state of the lion may sound like an attractive Email: [email protected] makes the bottled stuff about “collateral” they hold in Detroit. deal, but this is in the nature of a 7,000 times more expensive, even But media wanted to come. Creditors balked at being part loan that would be paid back though Aquafina is using of a potential media circus. Maybe they also balked at signing over time by the citizens of this pact of the country’s obsession the same source of water.” region, with interest in the form with bottled water has been stag- an indemnification for any injury — even death — that might (democracynow.org/2007/8/1/the of higher water rates. A quick gering. Each day an estimated 60 occur during the tour. (It did seem over the top.) _bottled_water_lie_as_soft) Google search of Indianapolis million plastic water bottles are It makes more sense to do what- For as many reasons as Buckfire and Detroit emergency water privatization shows that thrown away. Most are not recy- ever it takes to discourage bot- manager Kevyn Orr had for the tour, there was one more: It rates did go up considerably over cled. The Pacific Institute has es- tling of our water. Because most might have been the closest many of those creditors would come time. This is also the case in oth- timated 20 million barrels of oil of these bottles are not recycled, to the results of the mortgage crisis in this country, a crisis from er cities in this country and else- are used each year to make the the cost of disposing of them falls which some of their companies may even have profited. where around the globe. plastic for water bottles. to the local municipalities. From the Democracy Now “Economically, it makes sense There are many reasons for Detroit’s decline: white flight, Barbara Klimkowski website: “The environmental im- to stop buying bottled water as Southfield corporate disinvestment, end of a city residency requirement for public workers, corruption and mismanagement, and the collapse of the manufacturing base that gave high school gradu- ates a chance at a middle-class lifestyle. But in the past decade, TALK ON THE WEB one factor that has decimated neighborhoods was the foreclo- From www.crainsdetroit.com sure crisis, fueled in part by policies that advocated home own- tial to greatly impact our region. ership for all and Wall Street wunderkinds who bundled risky Re: Other Voices: 10 ways Reader responses to stories and So how do we prepare opportu- blogs that appeared on Crain’s loans into neat little packages other investors could buy. to build a better city nities for them to contribute to website. Comments may be Instead of encouraging more It’s one thing to read about the mess; it’s another to visit edited for length and clarity. our community? Programs like neighborhoods where the meltdown had its biggest impact. funds to leave our public schools Challenge Detroit and the Maybe the creditors should get back on the bus. and enter into charter schools MEDC’s LiveWorkDetroit! con- that do not have to conform to How about the obvious — bet- nect these individuals to innova- the same regulations and are al- ter public safety and security. tive jobs while granting them lowed to be picky about their School consolidation made simple Tired of stating the obvious. Pro- unique experiences to share student populations, why don’t tect people, provide a safe envi- their time and talents with non- try bolstering our existing school State school Superintendent Mike Flanagan last week issued we ronment and business will fol- profits seeking fresh ideas. systems? By providing opportunities to a bold proposal: consolidation of school district administrative low. Set up mentoring programs Defense Community these individuals in and around and academic services into intermediate school districts. and scholarships. Offer school Detroit, and encouraging them Those services would include transportation, curriculum supplies and field trip opportu- I’ve pondered Detroit’s prob- to share their experiences, it development, staff training, technology, accounting, food ser- nities. Encourage training and lems all of my adult life and nev- will give others a different per- vice and data collection. The goal: efficiency of both cost and continuing education opportu- er even considered most of these spective of the present and future of Detroit. service delivery, with the goal of keeping local schools open nities for educators. The list is suggestions, and frankly they endless. Let’s support the make a lot of sense. Get on board The Collaborative Group and allowing administrators to focus on educating students. schools we have for the students with a new positive vision for Flanagan would have preferred to reduce the state’s 500- we have, rather than exacerbat- the D or get left behind with Michigan needs a state bank to plus school districts to 83 county ones, but doing so would re- ing the educational divide. tired personal agendas. make loans and mortgages to cit- quire constitutional changes. The plan on the table, while am- AshleySFlintoff 255835 izens. As far as most of Detroit is bitious, can be accomplished through legislation. concerned, most of the big banks The best thing to concentrate Promote and prepare for the can leave. They have redlined It also could not come at a better time. Fifty-five school dis- on is to mend the racist attitudes by next generation of thinkers, the city for decades. tricts were operating at a deficit during the last fiscal year, all people. If we could all work to- leaders and doers. A Michigan state bank could and roughly 45 were expected to end the year that way. gether for the betterment of De- While everyone, regardless of make low-interest mortgages to The legislative execution needs to make sure that ISDs are troit instead of fighting over who age, can play an important role state residents, and the profits held accountable. But we believe it’s in the interest of administra- is trying to do what to whom. in the evolution of Detroit, the would go toward the state budget. Banner Sign Co. next generation has the poten- tors, teachers, students and taxpayers to pursue Flanagan’s plan. BrewPubNate KEITH CRAIN: Bankruptcy is inevitable for Detroit The clock is ticking on the charge of those IOUs are knew that to protect his call “haircuts.” and you live to fight another day. countdown to the city of Detroit fil- elected officials with all members’ jobs, the I am sure that they all see bank- And you always get re-elected. ing for bankruptcy. sorts of unions and other UAW would have to ruptcy as a survival mode for When the city files for bankrupt- I don’t have any crystal ball organizations that sim- give concessions to the themselves, not their members. cy, we are all going to hear telling me when and where the ply cannot be seen as automobile companies. The same philosophy works for screams of outrageous indigna- hammer is coming down — but buckling under or giving He did it, and he ex- everyone else who is owed money. tion. Cursing the EM will be stan- anyone who takes a look at what’s in to cuts. Any kind of plained what was going If the city declares bankruptcy, it’s dard procedure. happening is bound to come to the cut would be a disaster on, got concessions of easy to blame the emergency man- When it happens, and my guess same conclusion. for an elected official. At his own and emerged a ager and pass the buck. is that it’s not that far away, just There are plenty of folks in this worst, his or her mem- real leader of the UAW. Those executives will fight on watch and listen. The crocodile country to whom the city of De- bership would kick them There are no Ron Get- and live another day and through tears are going to be plentiful. But troit owes money. out of office. At best, the telfingers around in De- another election where they can you can’t change the reality of the We’re talking a lot of money, bil- membership simply troit that I have seen. decry what happened without any situation. The leaders are going to lions of dollars. The city owes it to would not re-elect them. The leadership of all the organiza- personal responsibility. be sighing in relief that they them yesterday, today and tomor- Ron Gettelfinger, the retired tions that have some contracts Heck, that’s been the secret for dodged the bullet one more time. row. Plenty of tomorrows. head of the UAW, was a very re- with the city are not about to vol- decades. Blame the other guy so I hope they realize that their own Many of the people who are in markable union executive. He untarily agree to what we all now there is no personal responsibility, pay is going to be cut most of all. 20130715-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 11:58 AM Page 1

July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 MARY KRAMER: A view of downtown from newest workers

Seven years ago, Mark Petroff troit is much better looking at cheaper park- When workers at was the newly minted CEO of Mar- than initially viewed ing options on the down- Marketing keting Associates, a Bloomfield from Royal Oak.” town fringes convenient Associates walked Hills-based marketing and tech- In 2006, the move to the People Mover. from their office in downtown Detroit to nology company that started with downtown was the best “But we underesti- The Fillmore for a a single client, Ford Motor Co. deal, Petroff said. The mated the social value meeting, followed by In fact, the principal owner of technology build-out in of being downtown,” a Tigers game the company, then and now, is Ed- One Kennedy Square Petroff said. The base- across the street, sel Ford II. But the customer base could support MA’s big ball night “re-empha- they got a little has grown to include B2B mar- data center, with sepa- sized to me … how im- marquee greeting. keters and consumer brands such rate power stations and portant our move was as Whirlpool, KitchenAid and a fiber ring that comes to our growth and em- into the building. Starwood Hotels & Resorts. ployee satisfaction. For Parking is a struggle, In 2006, the company and its 120 many, it’s hard to quantify that though. Employees are in at least employees had outgrown their value, but when you see it … you four lots with rates approaching space. After a search in Dearborn, really know that it’s there.” Crain’s Detroit Business. Catch her on WJR AM 760 and in her blog at Southfield and other suburbs, $200 per spot per month; the compa- take on business news at 6:10 a.m. crainsdetroit.com/kramer. Petroff settled on a deal to sublease ny also subsidizes car pools and is Mary Kramer is publisher of Mondays on the Paul W. Smith show E-mail her at [email protected]. high-tech space in One Kennedy Square, the “green” building looking out over Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit. Today, MA has 257 employees, including 42 “data scientists” who build com- puter models to track and predict behavior. This spring, Marketing Associ- ates welcomed 20 employees from a company it acquired, Royal Oak- based Management and Marketing Services Inc. MMS Owner Dean Allen passed away late last year, and the acquisition gives MA more work at Ford in the aftermarket parts business. The new employees started their downtown commutes about a month ago. To celebrate, and as a team-building excursion, they held an all-company town meeting at The Fillmore and attended a Ready to grow Tigers game across the street. Everyone walked from their office a few blocks away. At my request, Petroff asked the your business? newest employees for their unvar- nished reactions to working downtown. Here are some responses. Ⅲ “I was amazed at the number of people in and around the Cam- Let’s customize a plan to pus Martius area and the fact the majority of them are millennials. … You can feel a vibe, an energy, at least in this area, that I don’t make it happen. think existed before,” said John Kaczanowski, client services director. Ⅲ Sue Przekop, a senior designer, acknowledged that had her company not been purchased, she never would have worked down- CITIZENS BANK FIRSTMERIT BANK. town. “Prior to our Tigers game, … IS NOW I never experienced how walkable some locations are once you get familiar with the area. In the past, I always would drive to the game or to a location and that was it, never We’re here to help. realizing how close we were to other restaurants or areas of the city.” At FirstMerit Bank, we make it our business to know your business. Ⅲ Tisha Jourdain moved to Michigan four years ago from Cali- With over one hundred years of experience creating tailored solutions fornia, where her commute took about an hour to negotiate a 10- to meet unique business needs, we can help you make the best choices mile trip to her advertising agency for your business. So, whenever you’re ready to chat, we’ll be here. job. Still, she said, “I had big-time reservations about moving downtown, yet I also knew I had to give it a chance. I’m pleasantly sur- prised. … To hear great music from the band shell or to see meetings being held in and around ‘the beach’ brings such a sense of community as well as such a complete- TO LEARN MORE, CONTACT: ly different perspective than what David Lochner, President, Michigan, tends to be portrayed otherwise.” at 248-324-8555 or david.lochner@ﬁrstmerit.com. PERSONAL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL PRIVATEBANK Ⅲ Ross Lindsay misses the ease of getting in and out of the office for client meetings that he enjoyed Member FDIC in Royal Oak and was shocked at 1403_FM13 FirstMerit.com/MeetUs the traffic downtown. But overall he conceded that “working in De- DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 7/9/2013 9:31 AM Page 1 OLD PHONE COMPANY TECHNOLOGY IS SLOWING YOU DOWN.

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6 LOCAL FIRMS GET ADDED HONORS Woman-owned, ‘Inner City 100’ lists pick three each, Page 19

fastest-growing companies

THE FASTEST-GROWING 1. Quicken Loans, Detroit 2. Inteva Products, Troy 3. Chrysler Group, Auburn Hills 4. Gentherm, Northville 5. Grede Holdings, Southfield 6. Innovation Ventures, Farmington Hills 7. Neapco Holdings, Belleville 8. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Detroit 9. BorgWarner, Auburn Hills 10. Piston Automotive, Redford More than 50 paths of growth: Automotive recovery, acquisitions ... Township 11. Universal Truckload his listing of Crain’s Fastest Growing Companies was The results help paint a picture of the local economy for the Services, Warren created by ranking the companies on Crain’s database of period: The majority of the top 10 companies benefited from the 12. Lakeshore TolTest, Detroit T private and publicly traded companies in two ways: by strong comeback of the automotive industry since the recession. 12. Atlas Oil, Taylor dollar amount of revenue growth between 2009 and 2012 and by One standout, Quicken Loans Inc. at No. 1, said it grew with the 14. U.S. Manufacturing, Warren percentage revenue growth during that same period. The two help of technology that allowed it to secure greater loan volumes. 15. TI Automotive, Auburn Hills rankings were added together to create the list; the lower the Read how the others grew, starting with the profiles below 16. Commercial Contracting number, the higher the final rank. and continuing through Page 18. Group, Auburn Hills 17. Roush Enterprises, Livonia 18. Kenwal Steel, Dearborn troit-based interior parts components and heating, ventilation and air- 19. Alta Equipment, Wixom QUICKEN LOANS INC. division of ArvinMeritor Inc., conditioning units to the auto industry. 20. RevSpring, Wixom Where: Detroit | Estimated revenue now Meritor Inc., which How it grew: From 2009 to 2010, Gentherm’s 21. Sachse Construction and 2012/2009: $3.1B/$875M | Revenue nearly doubled Inteva’s sales grew by $51.5 million to $112.4 million, Development, Birmingham 11 percent change: 254 | Percent change revenue and number of primarily the result of a much-improved au- 22. Vision Information ranking: 4 | Revenue growth: $2.225B | global locations. Sales tomotive marketplace. Technologies, Detroit Revenue growth ranking: 10 | Combined jumped from $1.2 billion to The majority of its growth happened after rankings: 14 22. RKA Petroleum Cos., Romulus $2.5 billion by the end of it acquired the majority shares of What it does: Direct online home loans 2011. Odelzhausen, Germany-based W.E.T. Automo- 24. Key Safety Systems, Sterling How it grew: CEO Bill Emerson believes his Inteva has since focused tive Systems AG in February 2011. Heights company’s rapid growth is based on two key Offenbacher on expanding into emerg- The acquisition provided Gentherm, for- 25. SET Enterprises, Warren things: its demanding but ing markets like China merly Amerigon Inc., with global manufactur- 26. U.S. Farathane, Auburn Hills casual company culture and India, said Lon Offenbacher, president ing capabilities for the first time. Prior to the 26. George P. Johnson, Auburn creating dedicated employ- and CEO. deal, Gentherm farmed out the manufactur- Hills ees, and technology that Inteva also entered into a new line of busi- ing of its products overseas. Gentherm now 28. Lear, Southfield allows the Dan Gilbert- ness by selling sheet stock and bi-laminate manufactures at plants in Hungary, China 28. Global Automotive Alliance, founded firm to handle in- plastic composites to its competitors. That and Mexico. Detroit creasing home loan vol- line surpassed $50 million in revenue for the In February 2013, it acquired the rest of 30. Syntel, Troy umes. company, Offenbacher said. the outstanding shares of W.E.T. Automo- When interest rates 31. Diversified Restaurant — Dustin Walsh tive. Holdings, Southfield started falling in late 2008, — Dustin Walsh the company was able to 32. General RV Center, Wixom Emerson CHRYSLER GROUP LLC handle the growth in home GREDE HOLDINGS LLC 32. General Motors, Detroit loan requests and “do so in a manner that al- Where: Auburn Hills | Revenue 34. TriMas, Bloomfield Hills lowed us to maintain (mortgage decision) 2012/2009: $65.784B/28.792B | Where: Southfield | Revenue 3 Revenue percent change: 128 | Percent 34. The Diez Group, Dearborn times around 30 days,” he said. 3 2012/2009: $1.2B/$462M| Revenue change ranking: 21 | Revenue growth: 55 percent change: 160 | Percent change 36. Great Expressions Dental The economic downturn also caused other $36.992B | Revenue growth ranking: 2 | Centers, Bloomfield Hills mortgage lenders to close, leaving a void in ranking: 12 | Revenue growth: $738M| Combined ranking: 23 Revenue growth ranking: 22 | Combined the market on which Quicken was happy to 37. Summit Health, Novi What it does: Manufacturer of cars, trucks rankings: 34 capitalize. 38. NYX, Livonia and SUVs under the Chrysler, Dodge, Ram What it does: Designs, develops and manu- 38. Metaldyne, Plymouth Quicken’s loan origination volume in- and Fiat brands. creased from $25 billion in 2010 to $70 billion factures cast, machined and assembled com- 38. Meadowbrook Insurance How it grew: In the years since its 2009 ponents last year. The company originated $50 billion Group, Southfield bankruptcy, Chrysler’s market share has How it grew: Acquisitions, new business, in loans in the first half of 2013, putting it on 41. International Automotive climbed back to 2007 levels, thanks largely to market diversification, expanded product pace to reach $100 billion by the end of the Components, Southfield a run of 38 consecutive months of year-over- portfolio. year, Emerson said. year sales gains. Grede formed in 2010 through the merger 41. Chase Plastic Services, — Kirk Pinho Clarkston Under its new majority share owner, Ital- of Grede Foundries Inc., Blackhawk Foundry and ian automaker Fiat, Chrysler’s growth is 41. Soave Enterprises, Detroit Citation Corp., and by early 2011 had booked INTEVA PRODUCTS LLC largely attributed to a strong resurgence in more than $162 million in new business, in- 44. PVS Chemicals, Detroit the U.S. car market. Sales of new cars and Where: Troy | Revenue 2012/2009: cluding work in automotive, industrial and 44. Cooper-Standard Holdings, trucks hit 14.5 million in 2012, a 13 percent medium- and heavy-duty truck markets. Novi $2.850B/$1.0B | Revenue percent 22 change: 185 | Percent change ranking: increase from 2011. Moves include the 2011 acquisitions of two 46. Technical Training, 10 | Revenue growth: $1.850B | Revenue Chrysler sales jumped 21 percent in 2012, foundries in Mexico, and foundry and ma- Rochester Hills growth ranking: 11 | Combined rankings: 21 largely on the backs of its remodeled vehi- chining assets in Nebraska, and the 2012 ac- 47. Rapid Global Business What it does: Supplies closure, interior and cles, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ram truck and quisition of a Virginia foundry. Solutions, Madison Heights roof systems as well as motors and electron- Chrysler 300 sedan. In 2011, Grede signed an agreement with — Dustin Walsh 48. TRW Automotive Holdings, ics for interior systems to the automotive Switzerland-based Georg Fischer Automotive, Livonia market. giving Grede a license to use an iron alloy de- 49. Meritor, Troy How it grew: Formed from the global interi- GENTHERM INC. veloped by Georg Fischer in the U.S. Grede also said it would manufacture on behalf of 49. McNaughton-McKay ors and closures unit of then-bankrupt Delphi Where: Northville | Revenue 2012/2009: Georg Fischer in the U.S., and Georg Fischer ISTOCKPHOTO.COM Electric, Madison Heights Corp. in 2008, Inteva jump-started during the $555M/$60.9M | Revenue percent 49. Henniges Automotive, economic recession. 44 change: 811 | Percent change ranking: 1 on behalf of Grede in Europe and Asia. Auburn Hills Inteva gained steam with the old Delphi | Revenue growth: $494.1M | Revenue growth — Amy Lane 49. Aristeo Construction, business and new acquisitions and con- ranking: 30 | Combined ranking: 31 Livonia tracts. In January 2011, it acquired the De- What it does: Supplies climate control seat See Next Page 20130715-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:45 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page In 2009, it added a grape flavor to ness again — dia and Brazil. The company also on the road as subsidiaries under its mix of 5-Hour Energy drinks; a with the acqui- became the exclusive turbocharger the brand names Mason and Dixon INNOVATION VENTURES LLC pink lemonade flavor debuted in sition of assets supplier for the Izod IndyCar Series Lines, Mason Dixon Intermodal, fall 2012, in a pledge to donate five from Tedrive Ger- in 2012, according to its website. Louisiana Transportation, Great Amer- Where: Farmington Hills | cents from each $3 bottle sale to the many GmbH, a Verrier believes fuel economy ican Lines and Universal Am-Can. Revenue 2012/2009: Avon Foundation for Women Breast former Visteon and emissions will remain impor- — Bill Shea 66 $1.2B/$500M | Revenue Cancer Crusade for breast cancer re- Corp. business. tant for automakers, as will depen- percent change: 140 | Percent change ranking: 15 | Revenue search and health care access. The While Ford dence on technology. LAKESHORE TOLTEST CORP. donation surpassed $360,000 on just continues to be “The adoptions of our current growth: $700M | Revenue growth Where: Detroit | Revenue three months of sales, and the com- its largest sup- technologies will continue to drive ranking: 23 | Combined rankings: 2012/2009: pany made pink lemonade a perma- plier, Neapco 38 Geisendorfer growth for our company,” he said. 1122 $537.5M/$250M What it does: Manufactures and nent product this year. has won new — Ross Benes (company estimate) | Revenue distributes 5-Hour Energy — Chad Halcom business with the Detroit 3 as well percent change: 115 | Percent How it grew: as European automakers, said Jim PISTON AUTOMOTIVE LLC change ranking: 28 | Revenue Targeted retail Geisendorfer, president of Neapco growth: $287.5M | Revenue growth NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC Where: Redford Township space at fuel sta- Asia and former vice president of ranking: 50 | Combined rankings: Where: Belleville | Revenue OE sales. | Revenue 2012/2009: 78 tions and conve- 2012/2009: 1100 $569.9M/$247.8M | The 2,200-employee supplier What it does: Construction man- nience-store 77 $550M/$183.9M | Revenue Revenue percent change: 130 | opened a sales and engineering of- counters, ag- percent change: 199 | Percent Percent change ranking: 19 | agement services in multiple gov- gressive litiga- change ranking: 9 | Revenue growth: fice in China in 2011 and plans to Revenue growth: $322.1M | ernmental infrastructure projects tion against imi- $366.1M | Revenue growth ranking: begin manufacturing there in the Revenue growth ranking: 43 | (water-sewer, bridges, roads, avia- tators, some 39 | Combined rankings: 48 next few years, he said. Combined rankings: 62 tion and marine) new product fla- What it does: Manufactures drive — Dustin Walsh What it does: Supplies cooling How it grew: One of the clearest vors shafts, differentials, die casts and modules, interior systems and clues to the revenue growth at Bhargava For most of suspension springs for the auto- AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTUR- powertrain and chassis compo- Lakeshore TolTest Corp. comes right the past three years, CEO Manoj motive and aftermarket industries nents to the auto industry. from its name. The former Lakeshore Engineering Services Inc. Bhargava has said the company How it grew: In 2006, Neapco, an ING HOLDINGS INC. How it grew: The minority-owned acquired Maumee, Ohio-based has tried to keep decision-making aftermarket tractor supplier, was Where: Detroit | Revenue Piston Automotive, majority con- TolTest Inc. in 2010 and expected to simple. acquired through a buyout by its 2012/2009: trolled by former Detroit Piston clear $500 million in revenue that Bhargava credits fighting for top four executives and Wanxiang 88 $2.931B/$1.522B | Revenue Vinnie Johnson, grew sales along year, with nearly $200 million counter space at gas stations and America Inc., the U.S. arm of Chi- percent change: 93 | Percent change with its largest customer, Ford Mo- ranking: 42 | Revenue growth: from TolTest. Revenue was $537.5 convenience stores for 5-Hour En- na’s largest automotive supplier, tor Co. ergy as a driver of growth. The Wanxiang Group Corp. $1.409B | Revenue growth ranking: million in 2012. 13 | Combined rankings: 55 A major growing point for the President and CEO Grant Mc- company in 2009 also decided to The deal allowed Neapco to ex- supplier was the launch of cooling pand into new markets, including What it does: Supplier of drive- Cullagh, who joined LTC last fall, move production from Brighton- modules for the Ford F-150. It has based Liquid Manufacturing LLC to automotive, and sparked the 2008 line systems, including axles, dif- said the company also saw organic also added capacity to support an in-house plant in Wabash, Ind., acquisition of Ford Motor Co.’s ACH ferentials and shafts, and other growth via infrastructure projects Ford’s SUV models, including the and grew bottle sales to about 9 driveshaft business in Monroe, drivetrain and transmission parts in its Government Services Group, Escape, Expedition and Explorer. million per week by 2011. The com- which was moved to Belleville. to the automotive and heavy truck as well as new overseas projects in Piston also won new business pany has dominated the energy- The acquisition doubled Neapco’s industries. Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, Guam, from General Motors Co. shot market, where it is believed to business. How it grew: It narrowly avoided Korea and Djibouti. — Dustin Walsh account for more than 80 percent In 2010, Neapco expanded into its own bankruptcy during the re- McCullagh said in an email to of unit sales. Europe — and doubled its busi- cession, thanks to a new deal with Crain’s that the company has di- its largest customer, General Motors UNIVERSAL TRUCKLOAD SERVICES versified in the oil and gas indus- Co. try, including adding a new head- GM, which accounted for about INC. quarters in Houston for its North 80 percent of sales in 2009, gave the Where: Warren | Revenue American Oil & Gas Group. supplier $110 million in cash, a 2012/2009: “Next steps at LTC include ac- $100 million line of credit and new 1111 $1,037M/$503.2M | tive technology enhancements in- payment terms in exchange for Revenue percent change: 106 | cluding (building information roughly 20 percent of its common Percent change ranking: 36 | modeling), a continued expansion stock. It then diversified its busi- Revenue growth: $533.8M | across new end markets and poten- ness with other automakers into Revenue growth ranking: 28 | tial new service lines within the 64 emerging markets. Combined rankings: engineering and construction tool By October 2010, it built a back- What it does: Offers third-party kit of services,” McCullagh said. log of $850 million in new business logistics services, especially inter- — Chad Halcom with orders from Audi AG, Chrysler modal trucking services, to ship- Group LLC, Daimler AG, Nissan Motor pers in North America using 3,300 ATLAS OIL CO. Co., Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles trucks, almost and others. all of which are Where: Taylor | Revenue 2012/2009: To support GM, American Axle owner-operator 1122 $1.879B/$1.081B | opened a new plant in Rayong, independent Revenue percent change: 74 | Thailand, for GM’s midsize-truck contractors. Percent change ranking: 58 | production, which includes the How it grew: Revenue growth: $797.6M | Chevrolet Colorado. It also opened Universal Revenue growth ranking: 20 | a new plant in Silao, Mexico and Truckload, con- Combined rankings: 78 Chennai, India. trolled by the What it does: Supplies fuel to Working Capital In Action — Dustin Walsh family of about 400 gasoline convenience Moroun Manuel Mo- stores in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan BORGWARNER INC. roun, has acquired several logis- and Ohio, and businesses, munici- We provide businesses accounts receivable and inventory ﬁnancing palities and government agencies. Where: Auburn Hills | Revenue tics firms in recent years. The How it grew: Capitalizing on the needed to address growth opportunities and increase cash ﬂow. 2012/2009: largest deal, in October 2012, was recent U.S. oil boom, Atlas Oil has Our experienced staff and network resources connect 99 $7.183B/$3.962B | Revenue $182 million for Linc Logistics Co., percent change: 81 | Percent which boosted Universal Truck- steadily grown over the past sever- entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed and expand. change ranking: 48 | Revenue load’s annual revenue by nearly al years by acquiring troubled gas growth: $3.221B | Revenue growth $310 million. stations, entering new markets in ranking: 9 | Combined rankings: 57 Texas and New Mexico and creat- In 2010, Universal Truckload ac- Need Cash to Grow? We Have the Solution. ing a new transloading division to What it does: Auto supplier quired Chicago-based D. Kratt Inter- move crude oil from wells to re- How it grew: BorgWarner is focus- national Inc., a full-service interna- ing on fuel econ- fineries or rail cars for longer- tional freight forwarding and omy and im- distance transportation. customs house brokerage firm; proved “Our industry has been ex- Nashville, Tenn.-based Cavalry emissions, tremely dynamic over the past 24 which are dri- Transportation LLC and Cavalry Logis- months. As Atlas’ footprint has ex- ving powertrain tics LLC, which do intermodal, panded, we remain focused on op- innovations in truckload and less-than-truckload portunities that leverage our capa- markets around transportation work; and bilities as a service provider,” said the world, said Texarkana, Texas-based TSD Trans- Atlas CEO Sam Simon. James Verrier, portation, which does for-hire “Our team has successfully freight. In 2011, the firm bought launched operations within the Verrier president and 248.658.1100 HennesseyCap.com CEO. Hart Transportation Inc. of Jack- crude oil and emergency response Since 2009, BorgWarner has sonville, Fla. arenas that position Atlas for sig- opened new facilities in China, In- Universal Truckload operates See Next Page 20130715-NEWS--0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:45 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page tracts with foreign automakers, in- also “relies heavily” on repeat Roush expanded its purchases of base in the South. cluding Daimler AG, Renault S.A. and business, Fragnoli said. “We are tooling, fabrication, prototyping — Amy Lane nificant growth Volkswagen Group. probably in the neighborhood of 75 and testing group equipment. in the days — Dustin Walsh percent (of revenue) on up is on re- “Roush Enterprises is the nu- ALTA EQUIPMENT CO. ahead.” peat customers” like Ford Motor cleus,” Massab said. To add to this Over the past COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING Co., General Motors Co. and Chrysler core, the company created depart- Where: Wixom | Revenue year, Atlas has Group LLC, he said. ments in life sciences, clean tech- 2012/2009: 1919$152M/$48M | Revenue hired more than GROUP INC. — Kirk Pinho nology and performance products, percent change: 217 | Percent 100 workers in he said. Where: Auburn Hills | change ranking: 7 | Revenue growth: Michigan and Revenue 2012/2009: ROUSH ENTERPRISES With locations around the globe, $104M | Revenue growth ranking: other states to 16 $304M/$135M | Revenue Roush has more than 2,500 employ- 83 | Combined rankings: 90 16 Where: Livonia | Revenue accommodate percent change: 125 | Percent ees. Its revenue figures cited don’t What it does: Sales of industrial the increase in 2012/2009: include Roush Fenway. Simon change ranking: 22 | Revenue 17 $351.3M/$161.5M | and construction equipment like domestic oil pro- 17 growth: $169 | Revenue growth Revenue percent change: 118 | — Ross Benes forklifts and excavators duction, primarily driven by the ranking: 65 | Combined rankings: Percent change ranking: 27 | How it grew: With four company 87 use of hydraulic fracturing of Revenue growth: $189.8M | acquisitions in 2009 and four more shale oil rocks. What it does: Industrial equip- Revenue growth ranking: 61 | KENWAL STEEL CORP. in the years — Jay Greene ment installation project manage- Combined rankings: 88 since, Alta has Where: Dearborn | ment What it does: Engineering, prod- more than dou- How it grew: Commercial Con- Revenue 2012/2009: U.S. MANUFACTURING CORP. uct development, testing and man- 18 $904.3M/$512.8M | bled its employ- tracting’s decision to diversify its 18 ufacturing services Revenue percent change: 76 | ee headcount Where: Warren | Revenue operations outside the automotive 2012/2009: How it grew: Even before the Percent change ranking: 54 | and tripled its industry helped it grow as the in- 1144 $287M/$123M | Revenue auto industry’s collapse, Roush Revenue growth: $391.5M | sales. percent change: 133 | Percent dustry “came to began diversify- Revenue growth ranking: 35 | CEO Steven change ranking: 17 | Revenue a screeching ing its customer Combined rankings: 89 Greenawalt said growth: $164M | Revenue growth halt” in the past base to include What it does: Flat-rolled steel dis- the acquisi- ranking: 66 | Combined rankings: 83 decade, said markets in de- tributor Greenawalt tions, as well as What it does: Supplies machined President and fense, aero- How it grew: Steel companies the automotive components, axle housings and as- CEO Steve Frag- space, oil and have seen a boost from the automo- industry comeback, have put the semblies and axle and transmission noli. gas and the tive industry’s recovery, and Ken- company on pace to earn $190 mil- shafts to commercial truck, trailer The company theme park in- wal is one of the largest flat-rolled lion in revenue in 2013. and light-duty truck makers. also owns 40 dustry. The steel distributors in North Ameri- “The (automotive industry) sur- How it grew: USM is hinged to the percent of Tooles company also ca. It serves customers in the auto- vivors are buying our equipment Contracting North American auto market. The Fragnoli Massab expanded into motive, electronics, appliance and today,” he said. industry collapse crippled its rev- Group LLC, a gen- alternative-fuel tubing industries, as well as other Founded in 1984 as Michigan’s enue by more than $100 million eral contractor that does govern- vehicles with its launch of Roush major equipment manufacturers dealer for forklift manufacturer from 2007 to 2009. But the market ment projects for the city of De- CleanTech LLC, which has manu- and steel-related businesses. Yale Materials Handling Corp., Alta recovery and new fuel-economy troit, Detroit Water and Sewerage factured propane conversion sys- Kenwal’s three service center lo- has also expanded into the West standards have pushed the suppli- Department and Detroit Public tems for Ford trucks, said Dean cations include a 100,000-square- Michigan and northern Indiana er over its pre-recession sales fig- Schools; and a wholly owned sub- Massab, vice president of sales foot facility in Lebanon, Tenn. markets and become a licensed ures, said Brian Simon, president sidiary, Commercial Contracting de and marketing. He is CEO of When Kenwal announced the cen- dealer for forklift manufacturer and CEO. Mexico, Fragnoli said. Roush Life Sciences. ter in 2006, the company said it More than 25 years ago, USM en- In business for 68 years, CCG To reinvest in core services, would serve a growing customer See Next Page tered the European market with its new hollow-shaft axles. But automakers weren’t sold on its higher price, Simon said. Now, with CAFE and Euro 6 standards forcing automakers to reach 54.5-mpg fleet fuel economy by 2025, the lighter shafts are a hot item, he said. “With fuel-economy and emissions standards gaining traction, we dusted them (hollow-shaft axles) off and started showing Consultative them off,” Simon said. “That’s Working with clients where we’re seeing our growth, and their advisors for over 70 years. and we’re committing to expanding that business globally.” Axle shafts represented 6.7 per- Personal life insurance consulting cent of USM’s business in 2012 and are projected to reach 23.5 percent in a non-salesy environment. by 2016. — Dustin Walsh Reducing estate and income taxes TI AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Where: Auburn Hills | Enhancing ﬁxed income yields Revenue 2012/2009: 1155 $3.0B/1.8B | Revenue percent change: 67 | Percent change Solving family and retirement issues ranking: 68 | Revenue growth: $1.2B | Revenue growth ranking: 17 | Combined rankings: 85 Optimizing existing life insurance policies What it does: Supplier of automotive fluid lines, fuel tanks, pump Business succession planning electronics to the automotive and aftermarket industries. and corporate beneﬁts How it grew: Rising tides raise all ships. TI Automotive Ltd., like most of the automotive companies on this year’s fastest-growing list, sprang back to life with the recovery of the North American car market. The supplier used that growth to expand into China, Russia and Eastern Europe. In 2011, TI began construction on its eighth plant in China. TI developed new products, in- BIRMINGHAM, MI | NEW YORK, NY cluding high-performance fuel pumps and low-emissions plastic 248.731.9500 | WWW.SCHECHTERWEALTH.COM fuel tanks. It also secured new con- 20130715-NEWS--0014-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:46 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page square feet in the Compuware cession and have rebounded with growth opportunity in the South- SACHSE CONSTRUCTION AND Building, Madison Building and demand amid the economic recov- ern region. Hyster Co. in the Chicago area in DEVELOPMENT CO. LLC Chase Tower. ery. Sales volume has also grown. — Amy Lane 2010, Greenawalt said. — Kirk Pinho — Chad Halcom — Kirk Pinho Where: Birmingham | Revenue 2012/2009: VISION INFORMATION KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS INC. REVSPRING INC. 2211 $115.4M/$27.6M | Revenue percent change: 318 | Where: Sterling Heights | U.S. FARATHANE CORP. Where: Wixom | Revenue TECHNOLOGIES INC. Revenue 2012/2009: Percent change ranking: 2 | Where: Auburn Hills | 2012/2009: Revenue growth: $87.8M | Revenue Where: Detroit | Revenue 24 $1.032B/$615M (Crain’s 24 Revenue 2012/2009: 2020$236.1M/$103M | 2012/2009: estimate) | Revenue percent growth ranking: 92 | Combined 26 $270M/$128M | Revenue Revenue percent change: 129 | rankings: 94 2222$226.5M/$101M | change: 68 | Percent change 26 percent change: 111 | Percent Percent change ranking: 20 | Revenue percent change: 124 | ranking: 65 | Revenue growth: What it does: Commercial con- change ranking: 31 | Revenue Revenue growth: $133.1M | Percent change ranking: 23 | $417M | Revenue growth ranking: struction nationwide growth: $142M | Revenue growth Revenue growth ranking: 73 | Revenue growth: $125.5M Revenue 34 | Combined rankings: 99 ranking: 72 | Combined rankings: Combined rankings: 93 How it grew: Sachse took a gam- growth ranking: 75 | Combined What it does: Automotive safety- 103 What it does: Provides secure doc- ble during the recession that ap- rankings: 98 pears to have paid off. Instead of equipment supplier What it does: Designs and manu- ument creation and delivery, elec- What it does: IT-managed ser- downsizing staff in a time when How it grew: Key Safety grew by factures plastic injection-molded tronic billing and archival services, vices, IT staffing and vendor man- construction projects were diffi- focusing on technology, achieving components as an automotive sup- and online payment for health care agement cult to come by, scale and broadening its footprint. plier. and financial services industry. How it grew: Significant invest- Sachse contin- In North America, KSS recently How it grew: The automotive sec- How it grew: Most of the growth ment over the years in core infor- ued to hire. added BMW, Hyundai and Volkswa- tor has been on an upswing, bene- for RevSpring, previously known mation technology functions and When pro- gen to a stable of fitting companies such as U.S. as Dantom Systems Inc., was construction of service centers in jects became customers that Farathane, which has supplied the through acquisitions. In 2011, Dan- the U.S., Mexico and Philippines is available, includes automotive industry with plastics tom was bought by Compass Invest- paying off. Sachse had a Chrysler, Ford manufacturing for nearly 30 years. ment Partners LP, a New York City- The company’s Fortune 500 large- and tal- and General Mo- The company has more than 900 based private equity firm, in a deal customers are increasingly tap- ented-enough tors, said Ron employees and annual sales of that included an undisclosed in- ping it to run staff to get con- Feldeisen, se- more than $135 million, its website vestment from the InvestMichigan! mission-critical tracts for them, nior vice presi- said. Mezzanine Fund. Sachse applications and said CEO Todd dent of sales, Farathane built a new head- Last August, Compass bought network opera- Sachse. Competitors, he said, did marketing and quarters in Auburn Hills in 2010 Pennsylvania-based PSC Info Group tions, said Presi- not. Feldeisen program man- and since has expanded to Shelby and merged it into Dantom. In Sep- dent David Se- “Did it cost us money? Absolute- agement. New Township and Westland. tember, it bought Phoenix-based gura. ly,” he said. “We looked at it as an products driving growth were in- — Ross Benes BestBill and rechristened the com- “We are find- investment. We had a lot of people flatable seat belts and side curtain bined entity as RevSpring. ing more cus- sitting around doing very little air bags, he said. Although BestBill made the Inc. tomers are mov- GEORGE P. J OHNSON CO. (during the downturn), but we KSS developed modular prod- magazine list of fastest-growing ing away from kept them.” Segura ucts that allow it to sell the same Where: Auburn Hills | private companies last year based the IT outsourc- Sachse, which has about 45 em- technology to customers world- Revenue 2012/2009: on 2011 revenue of $12.4 million, ing of everything to one company wide. This allows KSS to achieve 2626$815.3M/$481.6M | ployees in 45,000 square feet of PSC Info supplied the bulk of the and now moving to a more flexible Revenue percent change: 69 | space in the Arts League building large-scale growth, Feldeisen said. revenue with about 325 of model in which they are leverag- Percent change ranking: 61 | at 1528 Woodward Ave., has built “KSS is on track to achieve dou- RevSpring’s 500 employees. ing key IT partners who have the Revenue growth: $333.7M | Revenue out Quicken Loans Inc.’s 250,000 ble-digit growth again in 2013,” he — Tom Henderson size and scale but also specializa- growth ranking: 42 | Combined said. rankings: 103 tion in specific areas of IT,” he Key Safety has 34 facilities in 12 What it does: The world’s largest said. countries. Its products are used in events and experiential marketing VisionIT also has been able to more than 300 vehicle models, ac- company by revenue leverage its Latin America opera- cording to its website. How it grew: The company’s lead- tions, gaining new customers, es- — Ross Benes pecially U.S. corporations, operat- ership in 2010 formed a global ad- ing there. Those customers, vertising holding company, Pro- Need a SET ENTERPRISES INC. ject: WorldWide, which is owned Segura said, “want firms who understand Latin America but also Where: Warren | Revenue through an employee stock-owner- have the quality processes in place 2012/2009: ship plan that links it with tradi- 25 $350M/$171M | Revenue tional and digital ad agencies. and significant operations local to 25 New Bank? support their businesses.” percent change: 105 | Percent GPJ also added clients such as change ranking: 37 | Revenue — Sherri Welch Liberty Mutual and Chobani yogurt. growth: $179M | Revenue growth “We’ve broadened our services ranking: 63 | Combined rankings: outside of traditional lines, diver- 100 RKA PETROLEUM COS. INC. sified our client base, opened up Where: Romulus | Revenue What it does: Steel processing, new offices and formed new part- 2012/2009: duct manufacturing and construc- nerships globally, and we’ve 2222$719M/$406.7M | tion services linked up with some of the top Revenue percent change: 77 | How it grew: Minority-owned agencies in the world by forming Percent change ranking: 53 | SET supplies steel processing ser- Project: WorldWide,” said Project: Revenue growth: $312.3M | vices to the automotive industry, Worldwide Chairman and CEO Revenue growth ranking: 45 | both to original equipment manu- Combined rankings: 98 Robert Vallee Jr. facturers such as Ford Motor Co., “Existing clients have been buy- What it does: Fuel distributor Chrysler Group LLC, General Motors ing more from us as we become How it grew: RKA Petroleum has Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., as well more strategic and offer more ser- grown from a mix of new markets as tier-one and tier-two suppliers. vices while new clients are attract- and new product offerings, along And being “so heavily automo- ed to our unique offering. This is with a surge in oil and gas prices tive, the fact that the industry has happening even as experiential since the economic downturn in come back a bit has probably been and brand experience move closer 2009. the primary driver” in the compa- to the center of most marketers’ The company operates in 23 U.S. Let ours compete for ny’s revenue growth, said Ken multiyear planning.” states — more than a dozen of Pachla, executive vice president The firm serves clients such as which were not in its footprint in your business. and CFO. Chrysler Group LLC, Coca-Cola, Elec- 2009, said CEO Kari Elliott — as In 2010, SET formed two new tronic Arts, Honda, Volkswagen, IBM Loan amounts: $1,000,000.00 and above. well as Washington, D.C., and On- subsidiaries, a duct manufactur- and Motorola from 29 global offices. tario. s Investment Real Estate s Accounts Receivable ing division that processes steel — Bill Shea Elliott, daughter of the late com- s Owner Occupied Real Estate s Equipment for the heating and cooling mar- pany President Robert Albertie, ket, and a construction division s Lines of Credit s Bank Workouts also said the company has offered that offers general contracting and LEAR CORP. ethanol and biodiesel and some construction services. Where: Southfield | fuel additive products — not all of But, Pachla said, growth is fo- Revenue 2012/2009: which are popular enough to be cused. “Everything we’re doing, 2828$14.567B/$9.740B | profitable on their own but have we’re constantly focusing on mak- Revenue percent change: 50 | enough individual appeal to bun- ing sure it stays anchored to what Percent change ranking: 98 | Revenue growth: $4,827B | Revenue dle with its conventional fuel prod- we do, which is processing steel,” growth ranking: 6 | Combined 800.509.3552 ucts and help the company add he said. rankings: 104 new retailers to its customer base. The company in 2012 opened a www.eclipsecapitalgroup.com What it does: Supplier of interior 2207 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomﬁeld, MI 48320 Fuel prices were also in a rela- new steel processing and service “Since 1997” tive slump in 2009 amid a global re- center in Jackson, Ala., and sees See Next Page 20130715-NEWS--0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:46 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page growth driver Clemens, Brownstown Township, mons, a gasket and bolt supplier to minority-owned company serves has been a Birch Run and Wayland/Grand energy and petrochemical compa- automotive and other industries. systems including seats and elec- resurgence in Rapids. nies in Houston that Wathen HispanicBusiness.com, in a tronics to the automotive industry. projects with Consumer demand has risen called TriMas’ fastest growing June top 500 list of Hispanic busi- How it grew: Lear emerged from a U.S. insurance over the past two years, Baidas portfolio company. However, the nesses by sector for 2012, placed structured bankruptcy in Novem- companies, said. Purchasing an RV is more largest deal value announcement The Diez Group at the top of the ber 2009, cutting $2.8 billion of debt which had cut convenient and affordable than air was for Martinic Engineering Inc., manufacturing sector for the com- in the process. back on projects travel, and low interest rates are added to TriMas’ defense and aero- pany’s $612 million in revenue. With a reduced overhead and because of large helping keep payments affordable space segment for $19 million on The company’s 8.9 percent rev- smaller debt-to-revenue ratio, the losses from such for customers, he said. Jan. 28. enue increase in 2012 beat the list’s seating and electrical power man- Ranade weather-related Baidas is projecting sales will Wathen said Lamons has added overall 5 percent manufacturing- agement systems supplier was disasters as increase again this year by 12 per- about 15 of its nearly 30 locations sector growth. able to recover strongly with the Hurricane Katrina. cent to 15 percent. worldwide in the past three years, April Diez, vice chairman of The North American industry bounce- Ranade said Syntel has focused — Sherri Welch many by acquisitions, to follow Diez Group, said the company was back. Lear generated revenue of recent growth efforts in Europe some of its energy products cus- fortunate during the 2009-12 period $12 billion in 2010, up from $9.74 and expects those to begin paying GENERAL MOTORS CO. tomers as they grow their foot- to be in a good position financially, billion in 2009. off soon as companies catch up on prints. to have a “phenomenal workforce” The $257 million acquisition of needed IT projects as the regional Where: Detroit | Revenue Subsidiary Monogram Aerospace and the continued loyalty of its automotive textile supplier Guilford economy improves. And because 2012/2009: Fasteners is growing rapidly as a largest customers — Ford Motor Co., 3232$152.256B/$104,589B | Mills allowed Lear to streamline of Syntel’s strong balance sheet, it parts supplier to Boeing Co. Towing General Motors Co., Chrysler Group Revenue percent change: 46 | seat production and takeover Guil- will, for the first time since being and trailer accessories maker Ce- LLC and Toyota Motor Corp. ford’s existing contracts with Percent change ranking: 107 | founded in 1980, begin looking to Revenue growth: $47,667B | quent Performance Products Inc. is “The fact that our biggest cus- BMW, Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor grow through acquisition. Revenue growth ranking: 1 | seeing “planned geographic tomers stayed with us, gave us op- Co. and others. — Tom Henderson Combined rankings: 108 growth” in overseas markets, Wa- portunities,” she said. Strong growth of electrical sys- What it does: Manufactures cars then said. — Amy Lane tems in the automobile con- and light trucks under the Chevro- — Chad Halcom tributed to Lear’s rise since 2009. DIVERSIFIED RESTAURANT let, Buick, GMC, Cadillac brands — Dustin Walsh HOLDINGS INC. among other foreign badges. THE DIEZ GROUP GREAT EXPRESSIONS DENTAL How it grew: Buoyed by a govern- Where: Southfield | Where: Dearborn | GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE ALLIANCE Revenue 2012/2009: ment-backed Chapter 11 bankrupt- Revenue 2012/2009: CENTERS PC 3311 $77.4M/$19.1M | cy, General Mo- 3434$612M/$350M | Revenue Where: Bloomfield Hills | LLC Revenue percent change: 305 | tors launched percent change: 75 | Percent Revenue 2012/2009: Where: Detroit | Revenue Percent change ranking: 3 | its initial public change ranking: 56 | Revenue 3636$255M/$123.5M | 2012/2009: Revenue growth: $58.4M | offering in 2010, growth: $262M | Revenue growth Revenue percent change: 106 | 2828$415M/$222M | Revenue Revenue growth ranking: 103 | raising $21 bil- ranking: 54 | Combined rankings: Percent change ranking: 34 | Combined rankings: 106 percent change: 87 | Percent lion and return- 110 Revenue growth: $131.5M | change ranking: 45 | Revenue What it does: Owns and operates ing to profits by What it does: Steel slitting, blank- Revenue growth ranking: 77 | growth: $193M | Revenue growth Combined rankings: 111 35 Buffalo Wild Wings and 13 Bagger the end of the ing, welding services and parts ranking: 59 | Combined rankings: Dave’s Legendary Burgers and Fries What it does: Founded in 1982, 104 year. By the end How it grew: The Diez Group ben- restaurants. of 2011, the au- efited from an upswing in the Great Expressions owns and man- What it does: The parent compa- How it grew: Diversified Restau- tomaker had economy between 2009 and 2012 ages more than 200 dental prac- ny to several suppliers that manu- Akerson rant managed to continue opening launched 25 new and a loyal customer base. facture plastic components for the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants models, including the Chevrolet Through business units, the See Next Page auto industry during the re- Volt. How it grew: Established in 1999 cession even By 2012, GM ascended back to by McDonald’s franchise owner though it lost its the world’s largest automaker, William line of credit. beating Volkswagen AG. Pickard, Global CEO Michael Since the downturn, GM has in- Automotive Ansley said the vested roughly $8.5 billion and cre- sought to work company had ated and retained as many as with Ford Motor just enough 25,000 jobs, 12,000 of which were in Co. as it tried to cash to lease the Michigan, CEO Dan Akerson told expand its equipment nec- media in May. minority-owned Ansley essary to open — Dustin Walsh supplier pro- two new restaurants. gram. Ansley said he also used the Automakers TRIMAS CORP. Pickard money to improve its audiovisual have been in- capabilities, which helped drive Where: Bloomfield Hills | creasing their share of business to same-store sales. Revenue 2012/2009: minority-owned suppliers for 3434$1.2729B/$803.7M | Now the company is focusing on years. Ford, for instance, bought Revenue percent change: 58 | its Bagger Dave’s restaurant chain $5.7 billion in goods and services Percent change ranking: 79 | and will open nine Bagger Dave’s from minority- and women-owned Revenue growth: $469.3M | businesses in 2012, up from $2.7 bil- restaurants by year’s end. Revenue growth ranking: 31 | Combined rankings: 110 lion in 2009. — Nathan Skid The industry recovery has led What it does: Designs, manufac- Global Automotive to win busi- GENERAL RV CENTER INC. tures and distributes engineered products for the energy, defense, ness from new customers and ex- Where: Wixom | Revenue pand business with existing cus- 2012/2009: aerospace, livestock, construction tomers. 3232$303M/$150M | Revenue and consumer markets. — Dustin Walsh percent change: 102 | Percent How it grew: Expanded into new change ranking: 40 | Revenue geographic markets, and through growth: $153M | Revenue growth greater demand for consumer SYNTEL INC. ranking: 68 | Combined rankings: goods and services in emerging Where: Troy | Revenue 108 economies. 2012/2009: What it does: Recreational vehi- Manufactur- 30 $723.9M/$419M | 30 cle and trailer dealership ing has out- Revenue percent change: 73 | How it grew: When things got paced several Percent change ranking: 59 | Revenue growth: $304.9M | tough in Michigan in 2008-09, Gen- other segments Revenue growth ranking: 46 | eral RV Center Inc. got going. Be- of the economy Combined rankings: 105 tween then and 2010, it added four for growth and What it does: Provides a wide stores outside of Michigan: in has been dri- range of outsourced IT services to Jacksonville, Fla.; Salt Lake City, ving some or- companies around the world. Utah; Huntley, Ill.; and North Can- ganic expansion How it grew: Syntel Inc.’s growth ton, Ohio. at TriMas, but has been entirely organic, accord- Those stores helped increase Wathen the company ing to President and CEO Prashant General RV’s revenue the past two also has grown Ranade. The bulk of the growth years, with 20 percent to 30 percent through acquisitions and new has been in the U.S. in recent growth rates each year, said Presi- sales markets. years, mostly as a result of regula- dent and Chairman Loren Baidas. President and CEO Dave Wa- tory changes in two of Syntel’s The Michigan market is now re- then said TriMas has closed on biggest market sectors — health bounding, he said, lifting sales at five acquisition deals of “varying care and banking and finance. the company’s sites in Wixom, sizes” so far in 2013. Over the last 18 months, another White Lake Township, Mt. Three of those were added to La- 20130715-NEWS--0016-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 9:56 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page ers, businesses, government and pliers like NYX. The minority- of advanced and more fuel- cording to the filing. consumers. owned company designs, develops efficient engines and transmis- — Gary Anglebrandt tices, including 60 in Michigan How it grew: Summit Health has and manufactures interior, under- sions,” Amato said. with the majority in metropolitan capitalized on financial incentives hood and technology solutions for To continue its growth, Metal- CHASE PLASTIC SERVICES INC. Detroit. in the Patient Protection and Af- the automotive industry. It lists dyne plans to keep reinvesting in How it grew: Over the past several fordable Care Act the past two years core competencies that include product technology, he said. Where: Clarkston | years, Great Expressions has grown by contracting with health insurers plastics processing, engineered Metaldyne employs more than Revenue 2012/2009: $181M/$85M | Revenue by 113 offices through 14 affiliations and companies that encourage ex- 4411 plastics, rubber extrusion, steel 4,000 people in 13 countries. Ac- percent change: 113 | Percent in states that include Florida, Geor- pansion of wellness programs. stamping and assembly. cording to its website, its annual gia, New York and Michigan, said change ranking: 29 | Revenue The health care bill allows premi- The company services a diversi- revenue is more than $1 billion. growth: $96M | Revenue growth Ryan Torresan, vice president of um discounts of 30 percent this year fied customer base, including au- — Ross Benes ranking: 87 | Combined rankings: marketing and public relations. for employees tomakers and suppliers, and recog- 116 Other states in- who meet vari- nition of its work includes Ford What it does: Distributes raw clude Massachu- MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE ous wellness Motor Co.’s preferred quality status thermoplastics materials for plas- setts, Ohio and goals, including award in 2012. tics product manufacturers Virginia. GROUP weight, blood Growth in recent years has in- How it grew: The heads of Clark- “Our strategy Where: Southfield | pressure, choles- cluded a new manufacturing oper- ston-based Chase Plastics Ser- is to continue to Revenue 2012/2009: terol and stop- ation in Linden, Tenn., to produce vices, husband and wife Kevin and acquire prac- 3838$996.8M/$627.6M | ping smoking. injection-molded plastics. Revenue percent change: 59 | Carole Chase, formed their compa- tices where we CEO Richard — Amy Lane Percent change ranking: 77 | ny in 1992 and knew even then that can develop Penington said Revenue growth: $369.1M | simply distributing a commodity dense net- the company Revenue growth ranking: 38 | product wasn’t a formula for works,” said Penington METALDYNE LLC also has grown Combined rankings: 115 growth. Beckman CEO Richard Where: Plymouth | because of its large U.S. network of What it does: Provides insurance The Chases left cheap plastics Beckman. “One of the mistakes 36,000 providers and contract med- Revenue 2012/2009: and risk management services to for others to deal with. They went made in the 1990s was dental man- ical employees. It has expanded 3838$1.0B/$630M | Revenue percent change: 59 | Percent professional and trade associa- with plastics used in more ad- agement companies bought a store outside the U.S., and now gener- change ranking: 78 | Revenue tions and small to midsize busi- vanced applications, such as auto- here and a store there. It is diffi- ates more than $2 million of its growth: $370M | Revenue growth nesses. Lines include auto, com- motive transmissions, electronics cult to manage because of the geog- revenue from international sales ranking: 37 | Combined rankings: mercial and workers’ and medical devices. raphy.” for home wellness test kits. 115 compensation. They coupled that with cus- The company, which was ac- Future growth is expected What it does: Designer and sup- How it grew: Despite taking finan- tomer service to match a non-com- quired in 2011 by New York-based through contracts with health in- plier of metal-formed components, cial hits the past several years be- modity kind of product. Chase OMERS Private Equity, has insurers that include Cigna, Humana assemblies and modules cause of storms like Hurricane Plastics sends engineers out to creased revenue by more than 70 and UnitedHealthcare, he said. How it grew: Metaldyne grew by Sandy in 2012, Meadowbrook has customers who need technical percent the past three years, pri- — Jay Greene reinvesting in grown through problem-solving. marily by acquisitions. its product and acquisitions and The company hires engineers as — Jay Greene NYX INC. process technol- diversifying salespeople to talk customers’ lan- Where: Livonia | Revenue ogy, said into a wide guage, and credits its long-term re- SUMMIT HEALTH INC. 2012/2009: Thomas Amato, range of busi- cruiting strategy for its success. Where: Novi | Revenue 3838$330M/$180M | Revenue president and ness lines and Chase Plastics maintains relation- 2012/2009: percent change: 83 | Percent CEO. geography, such ships with universities and high 3377 $50.5M/$16.7M | change ranking: 46 | Revenue The compa- as the 2008-09 schools, developing relationships Revenue percent change: 202 | growth: $150M | Revenue growth ny’s biggest merger with with engineering students early in Percent change ranking: 8 | ranking: 69 | Combined rankings: area of growth Century Insur- their education. Revenue growth: $33.8M | 115 came from its Cubbin ance Group, — Gary Anglebrandt Revenue growth ranking: 105 | What it does: Supplier of automo- Amato powertrain seg- Westerville, Combined rankings: 113 tive components ment, where Metaldyne intro- Ohio. What it does: Provides contract How it grew: As the auto industry duced new technologies “to im- Meadowbrook uses a sales dis- SOAVE ENTERPRISES LLC wellness services to health insur- rebounds, it’s to the benefit of sup- prove or support the performance tribution network of independent Where: Detroit | Revenue retail agents, wholesalers, pro- 2012/2009: gram administrators and general 4411 $1.917B/$1.25B | agents that taps into many busi- Revenue percent change: 53 | Percent change ranking: 92 | nesses. Revenue growth: $667M | Revenue CEO Robert Cubbin said steady growth ranking: 24 | Combined rate increases and a positive reten- rankings: 116 tion rate from Meadowbrook’s What it does: Diversified holding The Private Banking and Investment Group core customers has helped build company with real estate, metal revenue. recycling, industrial facility man- — Jay Greene agement, hydroponics and auto re- of Merrill Lynch welcomes tailing INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE How it grew: Soave has grown or- ganically with manufacturing and ® COMPONENTS the U.S. economy, but also by find- Derick W. Grembi, CFA, CFP Where: Southfield | ing new revenue streams beneath Revenue 2012/2009: the earth and below the Mason- 4411 $4.7B/$3.2B | Revenue Dixon Line. The company’s scrap to The Migliazzo Group percent change: 47 | Percent metals division has recently change ranking: 104 | Revenue grown its footprint in Florida, Ten- growth: $1.5B | Revenue growth nessee and Mis- ranking: 12 | Combined rankings: 116 sissippi as its automotive cus- What it does: Manufactures inte- To learn more, please contact: tomers have ex- You want an advisor who can help you realize rior parts for automobiles The Migliazzo Group panded in your goals. Someone with a firm grasp of the How it grew: IAC has grown Southern states, Derick W. Grembi, CFA, CFP® through acquisitions and the post- financial landscape and a deep understanding said Executive First Vice President–Wealth Management recession automotive market up- Vice President of you. With 20 years of financial experience, Private Wealth Management swing. Yale Levin. Private Banking and Investment Group Palm Beach, Fla.-based investor And as au- Derick can help you develop a customized 2600 W. 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The company to resell to steel mills. has made 15 acquisitions since its Levin estimates that about 60 founding in 2006 and now has 79 percent of Soave’s revenue growth Merrill Lynch Wealth Management makes available products and services offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), a registered plants worldwide. broker-dealer and member SIPC, and other subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation. has come in its metals recycling In a June 14 Securities and Ex- business, 20 percent has been in Investments products: Are Not FDIC Insured Are Not Bank Guaranteed May Lose Value change Commission filing, IAC an- residential real estate develop- The Private Banking and Investment Group is a division of MLPF&S that offers a broad array of personalized wealth management products and services. nounced it plans to raise $115 mil- ment and nearly 20 percent more The Bull Symbol, Merrill Lynch Personal Investment Advisory and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management are registered trademarks or trademarks of Bank of America Corporation. lion in an initial public offering. in services to energy companies CFP® is a certification mark owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., and is awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board’s Shares would be listed on the New initial and ongoing certification requirements. since late 2011. 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July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 Second Stage Work smarter for your business. From Previous Page dustry took over the past five founded in 1997 by Nanua Singh, a years. professor of mechanical engineer- Worth, Texas-based GoFrac LLC, a Its principal operating sub- ing at Wayne State University. hydraulic fracturing services com- sidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Rapid expan- pany. Soave also has seen a strong Inc., entered the recession with a sion over the recovery in the Naples, Fla., area, high level of debt after its private past three years its second-largest real estate mar- equity owners bought the compa- has resulted ket, where it develops condomini- ny from Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in from growing ums and residential living towers. 2004. Cooper-Standard went into the company’s — Chad Halcom Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009. But international the company managed to stay footprint and di- alive to see the industry rebound versifying from PVS CHEMICALS INC. and enjoy increased sales. a reliance on Where: Detroit | Revenue James McElya, the CEO who led Singh auto into aero- 2012/2009: the company through the travails, space and de- 4444 $566M/$335M | Revenue retired last October and was fense. percent change: 69 | Percent named 2012 Rubber Industry Exec- “Just before the meltdown of change ranking: 63 | Revenue utive of the Year by Rubber & Plas- 2008 (and) 2009, I sensed we needed growth: $231M | Revenue growth tics News, a sibling publication of to diversify,” said Singh, RGBSI’s Size, comfort, value and versatility that drives your potential. ranking: 56 | Combined rankings: Crain’s. McElya was succeeded by president and CEO. He said the The 2013 Sprinter Van — exclusively at Mercedes-Benz of Novi. Visit us today to 119 Jeffrey Edwards, chairman, presi- company could hit $100 million in see one of the area’s largest Sprinter inventories. What it does: Manufacturer-dis- dent and CEO. revenue this year. tributor of chemicals and chemical Employment is up to 21,000 The company has opened offices Mercedes-Benz of Novi transportation services for the en- workers after dipping to 15,000, ac- in Canada, Singapore, Germany 39500 Grand River Ave. ergy, steel, manufacturing, public cording to a January story in Auto- and India, with its Bangalore facil- Novi, MI 48375 water and wastewater treatment 248-426-9600 (Sales & Service Available Now) motive News, another sister publi- ity housing 400 employees and sup- www.mercedesbenzofnovi.com and other industries cation of Crain’s. porting another 300 who work off- How it grew: Recent acquisitions “Our balance sheet is strong,” site. and construction by PVS have McElya said in the story. “Our — Tom Henderson helped put the company into sever- company is positioned to grow, al new states and new product and we’re going to grow.” lines since 2009, but it also is see- — Gary Anglebrandt ing resurgence of demand for one TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS of its core products. CORP. PVS has sold hydrochloric acid 60$//2)),&(Ř+20(2)),&( to various man- TECHNICAL TRAINING INC. Where: Livonia | Revenue 2012/2009: Michigan’s Best Selection For ufacturing cus- Where: Rochester Hills | Small Professional Office or Home Office Revenue 2012/2009: 4848$16.444B/$11.614B | tomers for more Revenue percent change: 42 | than 50 years — 4646$104M/$45M | Revenue  Free Design Assistance percent change: 131 | Percent Percent change ranking: 118 | but demand has  change ranking: 18 | Revenue Revenue growth: $4.83B | Revenue Customization - Sizes & Finishes surged in the growth: $59M | Revenue growth growth ranking: 5 | Combined  Professional Installation past three to ranking: 102 | Combined rankings: rankings: 123  Contemporary or Traditional five years to use 120 What it does: Supplier of automo- it as a “pre- What it does: Training and tive braking, safety and electron- treatment” staffing of dealership technicians ics systems chemical in hy- How it grew: With 60,000 employees Nicholson for automotive OEM customers draulic fractur- How it grew: Technical Training and contractors around the world, ing, said David Nicholson, vice Inc., which operates under the TRW is one of the world’s largest au- chairman of PVS and CEO of its name TTi Global, tomotive suppliers and a major distribution and sulfur products had revenue of player in many of the new high-tech group. $24 million in safety systems for modern vehicles, In 2010, company subsidiary 2006. Last year, such as lane-detection systems that PVS-Nolwood Chemicals Inc. ac- it was at $104 use video and radar, and automatic quired Young Chemical in Ohio, and million. In that emergency braking. in 2011 PVS Meridian Chemicals Inc. FEATURING time, the compa- Increased demand for TRW’s was formed to acquire the assets of ny has contin- products, sales growth in China and Meridian Technologies Inc. in Texas. ued to expand Brazil, and the overall increase in That acquisition helped put PVS global vehicle production have fu- 6287+),(/'ō752< into more inter- 129,ō/$.(6,'( in the market for crude tall oil, an eled sales growth in the past several national mar- *5$1'5$3,'6 extract from the process of pulping Santos years. However, the weak Euro- www.gormans.com kets and now is jesper_B trees at paper and pulp mills pean market has been a drag on incorporated in 16 countries and which can be used in adhesives, sales over the past year. does work in about 21. organic components of cosmetics — Gary Anglebrandt and biodiesel fuels. TTi’s global presence helped it PVS also is a chemical supplier to weather the recession, CFO Chris- steel mills, Nicholson said, and has tine Santos said in an interview in seen growth in demand in the past May when she won a Crain’s CFO MERITOR INC. three years. The company complet- of the Year award. Where: Troy | Revenue ed a new terminal in Pennsylvania “Even though the U.S. was hurt- 2012/2009: 49 $4.418B/$3.075B | and a new production center in ing, we knew our global offices 49 Revenue percent change: 44 | West Virginia in late 2011. were doing well,” she said. PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE The company this year is look- Percent change ranking: 112 | In 2012, PVS acquired Thailand- Revenue growth: $1.343B | based Ineos Asiatic Chemical Co. ing at moving into Romania and Revenue growth ranking: 14 | We invite you to experience the difference that Ltd., and it is hoping to close anoth- South Korea, Santos said. Combined rankings: 126 private flight travel can make. — Gary Anglebrandt er “significant” acquisition in the What it does: Supplies axle, brake upper Midwest by the end of this and suspension parts for bus and UÊ Ê >ÃÃiÊiÌÀÞÊiÛiÊÊ year, Nicholson said. truck makers — Chad Halcom ÊÊÊ«>ÀÌiÀÃ «ÃÊ RAPID GLOBAL BUSINESS How it grew: Meritor’s revenue UÊÜiÃÌÊ«iÀ>Ì}ÊVÃÌÃÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ SOLUTIONS INC. has been creeping back up after ÊÊÊÊÌ iÊ>ÀiÌÊ some troubled times — such as a UÊVViÃÃÊÌÊÛiÀÊx]äääÊÊ COOPER-STANDARD HOLDINGS Where: Madison Heights | $1.2 billion loss in 2009 — that may ÊÊÊ1°-°Ê>À«ÀÌÃÊ Where: Novi | Revenue Revenue 2012/2009: not be over yet. UÊ*ÌÃÊÞÕÊÜÊ>`ÊÌÀÕÃÌÊ 2012/2009: 4477 $64.5M/$18.5M | The company sold its passenger UÊ/À>ÛiÊÊÞÕÀÊÃV i`Õi]ÊÊ 4444 $2.881B/$1.945B | Revenue percent change: 249 | vehicle business after 2009, a move ÊÊÊÌÊÌ iÊ>Ài½ÃÊ Revenue percent change: 48 | Percent change ranking: 5 | that buoyed its finances. UÊ->viÊ>`ÊÃiVÕÀi Percent change ranking: 100 | Revenue growth: $46M | Revenue In the fiscal years (ending Sept. growth ranking: 117 | Combined Revenue growth: $935.6 | Revenue 30) leading up to 2008, the compa- rankings: 122 growth ranking: 19 | Combined ny, then called ArvinMeritor Inc., rankings: 119 What it does: Provides engineer- regularly had revenue above $6 American Jet Management What it does: Supplier of automo- ing services, proprietary software billion. It dropped to just over $3 >Ê iÊ>ÌÊn£ä°ÓÎÓ°{{{ÎÊÀÊÊ>ÌÊÓ{n°nÈä°ÈÎÇn tive parts and engineering staffing for auto- billion in 2009 and managed to How it grew: Cooper-Standard motive OEMs, tier-one suppliers, nearly get back to its 2008 level of has, like other suppliers, ridden aerospace and defense the extreme ups and downs the in- How it grew: Rapid Global was See Next Page 20130715-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:47 AM Page 1

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From Previous Page change ranking: 71 | Revenue customer base through strong tech tive industry. porting more product, is strong, he growth: $251M | Revenue growth and product support. It prioritizes How it grew: With the North Amer- said. $4.8 billion last year. ranking: 55 | Combined rankings: on-time delivery and high-level cus- ican market representing 60 per- — Dustin Walsh Though its revenue numbers 126 tomer service, he said. cent of its business, Henniges rose over the past three years are up, What it does: An employee-owned — Ross Benes with the recovering U.S. market. ARISTEO CONSTRUCTION CO. the company continues to strug- distributor of electrical products Henniges’ largest customers, the gle. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $4.4 How it grew: The company’s HENNIGES AUTOMOTIVE Detroit 3, also spent a great deal of Where: Livonia | Revenue billion, down from $4.6 billion the growth comes after losses in the effort and capital expanding in 2012/2009: year before as sales dropped in all 49 $206M/$103M | Revenue recession, said Jeff Brittain, direc- Where: Auburn Hills | 49 China. Roughly a quarter, or $65.5 percent change: 100 | Percent regions the company operates in tor of supplier relations and mar- Revenue 2012/2009: million, of Henniges’ revenue except North America. 4949$682M/$420M | change ranking: 41 | Revenue keting. Since its core market in comes from growth in China, said growth: $103M | Revenue growth — Gary Anglebrandt Revenue percent change: 62 | Michigan is the automotive indus- Percent change ranking: 73 | CEO Doug DelGrasso. ranking: 85 | Combined rankings: try, the company struggled along Revenue growth: $262M | Revenue The supplier’s 2011 acquisition 126 MCNAUGHTON-MCKAY ELECTRIC with OEMs before rebounding. growth ranking: 53 | Combined of Germany-based supplier Norme- What it does: Construction man- “We took a significant dip in rankings: 126 seal s.r.o. added another $20 mil- agement and general contracting CO. 2008 and 2009. But as the automo- What it does: Supplies automo- lion to $22 million to its revenue, How it grew: The energy sector Where: Madison Heights | tive industry recovered, so did tive sealing systems for doors, DelGrasso said. and automotive industry have 49 Revenue 2012/2009: we,” Brittain said. windows, trunks, liftgates, sun- Despite the economic woes in treated Aristeo Construction well 49$641M/$390M | Revenue The company also has focused on roofs and hoods, as well as anti- Europe, Henniges’ contracts with in the past few years. Coming off percent change: 64 | Percent growing its sales within its existing vibration products to the automo- German automakers, who are ex- what President Joseph Aristeo called a “big setback year” in 2009, the company is taking advantage of new wind energy farm projects across the nation, as well as work at petrochemical production plants and oil refineries, and on power plant renovations. Many of those projects are in Michigan, including upgrades at Consumers Energy sites in 2009, the $36.2-million Invenergy LLC Gratiot County Wind Farm in Brecken- ridge, and the $13-million Kinder Morgan Inc. power plant in Jack- son. Aristeo was also hired for projects totaling $47 million at Ford Motor Co.’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne and Ford’s $100- million project at its Lima, Ohio, assembly plant. Joseph Aristeo believes more projects like those will help his company experience a 10 percent to 15 percent revenue increase in 2013. — Kirk Pinho

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July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 Second Stage Three local 3 Detroit companies make ‘Inner City 100’ list of fast-growing firms Three Detroit companies made ployees, accord- company had 2011 revenue of $3 it to this year’s “Inner City 100” ing to ICIC. million and 68 employees. woman-owned put out by the Boston-based Initia- Computech is Mike Chaudhary said a steady tive for a Competitive Inner City and an IT consulting focus on diversification has been Fortune magazine. business led by behind DMC Consultants’ growth. The list highlights fast-growing CEO Ram Kan- “One piece of advice to all grow- firms make inner-city companies and their charla and Presi- ing companies is they have to be leaders as role models for entre- dent of Global watchful of picking up projects,” preneurship, innovative business Operations Greg he said. “You have to pick and national list practices and job creation. Cheesewright, choose your projects. That’s a DMC Consultants Inc. ranked 12th M. Chaudhary D. Chaudhary and founded in Tedesco learning curve we have gone Three Southeast Michigan on the list, Computech Corp. ranked 1996. The compa- through.” ed in 2005 and is led by husband- women and their companies made 26th, and Edibles Rex Inc. was 74th. ny had 2011 revenue of $51 million More than 1,000 companies ap- and-wife team President Mike this year’s list of the top 50 fastest- DMC is a general contractor that and 850 employees. plied for the Inner City 100 this Chaudhary and CEO Darshita growing woman-owned and -led provides construction, demolition Edibles Rex is a food catering year. The full list can be viewed at Chaudhary. The company had 2011 companies, put out for the sixth and environmental remediation business led by owner Tammy Fortune.com. revenue of $6.4 million and 21 em- time by the New York City-based services. The company was found- Tedesco and founded in 1993. The — Gary Anglebrandt Women Presidents’ Organization and sponsored by American Express OPEN, the small- business division of American Express. Technical Training Inc. in Rochester Hills ranked 12th. The company, owned by Lori Blaker, does HEALTHPLUS training and staffing of dealership technicians for automotive OEM HAS THE customers. Blaker Her company’s revenue grew from $63 million in 2010 RIGHT PLAN to $104 million (audited) last year, and Blaker hired 545 more employees in FOR YOUR that time, according to WPO. George TTi Global, as the company is usually called, BUSINESS has grown through expan- Nannette Benman, HealthPlus sion into foreign Director of Sales and Account Management markets and is featured on Page 17 as a Crain’s fastest-growing company. TTi Seipenko Global CFO Christine Santos gained a Crain’s CFO of the Year We are here to provide the right advice, the right options award this year, and Blaker was and the right service. Learn more about healthcare recognized in Crain’s 2010 Salute to reform from Crain’s Health Facts Entrepreneurs program. At HealthPlus, we know that the Affordable Care Act is changing Troy-based staffing firm Iconma free webinar series presented LLC came in at 14th. The company the landscape of healthcare, and our expert staff is available to by HealthPlus. is owned by Claudine George, and help you ﬁnd a plan that meets your needs. revenue grew from $88,704,900 in 2010 to $109,727,825 in 2012, with Nannette Benman, Director of Sales and Account Management: Register at 551 people hired during that time. HealthPlus.org/healthfacts.aspx Another staffing firm, Northville- “ We have several new high-deductible plans and Health based, Preferred Solutions Inc., Savings Account options available that meet the needs of your ranked 43rd. Owned by Marie Upcoming webinars: Seipenko, revenue grew from employees and organization. If you want a bigger, more positive July 17—The Pros and Cons of High $10,681,751 in 2010 to $18,308,768 last impact on both employee health and healthcare cost savings, Deductible Plans year, with 109 hired. our workplace wellness program delivers both.” All three companies made the 9 WPO list last year, and Iconma October —Employee Facts: New Rights made it in 2011 as well. For more information on our new plan options, and Protections Under the Law The companies were ranked ac- call your agent or HealthPlus today. cording to a sales growth formula that combines percentage and ab- 1-800-530-9071 solute growth, and from that the 50 fastest-growing were selected. Businesses didn’t have to be WPO members; 350 applied. To qualify, they had to be privately held, woman-owned and led companies in the U.S. or Canada The Right Plan for a Healthier You™ and had revenue of at least $500,000 in 2007 and $2 million in ©2013 HealthPlus of Michigan, Inc. 2012. — Gary Anglebrandt 20130715-NEWS--0020-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 10:01 AM Page 1

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July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 State OKs DTE’s Bartech: HQ move set cost-deferment ■ From Page 3 more things ... in more places ... to become more valuable to our exist- plan for lighting ing and future clients,” Barfield Bartech plans to said. The Michigan Public Service move its Commission approved a plan Bartech posted $218 million in from DTE Energy Co. last week to revenue last year, Barfield said. He headquarters to the defer costs related to taking wouldn’t disclose projections for over the Detroit Public Lighting this year, but he does expect rev- American Center in Department. enue to rise, led by double-digit DTE must discuss in future growth in the managed service Southfield during Need growth When businesses face the organic demands rate hearings, though, what ef- provider business and continuing of growth, purchasing goods, or even to fect these deferred expenses growth of about 6 percent to 8 per- the fourth quarter. capital? make payroll, Crestmark’s service and will have on rates to existing cent in its contract staffing busi- innovative working capital solutions can be customers, the MPSC said. ness. the answer. DTE’s plans stem from a re- The vendor management seg- 7 percent, after seeing growth of 13 quest from Detroit emergency ment is growing because more and percent in 2011, according to Providing accounts receivable fi nancing and manager Kevyn Orr for it to more companies are buying con- Staffing Industry Review, a sibling asset-based lending to small- and mid-sized take over the city’s electric de- tract labor through a single man- publication to Crain’s Detroit Busi- businesses nationwide for over 16 years. partment, which has lost an av- aged service provider like ness. It’s projecting growth of 6 per- erage of $30 million annually Bartech, Barfield said. It’s a high- cent this year. Contact us today! the past five years. growth segment in the staffing in- Bartech plans to open its office Matt Dekutoski Over the next five to seven dustry as a result of companies’ de- in Western Europe in leased space www.crestmark.com years, DTE plans to construct sires to gain more control over during the third quarter with up- 888.999.8050 Anntreal Hemmingway-Smith and expand its own distribu- contract staffing expenditures. ward of 10 employees, he said, de- tion grid for former PLD cus- Last year, the contract staffing clining to say what the company tomers. and managed service provider will invest to do so or which coun- — Kristin Bull staffing industry segments grew by try will house it. The new site will not only support an anchor client in the region but also U.S. and European clients JOB REAL “as well as our European expan- MARKET PLACE sion strategy,” serving as the hub of Bartech’s European operations, FRONT ESTATE Barfield said. BUSINESS SERVICES It will be the company’s first of- General Counsel - Part Time INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY fice outside the U.S., but Bartech al- Privately held company located in Oakland ready has a presence in Europe, County would welcome a qualified generalist AVAILABLE NOW attorney for a part-time in-house general with eight employees working from counsel position. Position offers a flexible work Taylor/Romulus Area Near Detroit Metro Airport a client location near London. schedule of 16 - 20 hours per week for the right 4,000 to 80,000 sq. ft. Demand from European automo- candidate. In addition to excellent Ideal for logistics, mfg., service co., distribution, communication skills, desired professional tive and rail customers for engineer- capabilities include general litigation, office warehouse etc. Call for Availability ing and IT staffing in the United employment law, customer claims, and real Yvon Rea 734-946-8730 or Kingdom has begun to pick up over estate. Additional experience in tax matters visit our website www.reaconstruction.net and estate planning would be a plus. This is the past six months as the economy there improves, said Mark an excellent opportunity with a well respected VACANT LAND organization. If this fits with your professional Marheineke, executive vice presi- aspirations and lifestyle please forward your resume and compensation expectations to: dent, global operations at Advantage Respond to [email protected] VACANT LAND Resourcing America Inc.’s Bloomfield Reference box # 10060 Hills-based automotive group. 2500 East Paris Avenue SE, Kentwood, Michigan Advantage has five branch loca- • 5.27 acres tions in England. MARKET • Zoned C-4/Office/Business Demand for contract staffing is • Close to major retail commercial corridor also picking up among European banks, Marheineke said. PLACE 5340 Highland Road, Waterford, Michigan Advantage saw revenue growth • 6.80 acres of about 5 percent in its U.K. engi- BUSINESSES FOR SALE • Zoned C-4/Extensive Business District neering and IT business in fiscal 2013 ended June 30, he said. And Profitable Small Business for Sale it’s projecting the same growth Serious inquiry only. realestatesales.gov Please call (941)729-1652 this year. or Closer to home, Bartech plans to Minority Certified Company Looking to Sell (312) 353-6039 move its headquarters to the 40% of company. Company currently has American Center on Franklin vendor code with OEM. Looking for a Road in Southfield during the strategic partner who has the capital to fourth quarter. It moved its opera- invest and grow the business. Please Advertise your FINANCIAL SERVICES U.S. General Services respond with information on your company. goods and services in Administration tions center from Bingham Farms Will have to sign NDA. 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right.” CHRYSLER DRIVE Another selling point: The county is able to reallo- Ideas sought creating auto attraction at cate remaining bond funds to a new project, Cullen said. for 5 sites Cullen said Rock is preparing to respond to the coun-

GRATIOT historic Highland Park plant ty’s request — which is due Friday. Lee said the county has received interest from others, but declined to re- veal the parties. Current jail BY SHERRI WELCH Other area developers and real estate brokers say project CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the justice department sites offer a range of possibili- There is not a The factory where Henry ties because of their prime locations. ST. ANTOINE “ Ford’s moving assembly line was week that goes by Dale Watchowski, CEO, COO and president of South- 1441 St. Antoine born would be a destination for field-based Redico LLC, said the jail tourists and car enthusiasts alike construction site is a “gateway into that someone from RAYNOR if plans by the Woodward Avenue the city.” CLINTON (aka 525 Clinton) Action Association come together. Europe or Asia 520 Gratiot “There could have been a use (for 1326 St. Antoine WA3 is a step closer to its vi- the site) that would have been more (aka 570 Clinton) sion of establishing an automo- doesn’t arrive at the appropriate, especially if you have 580 Clinton BEAUBIEN MACOMB tive welcome center and visitor a game day on a Sunday, you recog- attraction at the historic High- guard shack and nize the significance of that partic- land Park complex where Ford’s ular location,” Watchowski said. assembly line was born 100 years ask how they come “I’m not here to second-guess any- ago this October. body as it relates to why the jail has Cullen said the cost of redevelopment is a concern, in to see Ford Watchowski WA3 has a purchase agreement gone there and why they chose that but he stressed that the decision on a future develop- with the complex’s owner, Bloom- site, but I would say it would be an interesting enter- ment isn’t on the table of discussion yet. field Hills-based National Equity Highland Park. tainment corridor.” “Is it a complicated development? Sure, but mainly Corp., to pay $550,000 for two of ” Deborah Schutt, Woodward Avenue Steve Eisenshtadt, vice president of brokerage ser- because no one knows what they are developing yet,” eight buildings at the Ford manu- Action Association vices for Farmington Hills-based Cullen said. “It’s not like the county is going to get a facturing complex: a four-floor, Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solu- binding offer through the RFI, but an analysis should 40,000-square-foot administration tions LLC, said the more than 15-acre be sufficient to get the ball rolling.” building and the 8,000-square-foot ministration building to busi- area of downtown has a near end- Lee said the county won’t settle for a bargain-base- executive garage near it, said nesses offering some sort of auto- less potential for local and national ment real estate offer. Deborah Schutt, interim execu- motive-related experience such as developers. “Whatever we do needs to make overall economic tive director of the association, a a virtual driving experience or “It could end up a high-rise pro- sense” for the county, Lee said. “If a buyer comes out nonprofit aimed at bolstering eco- virtual automotive parts produc- ject, a low-rise project; it’s really and says, ‘We’ve got a package that will make you nomic development along his- tion or assembly program so visi- open to anything because the build- whole,’ we may have a deal. But if someone brings a toric Woodward Avenue. tors can see how cars are de- ings most likely have to come lowball offer, we’ll find a way to finish the current pro- The deal would also include 3 signed and built. down,” Eisenshtadt said. “Based on ject.” acres of land fronting Woodward Eisenshtadt The plan is to have the first its location, I see something enter- If the price is right, the county that Schutt said would lend itself two buildings open in five years, tainment related, whether it’s an expansion of Greek- could move its justice department to to a parking lot. Schutt said. town Casino-Hotel or a mixed-use development.” the two-building, 56,544-square-foot, Martin Ross, co-owner and The two buildings are part of a Eisenshtadt said he believes that if a deal is shuttered Mound Correctional Facil- principle of National Equity, was larger vision that WA3 hopes to reached, it will be with one developer for the entire ity in Detroit, which was closed in unavailable for comment Friday. bring to fruition, should it be five-site area. January 2012, to the county in lieu of The Michigan Department of able to persuade Ross to sell the Sam Munaco, president of Southfield-based Advocate the county finishing construction of Transportation has awarded a other buildings, Schutt said. Commercial Real Estate Advisors of Michigan LLC, said its new $220 million jail. County and $400,000 grant to the project. That, “Our goal is to get public ac- downtown Detroit’s office market could sustain more state officials had discussed a poten- coupled with a $15,000 grant from cess to that entire site and to get office space — if ultimately the sites are redeveloped. tial lease. Cullen the Michigan Economic Development people into the factory space,” “In the past, that area was viewed as an island too Cullen said if the costs of moving Corp. and $10,000 from its own re- she said. “People need to see far away, but interest has picked up due to increased and long-term operation of the justice department are serves, leaves WA3 with $125,000 where history that changed the activity downtown,” Munaco said. in line with finishing the current jail site and opera- to raise before the deal’s sched- world was made.” However, the costs of demolishing the existing infra- tions, a deal should be made. uled closing Oct. 1, Schutt said. The complexwide plan could structure could be a hurdle for developers, said a local “What’s our best path forward as a community in WA3 has a couple of funding include tours of the historic fac- construction expert who spoke on condition of the next 40 to 50 years?” he said. requests to foundations in the tory itself, a vehicle test track of- anonymity. “Based on initial review, that decision should be to hopper, and its board is appeal- fering visitors the chance to get “It’s going to be very expensive,” the source said. move this out of the heart of downtown — and that’s ing to individual donors in the behind the wheel, a wind tunnel “Given the design of a jail and how stout those build- going to be a big outcome for Detroit.” community for donations, she akin to those automakers use for ings are, it’s going to be a premium to knock down Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, [email protected]. said. It’s also considering an ap- vehicle testing, car collections or and repurpose those properties.” Twitter: @dustinewalsh peal to the general public. car condos to serve as storage for “We would rather reserve that collectors’ cars, and a home for (public) campaign for the actual the Motorsports Hall of Fame. fundraising to renovate the The Highland Park plant is a building, ... (but) we want to National Historic Landmark and make sure the deal will close,” a registered historic site with the DMC: Children’s center set for Troy Schutt said. state and has a Michigan historic Early plans for the two build- marker. ■ From Page 1 ings call for development of an “There is not a week that goes dren’s Hospital,” he said. ize its ambulatory care strategy in The $42 million cost for the out- automobile heritage welcome by that someone from Europe or Mullany said DMC will increase the next few months and make an patient center also cannot be center on the ground floor of the Asia doesn’t arrive at the (com- pediatric services market share announcement later this year on a counted toward Vanguard’s com- administration building and in plex) guard shack and ask how with its new outpatient center. second major outpatient center. mitment to spend $850 million in the executive garage, she said. they come in to see Ford Highland Children’s Hospital generates DMC has about 87 outpatient cen- capital and routine maintenance The center would include a the- Park” and the birthplace of mass about 31,000 visits per year from ters in Southeast Michigan, includ- by end of 2017. ater with videos, informational manufacturing, Schutt said. Oakland County and nearby coming physical rehabilitation, fitness, DMC purchased the Troy par- kiosks, interpretive displays on “The Europeans and Asians are munities at its downtown Detroit surgery, radiology, urgent care and cel, which includes a 19,558- automotive history and a gift and shocked when there’s no public ac- location, he said. primary care physician offices. square-foot office building, for an snack shop. It also could be a place cess” to the complex, which “liter- Last year, Beaumont Hospital is- Children’s Hospital operates undisclosed price from Wheelock where visitors could pick up his- ally changed the world,” she said. sued a statement opposing DMC’s other outpatient facilities in metro Street Capital, a Houston-based torical automotive tours such as WA3 plans to see a “world her- planned medical center in Royal Detroit, including centers in Birm- real estate investment firm, said the current tour WA3 offers, “In itage designation” for the build- Oak because it would duplicate ingham, Clinton Township, Dear- Matt Farrell, executive principal the Steps of Henry.” That tour in- ings once it closes on the purchase services and drive up health care born, Novi, West Bloomfield with Core Partners LLC, a Birming- cludes visits to where Henry Ford of them; that is a designation giv- costs. Colette Stimmell, director of Township, and Southfield. ham-based brokerage that repre- lived and served as an apprentice; en to destinations like the Egypt- corporate communications for Like other DMC facilities outside sented Wheelock. Edison Illuminating Co., where he ian pyramids, Schutt said. Beaumont, declined to comment of the Detroit campus area, the Troy The office building was designed worked (now part of the Westin The next designation the orga- on the planned DMC children’s center is expected to pay property by architect Minoru Yamasaki; Ya- Book Cadillac Hotel); and the Cathe- nization will pursue is the United center in Troy. Mullany said and income taxes — estimated at $1 masaki was working in the building dral Church of St. Paul on Woodward Nations Educational, Scientific and DMC’s new children’s center “will million per year. DMC is owned by when he designed New York’s Avenue, where he attended Cultural Organization World Her- be much more convenient and low- Vanguard Health Systems Inc., a for- World Trade Center. church and received last rites. itage site designation, she said. er cost for patients than” DMC’s profit system that is slated to be ac- Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, Schutt said WA3 envisions Sherri Welch: (313)446-1694, hospital downtown. quired by Tenet Healthcare Corp., also [email protected]. Twitter: renting space on the second [email protected]. Twitter: Mullany said the DMC will final- a for-profit system. @jaybgreene through fourth floors of the ad- @sherriwelch 20130715-NEWS--0023-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 5:15 PM Page 1

July 15, 2013 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 Kitchens: The secret ingredient for food entrepreneurs isn’t food ■ From Page 3 Many local churches and non- year pilot program will place 12 prohibits them from having whole- And the number of food produc- from cottage food to a licensed food profits have commercial kitchens food entrepreneurs into two area sale distribution or annual sales ex- ers is on the rise. Although the producer,” said the Agriculture De- tucked away in their basements commercial kitchens: Ss. Peter and ceeding $20,000. MDARD doesn’t track the number partment’s Tederington. “Some and back rooms — even the Detroit Paul Orthodox Cathedral in south- For Majid, whose revenues are of cottage food businesses graduat- folks are content to stay as cottage Symphony Orchestra has one — but west Detroit and Matrix Human Ser- bumping up against the limit, and ing into full-fledged food produc- food, but other folks, their business finding them is all word of mouth. vices in the Osborn neighborhood others like him to graduate from ers, it does show that the number are taking off and they are expand- And even when entrepreneurs do on the east side. The program will being a cottage food business, they of licensed food producers has ing.” find a kitchen, the owners don’t al- also offer business-development must cook in a commercial been on the rise since 2010. Amy Haimerl: (313) 446-0416, ways want to rent time because the services and assistance with li- kitchen. In fact, their Department “Anecdotally we have seen a [email protected]. Twitter: additional usage increases utility censing and insurance. of Agriculture licensing is tied to number of businesses graduate @haimerlad costs and creates scheduling chal- “One of the great things about their industrial kitchen space. lenges. Kitchen Connect is the opportuni- Without a home-base kitchen, so It took Majid several months of ty to take advantage of kitchens to speak, these small businesses looking — he even considered that are already in Detroit neigh- can’t get licensed to make their SBA PREFERRED LENDER | CREDIT CARDS | CASH MANAGEMENT | COMMERCIAL LOANS building his own facility — before borhoods, sitting idle, and activate products, whether it is teas or he finally found a kitchen. the space,” said Davison, 40. cookies or sausages. And if the It was 90 miles away in Holt. As part of developing the Detroit kitchen they are sharing shuts That experience is not uncom- Kitchen Connect, Davison and down or decides to stop renting mon for Detroit-area food business- Daniel talked to 35 kitchens inter- time, the entrepreneurs must get es. In fact, seeing that struggle was ested in being a part of the program. relicensed at their new facility, ac- one reason Daniel founded FoodLab But because Detroit Kitchen Con- cording to Thomas Tederington, Detroit, an informal community of nect isn’t paying rent to the food policy specialist at the agri- nearly 300 area food producers fo- kitchens — just a utility stipend to culture department. $35,000 in cused on sustainability and social cover the increased costs — many For Kay Peters, kitchen space is justice through food. Through her groups weren’t interested. So for a barrier to launching her hot noodle shop, Daniel discovered the the pilot, they settled on the two sauce company, Michigan Pepper Co. fraudulent checks intense need for kitchen space and kitchens that were geographically Because sauces aren’t included in began informally brokering deals. diverse and committed to the pro- the Cottage Foods Law, Peters can’t “I started getting connected to all of gram’s sustainability and social jus- sell her mother’s Trinidadian prevented in one day these folks who wanted to offer tice mission. recipes until they are produced in a their kitchen space or entrepre- “Once we let folks know that commercial kitchen. Without rev- neurs who were seeking kitchen this is a mission and not a revenue enue, the 45-year-old can’t afford to ...by one customer. space,” said Daniel, 28. “So I became generator, some were interested pay the average hourly rental rate this personal hub between the two. and others decided it wasn’t for of $50. She is already working three When I started FoodLab, it became them,” Davison said. jobs to save the $2,000 she estimates Your hometown the informal connector.” Still, the two see this as a place to launching the company will cost. Her work with FoodLab con- start. When FoodLab polled its If she is accepted into Detroit nected her to Eastern Market CEO members earlier this year, 72 indi- Kitchen Connect, Peters could ac- Dan Carmody, who also saw ineffi- cated they needed help finding cess space much more affordably. advantage. ciency in the market. Even though kitchen space. So, Davison said, if The McGregor Fund and United Way of Eastern Market is installing a they can get 12 businesses space Southeast Michigan are funding the community commercial kitchen as and prove the program, other Detroit Kitchen Connect program part of the redevelopment of Shed kitchens may decide to participate . so it can offer a sliding scale of 5 — for which the Michigan Econom- Majid is one of the 72 who has ap- rates, from $30 per hour to $15 per ic Development Corp. recently pro- plied to Detroit Kitchen Connect. hour depending on circumstances. Being local means we’re able to help keep a closer eye on your small vided a $1 million grant — that “This would open up doors big “Our focus is really on making business. It means providing banking tools like Positive Pay, which uses project isn’t scheduled to open un- time,” said Majid, who studied teas sure that not only the awesome a secure veriﬁ cation process to protect your accounts against ACH til late 2013. So Carmody sought a in the Darjeeling Mountains of In- young, white entrepreneurs and and check fraud. Trust us, that’s a big advantage for small business. more immediate solution. dia. “Going through this program hipsters are getting support,” He used part of an existing grant means I can sell to restaurants, gro- Daniel said. ‘We want to support Try it on us – we'll waive Positive Pay fees for three months. to hire Daniel and FoodLab Detroit cery stores and even online.” folks who may not have been con- Contact Kerri Werschky at 586-863-9485 to learn more. to develop a plan for a kitchen- Until now, Majid operated under nected to the resources needed to connection service. Michigan’s Cottage Foods Law, grow their businesses.” www.thefsb.com/cashmanagement | 866-372-1275 “I thought we could do an Airbnb- which allows food entrepreneurs Carmody agrees. He sees food type model where we and Eastern like him to produce certain types of entrepreneurship as critical to De- Market become the management foods — teas, jams, baked goods troit’s future because it creates hub between these kitchens and and vinegars, for example — in jobs in communities where they the entrepreneurs,” Daniel said. their home kitchens without being are often scarce. “We could do all of the scheduling, licensed by the Michigan Department “Food entrepreneurship is the making sure the insurance is tak- of Agriculture and Rural Development. gateway to the American dream en care of, etc.” These home-based entrepreneurs for a lot of households,” he said. Carmody agreed, and the two or- can sell their products directly to “There is a low enough entry fee ganizations launched Detroit consumers through farmers mar- that you can get into the swing of Kitchen Connect last week. The one- kets and other outlets, but the law commerce and then grow.”

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Detroit Meijer set to open July 25 with variety of other retailers BY KIRK PINHO Ⅲ Petco Animal Supplies Inc. (July al Bank branch, more than 100,000 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS 22). products and 700 types of fresh pro- They are not just “ Ⅲ SVS Vision Optical Centers (Oc- duce, Watchowski said. Meijer The city of Detroit’s first tober opening). Funding the project are Michi- Inc. store is set to open July 25, and gan brownfield redevelopment tax “patent lawyers, but Ⅲ Five Below Inc. discount retail- the developer of the project has the er (unknown opening). credits, which are for the develop- rest of the center 95 percent leased. Ⅲ Wingstop Restaurants Inc. (Sep- ment of blighted or contaminated our trusted advisors. The 215,000-square-foot store at tember opening). sites; U.S. Department of Treasury Eight Mile Road and Woodward Ⅲ Subway (September opening). New Market tax credits, which are Avenue anchors the $72 million Ⅲ McDonald’s (unknown opening). for business and real estate projects JAMES SCAPA, CEO Altair Engineering Gateway Marketplace project. Ⅲ PNC Bank branch (unknown in low-income areas; and private fi- Other tenants at the 36-acre opening). nancing, said Kenneth Till, senior Gateway Marketplace are: Dale Watchowski, CEO, COO vice president of development for Ⅲ Marshalls Inc. (unknown open- and president of Southfield-based Redico. YOUNG BASILE. Advisors to the world’s most innovative companies. ing date). Redico LLC, the developer of the pro- Bloomfield Hills-based Rogvoy Ⅲ Payless ShoeSource (Sept. 7 open- ject, said Gateway Marketplace Architects PC was the architectural ing date). stores are expected to employ about firm for Gateway, and a joint ven- Ⅲ Dots clothing (September open- 900 full- and part-time workers. ture between Detroit-based Jenkins ANN ARBOR TROY SILICON VALLEY ing). The Meijer features a gas sta- Construction Inc. and Lake Orion- • • Ⅲ K&G Fashion Superstore mens- tion, drive-through pharmacy, based Dailey Co. was the general WWW.YOUNGBASILE.COM wear (July 23 opening). 1,000-square-foot Huntington Nation- contractor, Till said. 20130715-NEWS--0024,0025-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 5:16 PM Page 1

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Crain’s: You would come into the Crain’s: With estimates ranging from This hasn’t happened, and I but we won’t sell the art because at mayor’s office virtually under the $15 billion to $20 billion in debt, the don’t understand why. the end of the day, as a Detroit resi- thumb of Emergency Manager Kevyn city’s long-term liabilities are pushing dent, when I want the police, I Orr. How can you be effective as may- Detroit to the brink of filing for Chapter Crain’s: In recent months, the busi- need the police. And if selling the or when an EM is in power? 9 bankruptcy. What needs to be done ness community has come up with art at the DIA is going to get that to Benny Napoleon: I think I have a to address this overwhelming problem? some ways to help Detroit, including me, then OK, we can talk about it. different assumption. I have main- Napoleon: First and foremost, the leasing 23 EMS rigs and over 100 po- But again, I’m opposed fundamen- tained consistently that I think the debt I think has been exaggerated lice vehicles. How can the business tally to selling assets. emergency manager’s presence — not that we don’t have a fiscal community further assist? When it comes to Belle Isle, I here is illegal. Until such time when urgency, but I’m not sure that we Napoleon: We need their help. think we haven’t really been cre- the federal court makes a decision have an emergency. Fifteen years ago when I was (De- ative when it comes to how to deal (in the Detroit NAACP chapter’s The second thing is that the (De- troit) police chief, I proposed that with that island. First, we’ve been lawsuit) as to the legality of the BENNY NAPOLEON troit Water and Sewerage Department) we use the Boston model for off- given, from what I’ve read, only whole emergency manager statute, Age: 57 debt is debt that, quite frankly, has a duty policing here in the city of De- two options: The city continues to I think that it’s premature to as- Current job title: Wayne County revenue stream to take care of it, so I troit, and it was something that I spend $6 million-$7 million a year sume that he’s going to be here sheriff, 2009-present don’t know why all of that has been could never get through the may- on an island that they can’t keep eight or nine months into the next Previous job titles: Assistant lumped into that final number. or’s office at the time. up, or turn it over to the state and mayor’s initial term, so I’ve not nec- Wayne County executive, 2004-09; There are certainly issues with I believe, fundamentally, if in let the state take over long-term. essarily conceded that at this point. retirees’ benefits, in particular vice president of business fact we can have an aggressive off- What’s so unrealistic about say- development and outreach, Capri health care, that need to be looked duty employment opportunity for ing to the business community: Crain’s: If elected, what would be Capital Partners LLC, 2001-04; at, and we need to look at obviously police officers, where businesses “Belle Isle is for lease to an entre- the first things you would do? Detroit police chief, 1995-2001 our position with the bondholders. can hire them, it’ll have a tremen- preneur, where you can make Key endorsements: Metro Detroit There are some bonds, obviously, dous impact on the delivery of ser- Napoleon: One of the first things Belle Isle a destination ... expand AFL-CIO; Michigan Democratic 14th that the citizens of Detroit have vices to citizens and the neighbor- we have to do obviously is to ad- recreational opportunities to the dress the most pressing issue that Congressional District; Detroit City said, “We voted for this,” and quite hoods. That’s one way, very Council member Andre Spivey; point where you might have it as a Detroiters have, and that’s crime. frankly, it’s going to be difficult for quickly, the business community Amalgamated Transit Union Local 365-day-a-year destination by I’ve talked to literally tens of thou- those particular bondholders to could help not only the citizens 26; Michigan Regional Council of putting in maybe a water park.” sands of Detroiters, between forums Carpenters and Millwrights; Unite take any kind of negotiated deal. and the neighborhoods, but also No one has ever done that. Put and churches and in businesses, Here Local 24, a 4,500-member Then there are others where we further their own interests in pro- barbershops, gas stations, the per- hospitality worker union. are negotiating. Kevyn Orr is do- viding safety at their facilities. that out there, and see what we get son on the street, the supermarket. ing that now. A lot of the issues in return. That may even generate ... You have to make an immediate ting turnaround time — no more that he is tackling are issues that Crain’s: In what way would an effort revenue ... and the citizens would impact on public safety — police, than a day or two. the mayor would be in a position like that tie in with your One Square still control it. fire, EMS has to be the most funda- Where we have a more complex to deal with, assuming that the Mile plan? mental thing that has to happen. business opportunity, then we need mayor is allowed to do it. That has Napoleon: It would tie in great. Hy- Crain’s: How will the new makeup You also have to take some con- to get people — a business team — not happened. So it depends upon pothetically, if you just take the of the Detroit City Council — seven trol of the city’s finances. I think where they are teamed up with what happens in the court case, strip mall that we are in (at his cam- members elected by district and two it’s imperative that you take a someone from every agency they and what happens Jan. 1. paign headquarters off Jefferson at-large — affect your goals for your strategic review of the budget, and need to help them get this through If I’m the mayor, we need to have Avenue), I don’t know how many administration? to take a strategic review of the the system, and they go as a team a serious conversation with all of businesses have any form of securi- Napoleon: I am a strong propo- budget, you have to look at services and push them from Day One to the stakeholders, bring everybody ty, but imagine if four or five of nent of districts. I believe that if we that are going to be provided with- completion with some timetables, to the table and say, “Look, here’s these businesses are paying some- had a district concept many years in that budget and decide which with some due dates, with some where we are. Let’s put our collec- body $12 an hour, $15 an hour or $20 ago, we probably wouldn’t be in the services you are going to provide goals. tive heads together and figure out an hour for a person to come in as a shape we are in right now. I believe and which you absolutely must do how to get out of this in a way that private security person, and in- that having council be more ac- well. Then there are things you Crain’s: Tell us about your relation- does the least amount of damage to stead of doing that, combine their countable to the citizens in their might want to do, but you might not ship with the new police chief, James the structure and performance of resources, hire one uniformed po- district is a good thing. be able to do them within that bud- Craig, and what you could do to im- the city when it comes to delivering lice officer in a scout car out there, a How you get along with council get without some assistance. (An- prove public safety. services to folks.” real police person, to take care of is a different story altogether. other) thing that has to happen is Napoleon: I’ve known James Craig this lot. we need to look at what we can do for over 40 years. He and I went to Crain’s: What needs to be done to Crain’s: The sale of city-owned as- When there are major decisions to help continue the path of grow- high school together, so I know him tackle legacy costs? sets, including the Detroit Institute of that are being made, I believe the ing businesses in this community pretty well. If I need to call him, I Napoleon: I think we need to go to Arts collection, has been a hot-button mayor should have enough confi- and helping business create jobs. I know I can get to him, and if he more of an a la carte form of health issue for the emergency manager. If dence to be willing to walk down to believe it’s the mayor’s responsibil- needs to call me, he can get to me. I care and talk to health care ex- you were in his position, what assets the council’s floor, talk to individ- ity to create a climate where busi- would hope that, in these difficult perts and find out where we can would you sell or lease? ual council members and say this nesspeople can create jobs. budget times, we could collaborate deliver health care to retirees and Napoleon: I’m opposed to selling is what’s coming up ... just start That comes through looking at more, not just with (the Detroit Po- active (employees) in a more eco- city assets, fundamentally. But if getting some input so that when it the licensing and permitting lice Department). It’s incumbent nomically friendly way. We know anyone is going to make a decision comes to the table to pitch an idea, process to see that we can do some- that all of us work together in law there are going to be some cuts. to sell city assets, then every asset you already know in your mind thing that’s very simple: Make it enforcement. We need to work with Everybody recognizes that. I’m a should be on the table. There whether you have support for your easy, make it quick, and make it the federal agencies, the state agen- retiree of that system, and I recog- should be no sacred cows. If Belle idea or not. We need to have lead- safe to do business in the city of De- cies and everybody else to really nize that I’m probably going to Isle is on the table, the DIA (collec- ership that is a little more partici- troit. We have to cut the red tape. make Detroit and this whole region take a haircut of some sort. But the tion) should be on the table. We patory. We need to make a simple permit- a safe place to live. question is how? can’t say that we’ll sell the island, Interview conducted by Kirk Pinho

campaigns in 1985, 1989 and 2009. In early 2012, she refused to sign Rep. and public OTHER MAYORAL HOPEFULS Barrow’s platform includes off on the consent agreement with Detroit City accountant. She improving public safety; keeping the state that allowed Detroit up to Council decided not to Here are other mayoral hopefuls Belle Isle under city ownership; $137 million in short-term member seek re-election who will face off against Benny seeking federal funds to improve borrowing. Her mayoral priorities Barbara-Rose to the state Napoleon and write-in candidate Detroit Public Schools; and include improving tax, fine and fee Collins and House in 2012 Mike Duggan in the Aug. 6 primary: stopping overtime pay, freezing collections; hiring more public former Wayne in order to Ⅲ Tom Barrow, hiring and establishing a four-day safety personnel using that County pursue her 64, was one of workweek to help address the city’s collected revenue; securing Commissioner mayoral the driving financial problems. additional state and federal Bernard Parker. campaign. Howze’s forces behind a Ⅲ Krystal transportation funds; streamlining He is also the former political campaign legal challenge Crittendon, 49, city processes; and establishing a Durhal Howze that resulted in grant-writing department or agency organizing website states is a former that she is Duggan’s name Detroit for state and federal funds. director for the Michigan being removed Ⅲ Democratic Party. running on a platform that includes corporation Fred Durhal Jr., 61, is a state rebuilding Detroit’s economy, from the ballot. counsel. The representative in his final two-year His platform includes addressing He is an the city’s financial crisis and providing better city management Detroit City term. He is a former deputy and improving community safety. accountant who Council, at the director of the Detroit Charter budget deficits, public safety, jobs If elected, Howze would be the first Barrow was convicted request of Revision Commission and former and economic development, of tax fraud and Mayor Dave executive director of the Michigan education and training, and female mayor in Detroit’s history. evasion in 1993 and was Bing, fired her Legislative Black Caucus, and has community stabilization. sentenced to 21 months in prison. without cause worked for several former Detroit Ⅲ Lisa Howze, 39, served one term Also running for Detroit mayor are: He served 18 months. He also Crittendon from that politicians, including former Mayor in the Michigan House of Ⅲ Angelo Brown, 50, a community mounted unsuccessful mayoral position in December 2012. Coleman A. Young, former U.S. Representatives and is a certified activist. 20130715-NEWS--0024,0025-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 7/12/2013 5:03 PM Page 2

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www.crainsdetroit.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain Duggan’s focus: Police, streetlights, permits GROUP PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- Crain’s: You would come into the of cash on hand. We cut costs, we $10 an hour and had them work at 6032 or [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- mayor’s office with the city under the built revenue and we ran in the our hospitals to expose them to the 0460 or [email protected] control of Emergency Manager Kevyn black all nine years that I was medical field. Certainly (Quicken MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- 1622 or [email protected] Orr. How can you be effective as mayor there. Loans Inc. founder and Chairman) MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy when an EM is in power? As far as the debt, you have to Dan Gilbert has done that in a sig- Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR/CUSTOM AND SPECIAL Mike Duggan: I don’t think it’s at look at it. I don’t believe the water nificant way, as have some of the PROJECTS Daniel Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or all clear how long Kevyn Orr is go- department debt belongs in the others. But I think we need to dra- [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR/DESIGN Bob Allen, (313) 446- ing to be around. He’s going to be conversation, so if you take that matically expand that. We’ve got to 0344 or [email protected] around exactly as long as Gov. out, you’re talking about $10 bil- give the kids the opportunity at 15, SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or [email protected] (Rick) Snyder wants him to be in lion. In very rough terms, you’re 16 and 17 years old to be exposed to WEB EDITOR Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or there, and as long as he is there, talking about $2 billion in pen- jobs and careers. [email protected] WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- the mayor has no authority at all. sions, $2 billion in bonds and $6 The other thing I really want to 8158 or [email protected] My history is such that every MIKE DUGGAN billion in retiree health. What we see us do is build venture capital DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, [email protected] place I’ve been, I’ve put together Age: 55 have is primarily a retiree health funds so that we can take on entre- WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- teams that have taken a financial Most recent job title: Detroit problem, and that’s what we need preneurs. We have vacant store- 6059, [email protected] EDITORIAL SUPPORT (313) 446-0419; YahNica crisis, turned it around and made Medical Center president and CEO, to focus on. I don’t believe we need fronts across the city that at one Crawford, (313) 446-0329 it run in the black and run well. 2004-12 to touch the pensions. We are time were businesses. I want to NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 My hope is that if I could be elect- Previous job titles: Wayne County spending money on retiree health take them from the business own- REPORTERS ed mayor, we will go to the gover- prosecutor, 2001-03; co-chairman, in the most inefficient way possi- ers who abandoned them for $1 Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, nor and say, “We have a mayor ble — and I come out of the health and make them available to entre- insurance, energy utilities and the environment. with a strong turnaround history, Authority, 1996-2002; deputy care industry. If you want to cut preneurs, but I need existing busi- (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] Wayne County executive, 1987- Amy Haimerl, entrepreneurship editor: Covers who has a great turnaround team health care costs, we need to do nesspeople to help with capital, to 2000; general manager, Suburban entrepreneurship, second-stage companies and and a very specific turnaround small business. (313) 446-0416 or Mobility Authority for Regional two things: help with mentoring and the like plan,” and ask the governor to send [email protected] Transportation (SMART), 1992-95 One is we need to restructure our because our future isn’t going to be Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, Mr. Orr back to Washington, D.C., non-automotive manufacturing, defense Key endorsements: Detroit Regional care so that we are rewarding the auto companies coming in with with our thanks for his service, and contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. Chamber Political Action Committee; doctors and the hospitals for keep- 5,000 jobs. It’s going to be building (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] transition Detroit back to the elect- ing people well and keeping them an entrepreneurial class. Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, the Rev. Malik Shabazz of the New technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or ed officials selected by the voters. Marcus Garvey Movement/Black out of that hospital. Manage the [email protected] Panther Nation; Ernest Williams of heart failure. Manage the diabetes. Crain’s: Would a Duggan adminis- Kirk Pinho: Covers real estate and the city of Crain’s: If elected, what would be the Community Coalition Detroit. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] Manage the pulmonary disease and tration consider budgeting city funds Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, the first things you would do? keep people well, and that’s not be- for the Detroit Blight Authority? advertising and marketing, the business of sports, Duggan: and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or Certainly in the first ing to build out her space. The two ing done. Second is — and I think Duggan: I’m not a big fan of all [email protected] year, there are three things that I (departments) fought with each Kevyn Orr is on the right track — Nathan Skid, multimedia editor: Also covers the these authorities. I think they are food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, think we need to change the direc- other, and she said, “I’ll build it, ei- using the (federal Patient Protec- fractionalizing. When Alan Mulal- [email protected] tion (of) the city. ther way. Just give me an answer.” tion and) Affordable Care Act and Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto ly went into Ford, he didn’t put the suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or No. 1, we need to cut the police re- After six months of two city de- the health exchanges. engineering department under an [email protected] sponse times, because if people We can dramatically cut the debt Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail partments not agreeing with each authority, and the sales depart- and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or don’t feel safe in this community, other, she scrapped the project. costs on retiree health in a construc- ment under an authority and the [email protected] nobody wants to live here, nobody This kind of thing is going on tive way with the unions. I think to product development department LANSING BUREAU wants to locate their business here Chris Gautz: Covers business issues at the Capitol every day in this town, and it’s cer- the extent that the emergency man- under an authority. He unified the and utilities. (517) 403-4403 or [email protected] and nobody wants to visit here. tainly disturbing to see that the ager restructures our bond pay- organization. ADVERTISING (Second,) we need to demand ac- feds are now investigating the de- ments to free up cash, that’s a posi- countability on streetlight repairs SALES INQUIRIES (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) partment that does this licensing tive thing, and I think that’s going to Crain’s: A lot is made of the revital- 393-0997 and have a standard repair time of because it makes you wonder be done without cutting into em- ization going on in downtown and Mid- SALES MANAGER Tammy Rokowski five days when lights go out — ployees’ pensions, which are consti- SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew J. what’s going on there. town, but the neighborhoods still have Langan absent something major. The third When I came into the (Detroit tutionally guaranteed. a long way to go. How would you use ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Jeff thing is we need to get back to what Lasser, Dale Smolinski, Sarah Stachowicz Medical Center), it took three your position as mayor to spur eco- I was doing as (Wayne County) Crain’s: Orr is looking into regional- CLASSIFIED SALES Angela Schutte, manager, hours for a patient to be seen by a nomic development? (313)-446-6051 prosecutor and seizing abandoned doctor in an emergency room; in izing the Detroit Water and Sewerage Duggan: We can’t just demolish. GENERAL MANAGER/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT homes and moving families in, not AND EVENTS Elizabeth Buscher four months, I had that down to 29 Department under a new authority. Ex- We’ve got to save these houses in just knocking (homes) down. minutes. It was a very intense plain why you do or don’t support Orr’s DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING Eric Cedo the neighborhoods. There are an SALES PROMOTION MANAGER Karin Pitrone change in process, and I’m going to proposal. EVENTS MANAGER Kacey Anderson Crain’s: What steps, if any, would awful lot of houses in the city that do the same thing with the busi- Duggan: There is nothing a re- are structurally sound that are SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE you take to streamline and make sim- ness permitting process in the city. gional authority can do that compe- PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg abandoned, so we start there. If you MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski pler the business licensing and per- tent management can’t do. We’ve mitting process? can take the abandoned houses and SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford Crain’s: Public safety is the No. 1 is- run DWSD badly, so the idea is to seize them and get them occupied, PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz Duggan: There is no question that sue for Detroit residents. Talk about create a new authority. All the new CUSTOMER SERVICE the business permitting process is if you get the police to show up on how you would work with the new po- authority does is change who the PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams driving jobs out of this community. time and get the streetlights on, lice chief, James Craig, and what you board members are. What we need you’ll have a significant improve- MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write I met with a woman who wanted could do to improve public safety. is strong management. There’s no [email protected] ment in the neighborhoods. If we SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. to start a fitness center in Detroit. Duggan: I would have preferred need to regionalize this. We do Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. She submitted her plans to the take the vacant storefronts on Mc- Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state that the emergency manager let the need to put accountable manage- Nichols or Grand River or Van rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or city, and she told me that two dif- (877) 824-9374. mayor select the police chief, but ment in place. We do need to cut Dyke and make them available to ferent city departments had to re- Chief Craig is here and I believe he waste out of the system because SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 view the plans on how she was go- entrepreneurs, set up some venture REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; deserves a fair chance to succeed. the water rates are too high, and capital funds so we can get people (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson I’ll set expectations for Chief we’ve got to invest in our infra- @theygsgroup.com started — maybe along the lines of TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: Craig. I expect the response time to structure that’s been neglected for the Comerica and Hatch program (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] citizen complaints be cut dramati- far too long. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY — I think we can start to spread re- CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Ⅲ D’Artagnan Collier, 45, a cally. I expect violent crime to come birth across the city. CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain supervisor at the Detroit down. I expect the so-called “quali- Crain’s: In recent months, the busi- PRESIDENT Rance Crain Wastewater Treatment Plant and a ty of life crimes” like graffiti and ness community has made some ges- TREASURER Mary Kay Crain Crain’s: How will the new makeup of Executive Vice President/Operations socialist. the stripping of abandoned homes tures of assistance to Detroit during its William A. Morrow the City Council — seven members elect- Ⅲ Herman Griffin, 31, an attorney to be taken seriously, and I expect financial crisis, including leasing EMS Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic ed by district and two at-large — affect Operations Chris Crain and community activist. the department to be run with in- rigs and more than 100 police vehicles. Vice President/Production & Manufacturing your goals for your administration, or the Ⅲ Willie Lipscomb Jr., 70, a former tegrity. If Chief Craig is succeeding How can the business community fur- Dave Kamis way you go about pursuing those goals? Vice President/Chief Information Officer judge in Detroit’s 36th District Court. at those things, he’s going to have ther assist the city? Paul Dalpiaz Duggan: I think it’s a very posi- Ⅲ Mark Murphy Jr., 27, a my full support. Duggan: I’ve got strong relation- Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer tive development, although I think Margee Kaczmarek community activist. ships going back to when I part- we lost a lot of good candidates by G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) Ⅲ John Olumba, 32, a state Crain’s: With estimates ranging from nered with business leaders to Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) virtue of the emergency manager representative. $15 billion to $20 billion in debt, the city’s build Comerica Park and Ford EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: being here, which is one of the real 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; Ⅲ Sigmunt John Szczepkowski Jr., long-term liabilities are pushing Detroit to Field, along with Mayor (Dennis) (313) 446-6000 downsides of that decision. I spent Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET 43, a disability consultant. the brink of filing for Chapter 9 municipal Archer in the 1990s. Several of 14 years as deputy county executive CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 is Ⅲ John Telford, 77, former interim bankruptcy. What needs to be done? these members, including Roger published weekly, except for a special issue the third and three years as prosecutor deal- week of August, and no issue the third week of superintendent of Detroit Public Duggan: When I came into Wayne Penske, were on my board at the ing with county commissioners December by Crain Communications Inc. at 1155 Schools. County government, we had a Detroit Medical Center. Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. Periodicals who are elected by district. It is a postage paid at Detroit, MI and additional mailing Ⅲ Jean Vortkamp, 40, founder and deficit that was equal to 60 percent I’m looking at a couple things. lot easier to have alliances based on offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to president of The Front Porch, a of our entire general fund — bigger One is that I want to see the compa- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, Circulation nonprofit providing educational and what you’re trying to accomplish Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, MI 48207- proportionally than Detroit’s is to- nies in this town do (is) what we did 9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in U.S.A. recreational opportunities to when people are actually responsi- day. We balanced it. We kept it bal- at DMC in a summer jobs program: Entire contents copyright 2013 by Crain Detroit children. ble for a particular group of voters. Communications Inc. All rights reserved. anced for 14 years. 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of a joint venture with Fel- THER NEWS Detroit chamber tex Automotive to create IAC- O Feltex Pty Ltd. IAC will pro- Representatives of De- 2 local firms vide design, engineering troit’s public workers met endorses council and manufacturing process- behind closed doors with es to the joint venture in Emergency Manager Kevyn candidates East London, South Africa, Orr, who is seeking substan- are winners the company said. tial cuts in pension benefits and health insurance, the he Detroit Regional The Kroger Co. of Michi- AP reported. In an unrelat- Chamber Political gan plans to invest $110 ed move, Orr canceled a T Action Committee million in its stores this bus tour of the city’s hard- endorsed seven candidates, year and hire 2,000 new est-hit areas with about 25 at Daytona three of them incumbents, employees, mostly part time, over the next 18 creditors. wo Southfield-based Detroit Opera House’s 6,000- ‘Rainbow’ wins first week for Detroit City Council in the Aug. 6 primary elec- months. Kroger plans to Detroit’s bid to stick firms are leading at square-foot rooftop into the of Crain’s photo contest open an 88,000-square-foot investors with losses as T Florida’s famed Day- Coors Light Sky Deck, a week- tion. Council member James Tate (District 1), store in Commerce Town- part of an effort to avert tona International Speedway end viewing area for Detroit The first entry in the ship in November and a bankruptcy is jeopardizing — or, rather, the redevelop- Tigers games at Comerica Crain’s Detroit Business council President Saunteel Jenkins (at-large) and Presi- 114,000-square-foot store in municipal bond insurers’ ment of its mile-long grand- Park not unlike those Summer in the City photo Shelby Township in Janu- recovery prospects, contest — Jen Rademacher’s dent Pro Tem Andre Spivey stand. bleacher seats atop nearby ary. Bloomberg News reported. “Rainbow” over downtown (District 4) received sup- Barton Malow Co. and Ros- buildings adjacent to Five Southeast Michi- Insurers, including Assured Detroit — turned out to be port, as did council hope- setti Associates Inc. were Wrigley Field in Chicago. gan health systems — Beau- Guaranty Ltd., are on the the Week 1 winner. fuls Rick Bowers (District 2), hired by International Speed- The main difference, be- mont Health System of Royal hook for at least 95 percent Rademacher, of Ferndale, Scott Benson (District 3), way Corp., the public entity sides the fewer number of Oak, Detroit Medical Center, of the $2 billion of unse- is CIO at Fathead LLC. She Adam Hollier (District 5) and that operates Daytona and seats, is that the sky deck Crittenton Hospital Medical cured Detroit debt that has an art degree from Cen- Vince Keenan (District 6). 12 other racetracks, for the sits much farther away: Center in Rochester Hills, wasn’t issued for city utili- $300 million redevelopment, about 450 feet from the cen- tral Michigan University and John D. Dingell VA Medical ties, data compiled by which broke ground this ter-field wall at Comerica, said she loves capturing im- ON THE MOVE Center in Detroit and St. Bloomberg showed. month. or roughly 900 feet from ages to solidify memories Joseph Mercy Oakland in Washtenaw Community Barton Malow serves as home plate. and for fun. The rainbow Bill Ludwig is out as CEO Pontiac — were ranked College trustees voted to ex- the general contractor, with The sky deck, which image, taken from the Fat- of Warren-based advertising among the nation’s most tend President Rose Bellan- architectural firm Rossetti opened this past weekend, head offices in the Com- agency Campbell Ewald, and wired hospitals by Hospi- ca’s contract by one year designing the project. seats about 250 people and puware Building, was “just the firm is changing its tals & Health Networks through 2015. The project includes the is outfitted with tables, one of those moments that name to Lowe Campbell Ewald magazine. The survey mea- A one-minute video creation of five new en- chairs, and couches and was a no-brainer” for a as it becomes the U.S. hub sures Internet technology marketing the new Google trances, escalators, a grand- bleachers. Live radio broad- quick iPhone photo. for London-based sibling adoption in hospitals. Maps takes viewers on a stand area called the casts of Tigers games will Rademacher’s prize is a firm Lowe and Partners World- Sellers Buick GMC of tour of the app — and of De- “World of Racing” as well be played through a sound pair of tickets to the Smokey wide, said corporate parent Farmington Hills was one troit. Comerica Park, as grandstand seats and system, the theater said. Robinson concert at Freedom Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. of three Michigan auto Lafayette Coney Island and Sprint tower. The project is The sky deck is open to Hill Amphitheater in Sterling Replacing Ludwig is Jim dealerships cited by Auto- other Detroit attractions expected to be complete by the public on Friday and Sat- Heights, along with a din- Palmer, the agency’s chief motive News as among the are featured in a video em- January 2016. The race- urday from 6 p.m. to 12:30 ner at Andiamo’s. client officer. country’s best to work for. bedded in a blog post an- track will remain open. a.m., with a $5 cover charge Summer in the City is a Dearborn-based Ford Also named were Jackson- nouncing the app’s launch. “What fans want from going into effect at 9 p.m. summerlong visual celebra- Motor Co. advertising based Extreme Dodge Google Maps is available their in-venue experience The sky deck is also tion of Detroit. Weekly agency Team Detroit an- Chrysler Jeep Ram and Mid- on smartphones and has changed dramatically available for private and prizes include gift certifi- nounced that David Murphy land-based Garber Chevrolet. tablets. in the last 15 years,” Matt corporate events. cates to local restaurants will become its president Downtown Ferndale Bike Medicaid patients are Rossetti, president of Rosset- and businesses, and the for U.S. work beginning Shop opened a new location the most satisfied with ti Associates, said in a news grand prizes — to be award- Aug. 1. Murphy, who was in Eastern Market called their health coverage and release. “Besides the mod- BITS & PIECES ed after Labor Day — are a running WikiBranding, a Downtown Detroit Bike Shop. those with individual ern amenities, they want to stay at the Townsend Hotel California-based marketing Hiram Jackson, publish- Detroit-based law firm health insurance are the experience a sports commu- in Birmingham and a brick consultancy, will take the er of the Michigan Chronicle Dykema Gossett PLLC an- least satisfied, according to nity and social atmosphere and CEO of paver along the Detroit roles split by co-presidents nounced the opening of an that they can’t get any- Paul Venn and Mike Bentley, a survey by the Ann Arbor- its parent Riverwalk. Austin, Texas, office — based Center for Healthcare where else. We will give company, Week 2 of the contest is who remain with Team De- Dykema’s 13th nationwide them that experience.” Research & Transformation. Real Times underway; anyone who has troit on global Ford work. and second in Texas. Tim Keyes, former eco- Health care deals na- Media, was photos of the “D” and Blue Cross Blue Shield of nomic director for the city tionally accelerated in recently wants to enter them should Michigan issued a request Baseball, hot dogs, apple of Romulus, will be formally June, a month that saw 92 elected to do so by noon Monday to for proposal to hospitals named CEO of the Detroit Re- transactions, compared pie … and opera? the Wash- qualify. The prize: a $50 and physician groups inter- gion Aerotropolis Development with 68 in May, and the pro- gift certificate to The Whit- ested in participating in Nothing says baseball ington, D.C.- Corp. this week when it un- posed $4.3 billion acquisi- ney. two health insurance prod- quite like the Detroit Opera Jackson based Na- veils a new marketing plan tion of Nashville, Tenn.- ucts targeting some 600,000 House. tional See all the photos entered and plans to speed up devel- based Vanguard Health uninsured people in South- The Michigan Opera Theatre Newspaper Publisher Associa- so far at crainsdetroit.com/ opment in the area. Keyes Systems, owner of the De- east Michigan. said Friday it is turning the tion board of directors. photocontest started with the ADC July 1. troit Medical Center, by New York City-based Dallas-based Tenet Health- Thomson Reuters Corp. will care Corp., according to suspend the two-seconds- COMPANY NEWS Modern Healthcare’s early release of the Thom- Healthcare M&A Watch. Farmington Hills- son Reuters/University of The Southeast Michigan based event production and Michigan index of consumer Purchasing Managers Index BEST FROM THE BLOGS corporate entertainment sentiment to high-frequen- company Gail & Rice Inc. dropped sharply in June, to READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS cy traders. New York Attor- added 21 employees, includ- ney General Eric Schneider- 49.2 after a six-month high ing two top executives, who man’s office said the two of 61.2 in May. No bus tour for city creditors A new retail location pops up had worked at Livonia- seconds is enough time for based event marketer EWI traders to take “unfair ad- BITUARIES Detroit Emergency The Detroit Worldwide Inc. vantage.” O Manager“ Kevyn Orr’s Symphony“ Orchestra is Oakland Regional Hospi- Detroit Lions quarter- Philip Caldwell, who in planned-then-postponed moving its compact disc tal, an 81-bed physician- back Matthew Stafford signed 1978 became Ford Motor bus tour of the city with sales to Amazon.com owned specialty hospital in Co.’s first CEO who wasn’t about 25 city creditors and opening up its CD a three-year, $53 million wasn’t supposed to be a store location for retail Southfield, opened a 3,000- contract extension through a member of the founder’s news story at all, but it use — pop-up or square-foot orthopedic the 2017 season. Meanwhile, family, and served until certainly turned into otherwise. hand treatment center. guard Chauncey Billups re- 1985, died July 10. He was one. Southfield-based IAC turned to the Detroit Pistons 93. ” Group SA, known as Interna- by signing a reported two- Lynn Orfgen, former ” tional Automotive year, $5 million contract, CEO of Crittenton Hospital Kirk Pinho’s “Big City, Big Deals” blog can be found at Sherri Welch’s blog on “The Business of Being Components, announced its and the Pistons signed free- Medical Center in Rochester www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogKirkPinho Nonprofit” can be found at entry into the South African agent forward Josh Smith to Hills, died June 13. He was www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogSherriWelch market with the formation a four-year, $54 million pact. 66. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 7/2/2013 11:52 AM Page 1

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