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By Jay Greene that we are considering, but to date [email protected] we have not changed any policies,” TO WORK A fight is brewing at Wayne State Wayne State said in a written state- University Physician Group over a ment. proposal that would require more The proposal comes as UPG and 75 than 500 physician faculty mem- Wayne State are in negotiations over bers to sign a noncompete agree- contracts for services provided to ment. Detroit Medical Center and could Wayne State University in Detroit crimp efforts by competing medical has floated a draft of a noncompete groups or health systems to hire contract that it expects the physi- those doctors if those talks fail to cians to sign by Jan. 1 or face possi- bear fruit. UPG and the Wayne State ble disciplinary action or termina- Medical School are also in the mid- tion from the faculty medical group, dle of their own cost-cutting and Crain’s has learned. turnaround plan. Officials for Wayne State, who de- Charles Parrish, president of the clined several interview requests, American Association of University said in a statement to Crain’s that Professors-AFT Michigan Local 6075 “noncompete agreements are a at Wayne State, said the proposal is standard practice” for medical “draconian,” possibly violates the groups. Wayne State acknowledged Public Employment Relations Act that UPG never required one before. and the union’s collective bargain- “We are considering noncom- ing agreement and is an unfair labor pete agreements for our clinical fac- practice. He said he is consulting ulty. We’ve received some feedback SEE WSU, PAGE 28 New U.S. import tari galvanizes steelmakers By Dustin Walsh said Vice President Michael Barnett. [email protected] The company has an inventory of Grand Steel Products Inc. avoided 20,000 metric tons of steel and ex- the fate of so many other steel com- pects to generate revenue near $50 panies in recent years and is now million this year. flourishing, thanks to new U.S. im- The U.S. Department of Commerce port regulations. imposed duties this year on imports The Wixom-based steel service of rolled steel, used to make auto center and distributor is the benefi- parts, appliances and equipment, ciary of the lifeline offered to U.S. from seven countries including Chi- steelmakers this year by way of an na, which received the biggest tariff. It takes a lot to be cool. And especially for import tariff designed to punish Preliminary duties began early this dumping, or selling steel below cost, year and became final on July 21. employees to agree their workplace is cool. But by foreign steel companies to gain “China has been overproducing a„er a vigorous judging process including an U.S. market share. steel for years, way too much for employee survey, these 75 companies reign For Grand Steel, it was a lifeline. their own market and even the glob- supreme. Find out how they built such enviable In the first half of this year, the al market,” said Kevin Dempsey, se- company has made more profit nior vice president of public policy workplace cultures that include Šexibility, than in 2015 and 2016 combined, SEE STEEL, PAGE 26 empowerment and eŒective relationships. SPECIAL REPORT, PAGES 11-21 © Entire contents copyright 2016 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved CHRIS MORRIS FOR CRAIN’S crainsdetroit.com Vol. 32 No 35 $2 a copy. $59 a year.

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Michigan was not recently met with Federal Transit Ad- of state employees” to protect the Report: Mich. among states PEOPLE ...... 24 among them; the state paid more officials. public, Snyder said. The order tells that underfunded pensions ministration RUMBLINGS ...... 30 than $2.4 billion, or 88 percent of a McLaren to talk only to the county WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 30 A majority of states, including recommended $2.8 billion, in 2014. MICH-CELLANEOUS health department on Flint water-re- Michigan, did not contribute enough Pew’s report is an effort to get an n Daughters in two Grand Rap- lated matters. A spokesman for the COMPANY INDEX: to their employee pension systems accurate measure on states’ ability ids-area family-owned empires are attorney general’s office said investi- SEE PAGE 28 in 2014 to reduce unfunded debt, a to reduce pension debt, especially taking on bigger roles in their re- gators are trying to protect health new nationwide analysis shows. given new accounting standards spective companies, MLive.com re- data related to lead poisoning and In a brief released last week, Phil- that took effect in 2014. ported. Christina Keller will lead a deaths from Legionnaires’ disease. n Highland Park-based call cen- adelphia-based The Pew Charitable Lindsay VanHulle division of Cascade Township-based n The Michigan Economic Devel- ter operator Dialog Direct Inc. decid- Trusts said pensions in all 50 states Cascade Engineering, the company opment Corp. awarded new contracts ed to shutter its Grand Rapids-area were underfunded by $934 billion in W. Michigan transit o cials started by her father, Fred Keller; and to the advertising and public rela- operation in Cascade Township and the 2014 fiscal year, the most recent Kara Gordon Warren, daughter of tions firms that developed the mar- lay off 106 workers by Oct. 17 after for which data is available. Accord- uncertain over funding CEO Jim Gordon, is joining the cor- keting for the state’s Pure Michigan losing a key contract, MiBiz report- ing to Pew, Michigan had funded Political pressures in Washington, porate board in October at Wyo- travel campaign. The state awarded a ed. The company is working with two-thirds of its nearly $84.6 billion D.C., have created uncertainty for ming-based Gordon Food Services. $25.2 million contract to McCann Er- the Michigan Economic Development in pension liabilities that year, with transit officials looking to fund a Warren, now assistant general man- ickson, which has an office in Bir- Corp. to repay $272,000 of a $550,000 $28.1 billion in debt. new West Michigan bus rapid tran- ager, will become general manager mingham, for the travel campaign. performance-based grant awarded The state also fell short of a new sit line, MiBiz reported. Despite for GFS’ Florida Division next April. As The contract begins with the start of in 2014 when it announced the fa- benchmark Pew researchers devel- having announced the route be- president of Cascade Business Team, the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 and cility’s creation, the MEDC said. oped to determine how much states tween downtown Grand Rapids and Keller will oversee nearly half of Cas- runs through Sept. 30, 2017, with n Fans of Michigan’s Adventure in should contribute to their employ- Grand Valley State University’s Allen- cade Engineering’s nine businesses. four, one-year renewal options. Mc- Muskegon will have a new way to ees’ retirement funds to reduce their dale campus more than three years n An international tea franchise Cann Erickson also won a $7.5 mil- cool off next summer, MLive.com unfunded obligations. Under Pew’s ago, officials with the Interurban based in London has chosen East lion contract to continue business reported. 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By Tom Henderson Company President and CEO Gerald So- [email protected] lensky Jr. told Crain’s Friday that he expects to Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp., an Ann fi nish the offering in the next month or so. Arbor startup that is developing drugs for “We’re targeting both new and existing in- cats, dogs and horses, announced last week vestors, and we’ll fi nish fundraising very that it has fi nished raising the fi rst segment of quickly,” he said. “This fi nancing strongly po- a private offering of $15 million Canadian, or sitions Zomedica to hit the key milestones the equivalent of about $11.7 million U.S. that we have communicated to the public The company said it has sold more than 3.3 markets.” million shares of common stock at $1.50 Ca- The company began trading on the Ven- Gerald Solensky nadian for total proceeds of just over $5 mil- ture Exchange of the Toronto Stock Exchange Expects to lion Canadian, or about $4 million U.S. on May 2 at 30 cents a share, under the sym- Jr.: nish the private The company, whose drug development is bol ZOM. The shares were trading Friday at o ering in the next still in the early stages, is part of a growing ar- $1.44. month or so. Food for thought ray of startups seeking to develop drugs tai- The private offering is available to Canadi- lored to specifi c animals, rather than repur- an residents only. Crain’s summit links startups to national brands, Page 6 posing human drugs. SEE ZOMEDICA, PAGE 25 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 Skidmore puts new look on menu for iconic Halo Burger Bill Shea [email protected] Advertising and design fi rm Skid- more Studio, which relocated to De- troit’s Madison Building in 2010 af- ter many years in Royal Oak, earlier this year inked the Flint-based Halo Burger chain to an agency-of-record relationship. 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REGISTER AT CrainsDetroit.com/AviationExpo es, some at each bank, will be closed in the closing of six Huntington Tom Henderson CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 5 Entrepreneurship program to oer training, loans to ex-inmates By Lindsay VanHulle the program. The Kellogg Foundation Kellogg will fund close to $1.5 mil- enterprise.” of Corrections, though spokesman Crain’s Detroit Business/Bridge Magazine will fund much of the effort, including lion of the project cost, with SBA con- Roebker, of SBA, said organizers Chris Gautz said the department has The federal agency tasked with matching dollars for a revolving loan tributing $650,000, Wardford said. will study several outcomes — includ- contacted its organizers. helping small-business owners opted fund, and work with the SBA on a re- The goal of the revolving microloan ing family economic security, skills Corrections administrators have last year to “ban the box” on its micro- port evaluating the pilot’s results. fund is to have a pool of money that development, training satisfaction, created a residential vocational train- loan lending program, a rule change Gondolfi said the foundation can exist once the pilot program has participants’ ability to start a business ing program at two state prisons near that will open new options for former “strongly recommended” that Detroit ended, she said. or find a job — and recommend best Ionia and Jackson, which offer train- prisoners previously excluded from be included on the list of inaugural The partnering organizations also practices for future training. ing and certification in trades such as such financing. cities. will evaluate its results to determine The evaluation also could include automotive repair and construction. That decision by the U.S. Small “Detroit is really at a place where whether the entrepreneurship train- such benchmarks as household in- And the department is working with Business Administration in 2015 laid the time is right,” said Jeanne Ward- ing supports a real change in house- come, credit scores, business growth three Michigan community colleges the groundwork for a new pilot proj- ford, a program officer with the Kel- hold income, Wardford said, adding: and job creation, Gondolfi said. Orga- on a federal program that will extend ect that will roll out in Detroit in com- logg Foundation’s family and eco- “To our knowledge, there have been nizers hope the program could lead to Pell Grants to incarcerated students in ing months. Roughly 50 ex-offenders nomic security team. “We’ve seen a some smaller studies done, but this is more private investment from new hopes their education will help them in the city will be eligible to receive up lot of new development with small one of the largest, most-comprehen- participating banks and foundations. find jobs once they’re released. to $50,000 in microloans through the businesses in the city, and I think this sive studies that are going to happen The pilot is not being run in con- Lindsay VanHulle: (517) 657-2204 agency and entrepreneurship train- opens up another aspect of that.” around this population with micro junction with the Michigan Department Twitter: @LindsayVanHulle ing designed to help them start and grow a business. Called the Aspire Entrepreneur- ship Initiative, the $2.1 million pro- gram is the latest among efforts to help connect convicted felons with employment opportunities. The three-year project is launching in De- troit and three other cities — Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville, Ky. — in con- junction with Battle Creek-based W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Justine Pe- tersen, a St. Louis-based organization that helps low-income people with credit building and other financial needs. If it works, organizers hope to expand it nationally. By next month, Justine Petersen, which will operate the program, plans to name a Detroit-area service provid- er that has experience working with ex-offenders to help identify partici- pants, spokesman Galen Gondolfi said. Priority will be given to ex-in- mates with children, particularly those from birth to 8 years old, he said. “This is about life skills as it relates to financial asset-building,” Gondolfi said. “The goal ... is about stabilizing households, raising household in- come and, to be honest, even impact- ing neighborhoods and communities at large.” About 200 people will participate across the four cities, SBA spokes- woman Andrea Roebker said. Train- When your business grows, ing will include classroom instruc- tion, mentoring and financial coaching. Those who complete the your expectations should, too. training and show they’re able to start a business will qualify for microloans. The average microloan awarded un- der the SBA program is worth $13,000. Experience a higher level of cash management Roebker said the pilot expands the audience for other agency programs, with the leading bank for business.* including business plan counseling. Your business is growing, but so is the complexity. At your stage of growth, you need a Organizers have an initial goal of 50 financial partner who can help you streamline your systems and maximize your opportunities. participants in each city, with 30 com- pleting the entrepreneurship training Comerica Bank’s dedicated Business Advisors and comprehensive cash management tools and 25 closing on a microloan, Gon- go beyond payables and receivables to help you manage and grow your business. dolfi said. Coursework could begin in the spring. For more info, visit Comerica.com/cash today or call 888.341.6490, and Gondolfi said participants will Raise Your Expectations of what business banking can be. study the Ice House Entrepreneur- ship Program, an experience-based course offered through the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kau- man Foundation and Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative Inc., of Mentor, Ohio. Two classes of participants are ex- pected to go through the nearly five- ® month course throughout the three- MEMBER FDIC. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LENDER. RAISE YOUR EXPECTATIONS. year grant period, Gondolfi said. *Comerica ranks first nationally among the top 25 U.S. financial holding companies, based on commercial and The small-business agency will industrial loans outstanding as a percentage of assets, as of December 31, 2015. Data provided by SNL Financial. CBP-6105-04 06/16 manage the project and access to capital for the microloan portion of 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 National food brands looking to small companies to grow By Sherri Welch 301 Inc. unit last fall from building [email protected] companies from the ground up into National food brands say they are a venture capital arm. looking to small companies to help The Minneapolis-based compa- reinvent themselves as consumer ny, which has operated a Yoplait demands increase for fresher, plant in Reed City since the 1970s, is healthier foods produced in sus- focused on investing to help com- tainable ways. panies grow, said Kirk Sabiston, se- Speaking during a panel at the in- nior manager-mergers and acquisi- augural Crain’s Food Summit last tions. week, representatives from Camp- For its part, Camden, N.J.-based bell Soup Co., General Mills Inc. and Campbell launched a $125 million Kellogg Co. said they’ve established venture capital fund, Acre Venture venture capital arms to invest in Partners, to invest in food startups startups and make acquisitions in February, just shy of a year after when the right, well-established its Garden Fresh acquisition. company comes along. And Battle Creek-based Kellogg And they’re looking for other in June established Eighteen94 Capi- ways to work with innovative food tal LLC to make minority invest- companies, as well. ments in companies pursuing Large national food brands “don’t next-generation innovation, includ- want to steal your idea,” said Jeff ing startups touting new ingredi- AARON ECKELS Dunn, president of the Campbell ents, packaging and enabling tech- At the Crain’s Food Summit last week at Eastern Market in Detroit, the “Titans of the Industry” discuss how the big food Fresh division, which acquired Gar- nology. companies are working with local, smaller businesses. From le: Jeƒ Dunn, president, Campbell Fresh; Kirk Sabiston, corporate den Fresh Gourmet in Ferndale for In its pursuit of salsa and dip acquisitions, General Mills Inc.; Rick Wion, senior director of consumer engagement, Kellogg Co.; and Daniel Duggan, Crain’s $231 million last year. “In fact, big maker Garden Fresh, what Camp- Detroit Business. companies are looking for ideas, for bell found was that co-owner Jack talent, to help them reinvent them- Aronson was adamant about the “The combination of Jack and selves.” finished product and what went (co-founder) Annette (Aronson)’s Winning pitchers: Snack companies, nonpro t General Mills shifted its internal into it, Dunn said. story … (and) also the secret sauce of how they made the product … we’ve actually taken that to some of Two salty snack makers and a Detroit nonprofit that teaches young SINCERELY INVESTED IN YOU our bigger brands ... to try to repli- people about food entrepreneurship won professional business ser- cate ... what Jack and Annette did vices after pitching their companies at the inaugural Crain’s Food Sum- At our fi rm, we value our team and clients like family. here,” Dunn said. mit last week. Our investment advice is tailored for each institution He predicted the future in the The “startup” winner was Pop Daddy Popcorn Inc. in Highland Town- food industry “is going to be more ship, and Great Lakes Potato Chip Co. in Traverse City won the “growth” and individual. smaller plants almost like craft beer category. The Detroit Food Academy won the “impact award” for the (plants) that are hardwired to the business that has the largest, measurable, positive impact on food en- community.” trepreneurship. Companies should think about Pop Daddy Popcorn features non-GMO premium red kernels, and 75 how to configure their business ear- percent of the corn is sourced from Michigan farms. It is popped in pure ly on with an eye toward scaling it, olive oil, co-owner and co-founder Mark Sarafa said. Dunn said. “Food entrepreneurship Great Lakes Potato Chip Co. produces kettle, skin-on chips and, more is going to continue to grow very fast recently, tortilla chips. ... but we need better infrastructure, The Detroit Food Academy works with educators, chefs and business especially in that $0 to $5 million owners to inspire Detroiters ages 13-24 through entrepreneurial experi- growth stage.” ences to learn about the food business. Invested alongside For its part, Campbell is looking The winners received pro bono legal help from Varnum LLP and a you since 1976. to invest in food technologies as marketing and public relations checkup from Tanner Friedman. well as food companies, Dunn said. “Betting on what technologies are food companies that want to do some point. ... If you take invest- going to be successful is not for the business with large national brands ment money, there’s going to come Member FINRA/SIPC faint of heart.” to engage with them, panelists said, a day when they’re going to want it But it’s similar to car companies including contacting them via so- back,” and companies need to be Investment Advisors s (866) 644-2701 s www.GJSCO.com trying to get ahead of the next best cial media and their venture capital prepared for that. technologies, he said. arms. Among other relationships, In addition to taking a stake in “Big companies are not big com- Kellogg is working with local farm- companies, panies. They are a ers to identify best practices fo- there are other bunch of human cused on sustainability, such as ways to forge “Big companies ... beings trying to cre- growing wheat with less water, partnerships, are a bunch of ate value for share- Wion said. said Rick Wion, holders,” Dunn “We’re able to take our size and senior director human beings said. “Find a way to help local communities grow and of consumer trying to create engage with us. thrive ...,” he said. “That’s not 86% engagement at value for We’ve got Garden front-of-the-box, but it’s some- Kellogg. Fresh in Ferndale. thing that is really important to of students feel In June, Kel- shareholders. Go knock on the us.” they have the skills to logg teamed door and ... talk Campbell is working to help succeed in a career Find a way to with a New York with us.” bring up a new generation of farm- MICHIGAN TEENS ARE EMPOWERED chef and former engage with us.” In bringing in ers, Dunn said. 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Patience runs out at Twitter: @sherriwelch CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 7 Horizon Global to acquire 2 Changing the odds rival towing in your favor. companies By Chad Halcom [email protected] z Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Troy-based Horizon Global Corp. will pay about $189 million in cash, debt and stock to acquire rival tow- z Over $2 billion recovered ing companies Westfalia-Automo- tive Holding GmbH and TeIJs Holding BV from a German private equity z Super Lawyers Michigan Top 10 group. The deal to buy the Westfalia lawyers for 7 consecutive years Group, from a consortium led by DPE Deutsche Private Equity, is per- haps the largest for the towing and trailering equipment maker since Horizon (NYSE: HZN) spun out from TriMas Corp. (NYSE: TRS) of Bloomfield Hills, over a year ago. Horizon will pay 89 million eu- ros, or slightly more than PARTNER SPOTLIGHT $100 million at current exchange rates, in cash and issue about 2.7 E. Powell Miller million new Horizon stock shares to the investors, worth about $41 million. It will also assume about 42 million euros, or about $48 million, of new debt in the transaction, which should close in the fourth quarter pending reg- ulatory approvals and finalization of an investor rights agreement 950 West University Drive | Suite 300 | Rochester | Michigan | 48307 | (248) 841-2200 | www.millerlawpc.com restricting sales of the sellers’ Horizon shares. Headquartered in Rheda-Wie- denbrück, Germany, Westfalia op- erates facilities in 11 countries. The company is the inventor of the Eu- ropean ball towbar, holds more than 130 patents and has been manufacturing and selling towing products since 1932. Horizon’s overseas Asia, Pacific, Europe and Africa president has a previous manufacturing presence in Hartha, Germany, and in the United Kingdom, but no other Eu- YOU FLY PRIVATE ropean countries, according to U.S. BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE RULES. Securities and Exchange Commission documents. Why do you accept paying for taxi time, minimum flight “The addition of Westfalia is very time, trip changes or cancellations, and adjust your complementary to our business, schedule around blackout dates and restrictive service adding to our regional profile with areas? With Corporate Eagle you won’t. new customer channels and broadened product offering,” Hori- zon President and CEO A. Mark Zeffiro said in a statement. Horizon expects to become an approximately $800 million global manufacturer and distributor in the tower-trailer market after the purchase, suggesting the Westfalia companies clear about $200 mil- lion annual revenue in U.S. dollars, based on pre-acquisition figures for Horizon. Wells Fargo Securities was finan- cial adviser to Horizon Global in the deal, while Ernst & Young LLP provided due diligence services, and Jones Day and Eversheds LLP were Horizon’s legal advisers. Shares of Horizon traded at $16.86 at midday Thursday, up $1.38 from the previous close. corporateeagle.com | 248.461.9001 Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796 Twitter: @chadhalcom 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 Lessons learned from Cadillac Joe had not been back to Detroit Cadillac Joe: I since my family and I relocated to West Michigan about four years Gritty, committed, ago. I returned recently for an eco- determined and OPINION nomic development conference, particularly interested in seeing the convincingly city’s transformation first-hand. sharing why Michigan must deal Throughout the state, economic OTHER VOICES developers know our largest city’s Jennifer Owens Detroit is the best health hugely impacts our ability to Owens is president of Lakeshore place in the world. compete for jobs and investment. with pension issue The most memorable lesson I re- Advantage, a West Michigan economic also because Detroit was founded ceived on the city of Detroit’s development nonprot based in Zeeland. by Antoine Cadillac in 1701. He hy are cities going broke? strengths, though, came from shared with me a bit about Detroit’s That’s the question the West Michigan Policy Forum aims to someone most would think is the done the same, but that night I chose rich history and culture. answer on Sept. 26 when David Walker, former U.S. comptrol- least likely to educate an out-of- to learn his story. The rain stopped, and Joe left to Wler general and now a strategic adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers, speaks town visitor. He said everyone calls him Cadil- go to another bar “where the drink about a PwC report on five Michigan cities and one northern county. I ate dinner one night at an up- lac Joe because of his love for the prices weren’t so high.” I’m still For a change, Detroit won’t be the poster child for bad fiscal health, scale downtown Detroit restaurant city of Detroit. He told me Detroit is thinking about Cadillac Joe and the though the city knows very well what happens when paying for pension bar. A (clearly) homeless man the best place to be in the world. pride he feels for his community. shortfalls and retiree health care restricts the ability to serve current res- walked in and sat on the stool next to “Detroit will be the next top city He, like many people I met on my idents. The report will spotlight Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Lincoln Park, me. It was raining; he was soaked like San Francisco or Cleveland,” Joe trip, has a great love for Detroit. Port Huron, Saginaw and Grand Traverse County. and came in for shelter. He was im- said. “Buy real estate now here if you Gritty, committed, determined and The legacy pension costs are understated, the report concludes — and possible to ignore, yelling across the wanted to make big money.” convincingly sharing why Detroit is the impact may be crushing. One of the culprits is the practice of using bar for a shot of whiskey. Eyes avert- Not surprisingly, he loved cars. the best place in the world. rosy forecasts for return estimates. A 7 percent in today’s market? That’s ed to ignore him and pretend he His told me his nickname wasn’t just Keep driving forward, Detroit. I fantasy land. A return target between 3 percent and 5 percent is more real- didn’t exist. Normally, I would have about the best car in the world, but am cheering you on. istic. All parties involved need to change their ways to account for real lia- bilities. And then, either current budgets are cut or taxes are raised. Gov. Snyder, a CPA, focused on pension issues when he first took of- fice and has been using surplus cash to invest in the state employees’ TALK ON THE WEB LETTERS plan, to the tune of more than $2.4 billion in 2014. But according to a new Re: Southeld unveils ambitious Reader responses to stories and blogs Auto industry must keep Pew Charitable Trusts report, that was still more than $327 million, or plans for Northland Center site that appeared on Crain’s website. strengths in new tech age more, shy, of what was required to fulfill obligations. (Read more in Lind- Comments may be edited for length say VanHulle’s report on crainsdetroit.com.) I’m hoping Fairlane Town Center Editor: and clarity. Urgent issues — the Flint water crisis among them — often push is- pays attention to this. Interesting story by Dustin Walsh sues like pension liabilities aside. But if the governor wants to leave a E M Parmelee on the potential for increased patent positive legacy for Michigan, it’s tackling this pension issue with the Leg- Here’s hoping these spaces won’t Re: Meijer doubles down litigation between the auto and tech islature in the remainder of his term. go to waste. The location alone no industries (“Clash of IP Titans?” Aug. doubt is making some developers on the big box 22). Equally, or perhaps more im- drool in anticipation. Meijer has the same problem in portant, is the need for the auto in- putthehammerdown the Chicago market — stores too dustry to hold onto its core compe- Positive working conditions help all small for the wow factor. Those tencies in engineering and design, Building and sustaining a quality work environment is no easy feat, es- Re: Priority Health, HAP to stores, like the Eight Mile store in supply chain management, dealer pecially when company owners and managers are simultaneously work- Detroit, are small, underwhelming, networks and product innovation, ing toward financial targets, battling competitive pressures and grappling withdraw PPO plans not well-cared for, and simply not to name a few, amid the new era of with industry changes. I want to know why the politi- impressive. Build a giant supercenter collaboration and joint agreements. But, by creating a workplace that truly becomes a hotbed for creativity cians don’t have the health plans with hot food, a big clothing section, While there is room for both the auto and innovation, they can build the team they need to weather the storm with high deductibles and copays. 24-hour access, a garden center, industry and the tech industry to — and thrive. Don’t miss our 2016 Cool Places to Work feature that begins Instead they have the Cadillac plans etc., and it will impress people. As thrive in the age of autonomous ve- on Page 11 of this issue and is also found at crainsdetroit.com/CoolPlaces with no premiums, deductibles or far as Midtown, downtown and hicles and other tech-dependent The project recognizes employers that go the extra mile to make staff feel copays. Why is that? Woodward Avenue go, Meijer’s best auto initiatives, it will be important, valued, empowered and invested. We salute the 75 honorees featured; the Nandev bet would be to open a larger ver- particularly for Michigan, that the profiles emphasize big and small things, from a bowl of fruit in the break sion of their current gas stations: a auto industry not cede any of its room to regular access to training. Tellingly, average scores in some of the Fewer choices and higher rates. convenience store with affordable, hard-fought leadership and clout to big areas like role satisfaction were 90 percent or more for the winners. Thanks to our esteemed representa- Meijer-brand goods that isn’t trying the upstart tech industry. Creating a top workplace requires going the extra mile — and can be- tives in Washington, this is what we to be a grocery store or a mini-su- Steven Oberholtzer come one of the reasons why a company retains talent and bolsters its are left with. percenter. Intellectual property attorney bottom line. MikeInMI BrewPubNate Brinks Gilson & Lione, Ann Arbor Maybe we need incentives It is very gratifying to see Detroit’s new construction or remodeling gardless. ness will hold its third “Detroit economy rebounding — slowly but and renovation, people with those But it does make some sense to Homecoming.” An idea spawned by surely. skills have to be doing well. offer a new business that is interest- my friend Jim Hayes, retired pub- Most of us are aware of new But we need jobs. Not hundreds, ed in building a plant where none lisher of Fortune magazine, Crain’s restaurants opening every week. but thousands. We need new busi- existed some sort of incentive to en- has nurtured and developed this What was once happening only nesses to be created. We need busi- tice it to be in Detroit. into what has become a blockbuster downtown has now spread out, and nesses to move back into the city. New plants usually mean new for economic development. We in- we see businesses opening farther And we need businesses to move jobs. That should always be the end vite successful folks who have left to and farther from the core. KEITH CRAIN here from out of state. game. return and sample just how great Neighborhoods are being recap- Editor-in-chief And that means we need incen- With incentives, Detroit doesn't Detroit has become. And that often tured and rebuilt all over our city. tives to attract those businesses. lose revenue from someone who prompts rekindled engagement And it seems to be happening fast- ments. There is even, finally, a lot I have never been a great fan of never existed. and investing. er all the time. In our core, it’s hard of new construction. Detroit is im- cities and states competing with Detroit is a very hot place today. Jim and Crain’s are the hosts for to find a place to live. Lofts, I am proving. Don’t let anyone tell you each other — each offering bigger It’s a great destination city and this invitation-only opportunity for told, are rented as fast as they are otherwise. incentives — but I am afraid it should be a great place to locate a couple of hundred folks to get re- available. And along with availabil- But we still need the single most works. your business. But a little nudge acquainted with the city and the op- ity, sadly, rents are growing. But important development. We need It doesn't make a lot of sense to can’t hurt, and we need lots of nudg- portunities that are available. that means it will encourage the jobs. I have no doubt that construc- give the new hockey arena an incen- es. In the end, it’s all about jobs, one development of even more apart- tion jobs are booming. Whether it’s tive since it would be in Detroit re- Next month, Crain’s Detroit Busi- at a time or by the thousands. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 9 Priority Health, HAP to pull PPO plans from state exchange By Jay Greene next year. small and large group health plans are its losses are expected to exceed far more competition this year, with [email protected] Even so, most health insurers have not affected. $300 million this year. Aetna does about two-thirds of rating areas Following announcements by filed for large rate increases on the HAP said it will continue to offer a not compete in the Michigan mar- having three or more health insur- for-profit commercial carriers Hu- state exchange, averaging 17.5 per- full suite of plans for 2017, including ketplace. ers vying for customers’ business. mana and UnitedHealthcare, non- cent, said the state Department of In- more than 45 Personal Alliance plans Avalere Health, a Washington, Competition can help lower prices profits Health Alliance Plan and Prior- surance and Financial Services. Last for individuals and families. D.C.-based health insurance con- for consumers and offer more plan ity Health are notifying agents they year, individual rate increase approv- Because health insurers are sulting and data reporting firm, choices, Avalere said. are pulling all PPO plans for 2017 als averaged 6.5 percent while small treating patients who are sicker said 36 percent of 500 rating regions One of the bright spots national- from the Michigan health insurance group plans rose an average of only than expected and fewer healthier in the U.S. may have just one health ly, Michigan has had 11-14 health exchange, Crain’s has learned. 1 percent. DIFS is expected to an- and younger people have signed up insurer when the 2017 sign-up sea- insurers competing on the state's Detroit-based HAP already has nounce its rate filing decision within for individual policies on exchang- son starts Nov. 1. Another 19 per- health insurance exchange the past announced it is pulling eight Per- the next week. es, profit margins are thinning and cent could have just two carriers. three years, offering a variety of PPO sonal Alliance individual preferred About 1.5 percent, or 10,000 of in some cases health insurers are However, Cigna Corp. has an- and HMO plans. Those numbers provider plans for individuals from HAP’s 675,000 members, will be af- posting large losses. nounced it will enter several state may be cut somewhat by the time the exchange and four PPO plans in fected, HAP said. Members will be For example, Aetna Inc. an- insurance markets. It recently filed open enrollment rolls around. the open market next year. HAP will notified before open enrollment be- nounced it will withdraw from 11 of in North Carolina. Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325 continue to offer HMO individual gins Nov. 1. A HAP spokesman said 15 state markets next year because Most Obamacare exchanges had Twitter: @jaybgreene plans on and off the exchange. “We believe that these (PPO) plans do not represent the best val- ue for the con- sumer,” Mary Ann Tournoux, HAP’s senior vice president and chief mar- keting officer, said in a state- ment. “At this time of cost con- Tournoux: PPO sciousness, we plans aren’t the believe our re- best value for the maining plans consumer. are the most cost effective and offer our members and con- sumers greater value for their hard- earned insurance dollar.” That means Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan would be the only one left with PPO plans offered to serve 341,000 people who purchase subsidized insurance on the Obamacare marketplace. Sources told Crain’s that Blue Cross is concerned as it is projecting more than $70 million in losses in the indi- vidual market this year. “Priority Health remains commit- ted to offering individuals access to affordable health care through the federal exchange,” said Amy Larson Miller, manager of public relations for Priority Health. In fact, she said, it will offer more individual product options on the exchange in 2017 than any oth- er carrier in Michigan. “Our decision to eliminate our in- dividual market PPO plans is based on consumer market trends showing interest in PPO plans continually de- clining,” Miller said. HMOs and PPOs differ in many ways. HMOs tend to be priced lower to consumers, but they offer many re- strictions on hospitals, physicians and other providers. PPOs offer great- er flexibility in choice of providers, but they are more expensive and can in- Crain’s Detroit Business just named clude higher copayments and de- ductibles. HMOs offer insurers great- er ability to maximize profits as there Greenleaf Trust a 2016 Cool Place to Work. is less fluctuation with service utiliza- tion than PPO plans, and HMOs can (Not that we noticed…) restrict providers using cost and qual- ity metrics. Despite the defection of many health insurers from PPOs, most health insurers continue to offer Financial Security from Generation to Generation HMO plans on the exchange. Huma- na announced plans to leave the PPO market in 2017 but will continue to offer HMO products. United said it 34977 woodward avenue birmingham, mi 48009 greenleaftrust.com 248.530.6200 would leave the exchange entirely PN Full pg_DBpageAD.qxd 8/23/2016 12:27 PM Page 1

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ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS FOR CRAIN’S 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 Where happy is a strategy 1. V-Suites There’s a basket of fresh organic fruit in the break room and a visioning session with 6. Greenleaf Trust Farmington Hills the CEO at 3 o’clock. A masseuse is coming to the office tomorrow, but wait: Your son Kalamazoo @FurnishedApts has a doctor’s appointment, so you’re working at home. Ronald Kilgore, CEO Diane Batayeh, president You must be employed by a Cool Place to Work. Wealth management rm. Corporate housing and furnished Flexibility, wellness and collaboration are some of the Number of U.S. employees: 100 apartment rental agency. key drivers of employee attraction, retention and Male/female employee ratio: 42/58 Number of U.S. employees: 28 engagement, according to the 75 companies that were Male/female executive ratio: 73/27 Male/female employee ratio: 26/74 named to the 2016 Cool Places to Work in Michigan list. Average salary: $107,735 exempt; Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 This project recognizes employers that go the extra $53,274 nonexempt Average salary: $55,000 mile to make employees feel appreciated — as judged 3 things that make Greenleaf Trust 3 things that make V-Suites cool: by the employees themselves. cool: 1. Employees can stay at any of the What makes a workplace cool? Clockwise, from top: Table tennis at 1. Adult recess during the workday. organization's apartments for free. Crain’s hired Harrisburg, Pa.-based Best Companies United Shore; workouts at Taubman; collaborating on company vision at Regular 4:01 p.m. get-togethers. 2. Every employee is eligible for a 10-30 Group to gather data on employers and survey employees to produce this ranking. The 2. ImageOne and take-your-dog-to-work day at V-Suites. See photos of percent end-of-year bonus that is voluntary program was open to Michigan businesses, nonprofits and government 3. Day of Caring: A paid day o¡ for the every company and watch videos, too, at crainsdetroit.com/CoolPlaces. dependent on their position and yearly entire company to volunteer. performance. entities that have at least 15 employees at a Michigan location. The process is exten- How they communicate: 3. A “Spin the Pin” features every sive: First, the employer provides detailed information on its benefits and perks; next, “Perspectives and Solutions” lunches employee's name on a large wheel; on with the company president and human random days, the company vice employees answer questions about work environment and company leadership in a president spins the wheel and the confidential, 80-question survey. resources director in which a small group employee chosen gets to immediately of mixed-generation workers talks about go home for the day. This employee part of the assessment — which seeks to determine, among other concerns. How they communicate: A “go things, whether employees understand the long-term strategy of the company and meeting” is held each morning; employees whether they feel they are being groomed for future leadership positions — accounts use Lync to chat throughout the day. for 75 percent of the final ranking. 2. Clarity Voice Read more about the companies, and sort through them by industry and size, at 33% crainsdetroit.com/CoolPlaces. Also online are videos, submitted by the companies of companies conduct employee Southeld performance reviews more @clarityvoiceUC themselves, that showcase their unique takes on workplace culture. Plus, workplace than once a year. Gary Goerke, president, owner consultant Chuck Underwood gives advice to employers on working with millennials Cloud communication/VOIP phone and other generations that are part of today’s workforce. services provider. Company pro£les by Kristin Bull, Laura Cassar and Paul Vachon 7. Contract Number of U.S. employees: 34 8. Arrow Strategies Male/female employee ratio: 64/36 Professionals Inc. 3 things that make Trion Solutions Southeld Male/female executive ratio: 38/62 cool: 5. Worldwide Express Waterford Township @ArrowStrat @CPIJobsInc Average salary: $51,950 exempt; 1. During a monthly companywide Southeld Je¡ Styers, CEO $28,674 nonexempt* co¡ee chat, breakfast is provided to all @wwexmidwest Steve York, CEO and founder 14% Recruiting and stang company. sta¡ while management discusses of Crain’s Cool Places to Work say 3 things that make Clarity Voice cool: Michael McCarthy, vice president Veteran-owned global stang company. developments and recognizes sta¡ for Number of U.S. employees: 61 Remote work capability. they pay 100 percent of 1. accomplishments. Packaging and shipping company. Number of U.S. employees: 28 employee medical benets. Male/female employee ratio: 50/50 Flexible scheduling. 2. Paid paternity leave for birth or Number of U.S. employees: 36 Male/female employee ratio: 42/58 2. Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 Massage therapy sessions in the 3. adoption of a child. Male/female employee ratio: 32/68 Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 o˜ce. SOURCE FOR DATA POINTS FOUND Average salary: $55,000 exempt Smoothies provided to employees 3. THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT: BEST Male/female executive ratio: 40/60 Average salary: $62,000 exempt Wellness matters: Employees respond on Fridays in the summer. 3 things that make Arrow Strategies to customers via headsets, many times COMPANY GROUP’S REPORT FROM Average salary: $80,000 exempt 3 things that make CPI cool: cool: Wellness matters: Monthly massages walking laps around the o˜ce and SURVEY OF COOL PLACES WINNERS o¡ered to all employees on-site. 3 things that make Worldwide 1. Part of the company’s mission 1. A comprehensive tuition juggling stress balls or standing at their Express cool: includes £nding employment for reimbursement program, which pays up ergonomic workstations. veterans. 1. Paid time o¡ is awarded to to $1,500 of tuition and subsidizes certi£cation programs. 4. Grand Circus 3 things that make Grand Circus employees each month based on 2. Reimbursement for an evening out cool: performance. with a spouse, signi£cant other or All employees are eligible for a paid 3. Trion Solutions Inc. Detroit 2. friend for all employees. day o¡ from work each year to 1. Each month, a sta¡er nominates a 2. Employee groups work together to Troy @GrandCircusCo volunteer. colleague for a monthly award and earn a company trip, where the 3. On-site meditation room. @TrionSolutions Damien Rocchi, CEO and co-founder writes a poem for that person, then destination is chosen by employees. Free massages and a game room Wellness matters: All employees 3. reads it aloud to the sta¡. Craig Vanderburg, COO Training for developer and other tech 3. A promote-from-within training receive a day o¡ and $100 when they keep employees loose and relaxed. Payroll and human resources services. careers. 2. Personal and professional program allows employees to move up. complete their yearly health physical; a Wellness matters: A personal trainer at development opportunities, such as pay-to-walk program reimburses no cost to the employees for the £rst six Number of U.S. employees: 67 Number of U.S. employees: 16 Wellness matters: Gi¢ cards are given free coding classes. for weight loss challenge employees for each mile walked. months and unlimited boxing lessons Male/female employee ratio: 30/70 Male/female employee ratio: 50/50 with an on-site instructor. 3. Unlimited vacation, paid time o¡. accomplishments. Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 How they communicate: Weekly * Notes: For salary data, exempt employees are those who are exempt from overtime Average salary: $70,000 exempt; Average salary: $55,000 exempt; lunches where one employee cooks a provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; nonexempt employees are typically paid $38,000 nonexempt $30,000 nonexempt meal for the rest of the crew and the hourly. Also, some companies ranked here have headquarters outside Michigan; here, team discusses what they’ve been working on. we highlight the Michigan oce and highest-ranking Michigan executive. Questions about this report? Email Kristin Bull, assistant managing editor, at [email protected]. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 13 Where happy is a strategy Leaders 6. Greenleaf Trust to Kalamazoo follow Ronald Kilgore, CEO Experts say growing tional leadership issues; some- times it’s something else. Wealth management rm. a leadership team As generations have merged in Number of U.S. employees: 100 takes dedication, time the workforce, companies — big Male/female employee ratio: 42/58 and small — are grappling with the obstacles that come with cul- Male/female executive ratio: 73/27 By Zack Burgess tivating and managing different Average salary: $107,735 exempt; and Paul Vachon employee groups with different $53,274 nonexempt Special to Crain’s Detroit Business wants and preferences. 3 things that make Greenleaf Trust Developing the next wave of Combine that with rapidly cool: leaders to move a company changing industry trends and What makes a workplace cool? Clockwise, from top: Table tennis at forward is something that technology, and it spells a constant 1. Adult recess during the workday. United Shore; workouts at Taubman; collaborating on company vision at needs constant effort. If not round of change management. 2. Regular 4:01 p.m. get-togethers. ImageOne and take-your-dog-to-work day at V-Suites. See photos of managed properly, the differ- The stereotypes run rampant: 3. Day of Caring: A paid day o† for the every company and watch videos, too, at crainsdetroit.com/CoolPlaces. ences can affect everything — The boomer who is a good team entire company to volunteer. recruiting, team-building, or- player and is mystified by Face- How they communicate: ganizational change and book; the millennial who wears “Perspectives and Solutions” lunches maintaining productivity. flip-flops in the office; the tradi- with the company president and human There are many ingredients to tionalist (born prior to 1946); the resources director in which a small group the winning team. Among them: a cynical Gen Xer; and the Gen 2020 of mixed-generation workers talks about leadership group that is diverse by type — born after 1997 — who ap- concerns. age and other metrics, and a busi- pears surgically attached to her ness environment that allows smartphone. leaders to lead in their own way How does a manager deter- that is true to their personalities mine the true nature of the team? and styles. First, research. “One of the things 33% “As a former CEO of a business that we did to grow individuals of companies conduct employee with very rapid growth — a leader and grow leadership, we did a performance reviews more doesn’t build a business by them- profile called StrengthsFinder 2.0, than once a year. selves. They build the team and which gives you a pretty good idea the team builds the business,” of what you’re good at,” said said Marie Seipenko, business Seipenko. “We used that informa- strategy coach at C-Suite Business tion to help morph jobs and de- 7. Contract 8. Arrow Strategies 9. Total Quality 10. Marsh and Strategies and former president velop leadership tracks that were Professionals Inc. and CEO of Preferred Solutions, the right fit for the company. It South­eld Logistics McLennan Agency Farmington Hills. helped us to understand each Waterford Township @ArrowStrat LLC “In order to grow your team, other and grow the team that we Grand Rapids, Troy you’ve got to have the right peo- had into leaders." @CPIJobsInc Troy Je† Styers, CEO @TQLogistics ple. I do think it’s really important In the end, some common Steve York, CEO and founder @MMA_Michigan Recruiting and sta ng company. Je†rey Miller, group sales manager to continue to develop and grow conclusions in employee surveys Veteran-owned global sta ng company. Thomas McGraw, CEO Number of U.S. employees: 61 Transportation logistics company. your team. However, when you are that most people want more Number of U.S. employees: 28 Employee benet plan provider. talk about Gen X, millennials and feedback and most people want Male/female employee ratio: 50/50 Number of U.S. employees: 3,814 Male/female employee ratio: 42/58 baby boomers, we’re all people. to add value to the company. Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 Number of U.S. employees: 94 Male/female employee ratio: 82/18 “And while there are different In addition, not every employ- Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 Male/female employee ratio: 32/68 Average salary: $55,000 exempt Male/female executive ratio: 92/8 wants and needs of those genera- ee wants to be an executive, and Average salary: $62,000 exempt Male/female executive ratio: 27/73 3 things that make Arrow Strategies Average salary: $52,234 exempt; tions, I think the common thing is there is a place for solid work- 3 things that make CPI cool: cool: $31,074 nonexempt Average salary: $125,859 exempt; that we all want to learn, and as er-bee roles. They can, instead, be $44,736 nonexempt 1. Part of the company’s mission 1. A comprehensive tuition 3 things that make Total Quality people become a part of a team, your subject matter experts and includes –nding employment for reimbursement program, which pays up Logistics cool: 3 things that make Marsh and we want to grow as a team and we specialty skills leaders. veterans. to $1,500 of tuition and subsidizes McLennon cool: want to grow as individuals.” “The simplest approach to de- certi–cation programs. 1. When Detroit employees hit a certain 2. Reimbursement for an evening out sales milestone, they get a street sign 1. A masseuse visits the o¤ce weekly. Some eye-opening statistics veloping organizations and lead- with a spouse, signi–cant other or 2. All employees are eligible for a paid with their name on it as a memento. from the Cool Places to Work win- ers with a vast array of differences 2. “Sunshine Days” are granted at friend for all employees. day o† from work each year to ning companies’ research: While generationally has to start with volunteer. 2. A TQL Kids Club gives employees’ random throughout the year, giving 3. On-site meditation room. kids a selection of TQL logo items and employees an early exit from the o¤ce all companies that made the list clarity,” said executive coach Lyn- Free massages and a game room Wellness matters: All employees 3. their very own name badge. to enjoy the day. scored an average of 90 percent in da Jeffries, senior consultant with keep employees loose and relaxed. receive a day o† and $100 when they 3. On-site oil changes, grocery delivery 3. For introducing a new client, an overall employee engagement, The Leadership Group LLC, which complete their yearly health physical; a Wellness matters: A personal trainer at and dry-cleaning pickup take employee receives 15 percent of the scores in the areas of training, de- has Michigan offices in Novi, pay-to-walk program reimburses no cost to the employees for the –rst six errand-running o† employees’ –rst year's revenue. velopment and resources were Grand Rapids and Detroit. employees for each mile walked. months and unlimited boxing lessons a¡er-hours checklists. substantially lower. “The organization has to be re- with an on-site instructor. How they communicate: “Work in How they communicate: The CEO Progress” meetings with supervisors to Only 81 percent of the employ- ally clear about where it is going * Notes: For salary data, exempt employees are those who are exempt from overtime sends a daily companywide email to all monitor progress on a given project and ees said they “understood what is and hopes to achieve. There’s a provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; nonexempt employees are typically paid employees updating them on company discuss lessons learned. expected for career advance- book that we use a lot by Patrick news, employee milestones and hourly. Also, some companies ranked here have headquarters outside Michigan; here, ment.” There is a disconnect, Lencioni, it’s called The Advan- upcoming events; sales and revenue even at well-run firms. Some- tage. In that, he talks about the we highlight the Michigan o ce and highest-ranking Michigan executive. Questions numbers are shared weekly with everyone about this report? Email Kristin Bull, assistant managing editor, at [email protected]. in the company. times this can be tied to genera- SEE LEADERS, PAGE 14 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016

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Tips from experts on developing leaders Some of the companies on this 11. Blue Chip Talent FROMLEADERS PAGE 13 year’s Cool Places to Work list have Bloomeld Hills n Experiment with mixed-age teams and interactive mentoring programs that seen the advantages of being proac- @bluechiptalent real advantage in an organization is encourage older and younger workers to learn from each other. tive with leadership training. Novi- to have clarity. What is it you’re try- n Develop incentive plans that reect where your employees are in their lives based National Food Group uses the Nicole Pawczuk, CEO ing to do? What is it that you’re try- i.e. their generational realities. help of Vistage International, an or- Stang company specializing in ing to become? ganization of executives from non- information technology, engineering and n Conduct regular human resources surveys to get a pulse on your employees’ healthcare IT. “And if an organization has clari- goals and needs. competing businesses. Vistage con- ty, then it can align its resources.” ducts seminar-style coaching and Number of U.S. employees: 23 n Avoid generation-based employee empathy groups — they reinforce stereotypes. leadership development sessions; the Engagement Male/female employee ratio: 58/42 n Recognize that dierent managers have dierent styles. Avoid trying to driving mindset is that better-trained Male/female executive ratio: 67/33 Yet many staffers, including those compel each manager to manage their projects in the same way. leaders make better managers. $65,000 exempt; working at some of the Crain’s Cool Another company making strides Average salary: n Form partnerships with employees of dierent ages and encourage them to $60,000 nonexempt Places to Work winning companies, is Detroit-based Marketing Associ- share their opinions. sometimes feel left out of the plans; ates. In 2014, the company intro- 3 things that make Blue Chip Talent only 70 percent agreed with the state- n Don’t think that you already know how to motivate employees who are from duced a training program called cool: ment, “there is room for me to ad- d i  e r e n t g e n e r a t i o n s — a s k t h e m w h a t t h e y w a n t o u t o f t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n a l l i v e s . Transitions to Leadership, which to 1. Early Fridays: if team members hit vance at this organization.” Zack Burgess date has involved 56 of its 356 staff- their numbers they can leave at 3 p.m. To maximize success, an organi- ers. The program begins with a be- 2. Team-building outings include zation must engage closer to 100 the issue from the perspective of to- Martin Lanik, company CEO. havioral assessment and culminates ziplining and bubble soccer. percent of its employees. day’s millennials — the group that The concept is grounded in solid in two-day courses spaced over a 3. A company trip to Las Vegas. According to Sandy Fiaschetti, will supply tomorrow’s leaders. research. Pinsight based it on a pro- year. For CEO Mark Petroff, the in- How they communicate: A service co-founder of Rochester Hills-based “Creating a simulated business gram used by the U.S. military vestment has been worthwhile. subscription that assesses personality Magnet Consulting, this shortcoming environment is a way to discern and during World War II to identify per- And, at Novi-based Interior Envi- traits teaches employees how to results from a manager focusing too nurture talent,” Fiaschetti said. sonnel for espionage assignments. ronments, one employee expressed communicate and helps resolve conicts. narrowly on what the company does Pinsight, a leadership develop- to company managers his interest and unconsciously viewing leader- ment company based in Denver, Talent audits in developing his leadership poten- ship training as an afterthought. Colo, has developed such a training Leadership development also can tial. Over the next eight years, he 12. Michigan “Business people can make the model. Prospective leaders are be less elaborate. Positive informa- was brought in as an active partner Community VNA mistake of thinking just because placed in an office environment tion can be gained from a “talent — deeply immersed in learning the Bingham Farms they’re heading up a business they which mimics a C suite. Emails and audit,” a battery of vocational tests. business. There was a purposeful Vicki Welty, CEO can effectively oversee leadership phone calls from actors portraying “Let’s say a person in purchasing approach to grooming him. Home health care company. training. But it’s actually a very differ- clients, colleagues and subordinates has a natural skill discovered by the When the firm recently purchased 71 ent skill set. You can be a great IT tech- gauge a subject’s response. audit that might be useful in a proj- a similar company in Colorado, the Number of U.S. employees: nician and be a terrible leader. There’s “We have industrial psycholo- ect customer service is working on," decision was made to relocate the Male/female employee ratio: 24/76 a necessary shift that needs to happen gists monitor participants’ respons- Fiaschetti said. “A temporary trans- employee there as the general man- Male/female executive ratio: 0/100 from being a doer to being a leader.” es to determine if they are up to the fer across the company might be ager. “We decided the investment Average salary: $90,000 exempt; Workplace experts agree that a job, and if so, what specific areas beneficial to both the employee and was worth it, and we were right,” said $45,000 nonexempt good starting point is to approach they need to further work on,” said the organization.” Principal Randy Balconi. 3 things that make Michigan Community VNA cool: 1. Paid paternity leave for birth or adoption of a child. 2. Employees are oered productivity and time management workshops. 3. Monetary incentives or extra paid time o when overnight travel is required. How they communicate: Monthly newsletter delivered via email.

13. Sachse Construction LLC Detroit @SachseConstruct Todd Sachse, CEO Commercial construction manager and general contractor. Number of U.S. employees: 146 Male/female employee ratio: 72/28 Male/female executive ratio: 88/12 Average salary: $84,000 exempt; $30,000 nonexempt 3 things that make Sachse Construction cool: 1. Unlimited PTO. 2. AŸer 10 years of service, employees are given a four-week sabbatical. 3. An incentive program lets all team members — from accounting to the project manager — share in pro¡ts from a job that’s on time and within budget. Employee recognition: The “Game Ball Award for Leadership” is given each quarter to the company’s MVP; it comes with a ball signed by company executives, a $500 giŸ card — and owers to the employee’s signi¡cant other, thanking him or her for the support. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 15

SPECIAL REPORT: COOL PLACES TO WORK 14. HookLogic 20. Control-Tec Ann Arbor Allen Park @hooklogic 68% @controltec of companies oªer paternity Jonathan Opdyke, CEO leave to employees. Dave Ploucha, president TALENT SOLUTIONS Online marketing for retail, hotels. Provider of telematics and analytics for Number of U.S. employees: 150 the transportation industry. Male/female employee ratio: 89/11 Number of U.S. employees: 74 Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 17. RightBrain Male/female employee ratio: 85/15  Average salary: $106,377 exempt; Networks LLC Male/female executive ratio: 88/12 $50,000 nonexempt    Ann Arbor Average salary: $93,000 exempt 3 things that make HookLogic cool: @RightBrain_Net 3 things that make Control-Tec cool:         An annual incentive program for  1. Flexible work hours. salaried employees, the amount of Jamie Begin, CEO 1. which is based on attainment of Soware developer/engineer. 2. Workplace celebrations include Pi personal and company benchmarks. Day and Bacon Day. Number of U.S. employees: 27 Company-paid ‡tness club 3. A recreation room on-site oªers 2. Male/female employee ratio: 82/18 memberships. foosball, basketball and cornhole. Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 3. Unlimited vacation time. Wellness matters: Free membership to Average salary: $70,000 exempt gym across the street from work. LET’S GET EDSIsolutions.com Employee recognition: A “hero STARTED TODAY! program” recognizes employees who have 3 things that make RightBrain cool: 313.271.2660 gone the extra mile to make a project 1. Team-building activities include succeed. cabin rentals and wine tours in northern Michigan. 15. Warner Norcross 2. Unlimited vacation time. 3. There’s an o™ce espresso machine & Judd LLP — and a keg. Grand Rapids How they communicate: A weekly @WNJLLP all-hands meeting. Doug Dozeman, managing partner Law rm. 18. HRPro/BenePro Number of U.S. employees: 378 Royal Oak Male/female employee ratio: 41/59 @hrbenepro Male/female executive ratio: 62/38 Kristopher Powell, CEO Average salary: $125,611 exempt: Human resource and employee bene t $54,253 nonexempt consulting and administration. 3 things that make Warner Norcross Number of U.S. employees: 27 cool: Male/female employee ratio: 12/88 1. A workplace book club: In 2015, employees read Some of My Best Male/female executive ratio: 20/80 Friends Are Black: The Strange History Average salary: $61,500 exempt; of Integration in America by Tanner $36,800 nonexempt Colby. 3 things that make HRPro/BenePro Employees with 30 and 35 years of 2. cool: service get a standing ovation during a ceremony that has become a tradition 1. Sponsorship of an employee at the ‡rm. assistance program that provides short-term counseling for personal WHO WILL 3. O™ce fruit is replaced on concerns. Wednesdays with vegetables: it’s called Veggie Wednesdays. 2. Minimal overtime. MAKE Wellness matters: The company has an 3. Inclusion of employees’ immediate on-site nutritionist. family members in corporate events. BUSINESS How they communicate: Employees are surveyed annually to determine their HAPPEN? 16. Shi Digital level of satisfaction. Birmingham SPARTANS @ShižDigital1 WILL. Steve St. Andre, CEO 19. Billhighway Troy Digital marketing and technology rm. @billhighway Number of employees: 315 Vince Thomas, CEO Male/female employee ratio: 53/47 Financial management services. KENDRA CORMAN, MBA ‘13 Male/female executive ratio: 81/19 MANAGING DIRECTOR Number of U.S. employees: 229 H2H CONSULTING Average salary: $78,500 Male/female employee ratio: 54/46 3 things that make Shi Digital cool: Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 Bene‡ts are 100 percent paid by the 1. Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business helps working professionals reach their goals. company. Average salary: Not provided Whether you want to analyze big data to drive decisions, lead global teams, or start your own consulting Every new employee gets a 3 things that make Billhighway cool: 2. company, our Executive MBA prepares you to take on tomorrow’s challenges. two-week orientation that’s more than 1. Children At Work policy allows just meetings and paperwork; they are employees to bring their child(ren) to actually assigned to a project. work if they do not have a child care With classes held every other weekend for 20 months, an MBA from the top-ranked 3. Catered lunches at least twice a option that day. business college at Michigan State University is closer than you think. week. 2. Employees receive extra PTO for How they communicate: Employees each weekend day they travel for work. Learn more at: make heavy use of Skype to communicate 3. Each team received a budget to BROAD.MSU.EDU/EMBA with one another; the CEO hosts conduct a “workspace makeover” for quarterly meetings with employees. their team work areas. How they communicate: Monthly town hall meetings and an anonymous suggestion box. (About 50 percent of suggestions have been acted on or implemented.) 16 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 SPECIAL REPORT: COOL PLACES TO WORK 1. Pet beneŠts (including a “Pawrents 21. Michigan First Group,” pet adoption stipend, pet 24. Farbman Group 27. imageOne Credit Union bereavement time o•). South‚eld Oak Park Lathrup Village 2. Tiki Trolley, a party on wheels that @farbmangroup 9.6 @imageoneway brings the beverages, snacks and music Average number of paid holidays @MichiganFirstCU Andy Gutman, president Joel Pearlman, CEO to employees. that companies say are part of Michael Poulos, president and CEO A commercial real estate company. Print services, printing equipment supplier. 3. Two-week sabbatical at 10-year their work calendar. Community credit union. anniversary. Number of U.S. employees: 116 Number of U.S. employees: 52 Number of U.S. employees: 306 How they communicate: “Say Male/female ratio: 51/49 Male/female employee ratio: 70/30 Anything,” a suggestion box where 2. Four weeks of PTO in year one, Šve Male/female employee ratio: 70/30 Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 Male/female executive ratio: 75/25 employees can ask, suggest or say weeks a¡er Šve years. Male/female executive ratio: 43/57 anything to leadership. Average salary: $63,084 exempt; 3. Annual o¢ce block party. Average salary: $51,157 exempt; $48,754 $39,378 nonexempt nonexempt Average salary: $84,554 exempt; How they communicate: Town hall $37,106 nonexempt 3 things that make Farbman Group meetings for updates on the company; 3 things that make imageOne cool: cool: 3 things that make Michigan First 23. Ambassador open-door policy where employees are 1. Language learning club for Credit Union cool: 1. Farbman University classes at least free to communicate one-on-one with all employees. Soware once per month to help employees levels of the executive leadership team. 1. Monthly breakfasts with the CEO. Cultural and team-building exercises Royal Oak grow. 2. 2. A concierge runs personal errands conducted during weekly sta• meeting. @Ambassador 2. Flexible hours. for employees. 26. OHM Advisors 3. Weekly podcast invites sta• to Je• Epstein, CEO 3. An on-site meditation room. 3. A “fun” committee. Livonia discuss topics of interest with Tech and marketing startup. colleagues. Employee recognition: An incentive Wellness matters: Supplement cost of @OHMadvisors program promotes the reduction of teller Number of U.S. employees: 42 Weight Watchers and on-site Weight John Hiltz, president Employee recognition: Personal video errors and increases retention; prizes Watchers meetings; also, a walking/steps messages from company leadership sent Male/female employee ratio: 70/30 Architecture, engineering and planning include a Šve-day trip for two. competition. to employees to celebrate Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 rm. accomplishments and anniversaries. Average salary: $70,670 exempt 25. Dewpoint Inc. Number of U.S. employees: 324 22. DigitasLBi Male/female employee ratio: 70/30 3 things that make Ambassador Lansing Detroit cool: 90/10 Ken Theis, president/CEO Male/female executive ratio: @Digitas 1. Paternity leave (either paid or $83,820 exempt; Technology consulting rm. Average salary: Robert Guay, EVP/managing director unpaid) for the birth or adoption of a $50,000 nonexempt 75% child. Number of U.S. employees: 138 Companies that o•er Šexible Global marketing and technology agency. 3 things that make OHM Advisors work hours or a compressed 2. Monthly theme happy hours and a Male/female employee ratio: 64/38 cool: Number of U.S. employees: 1,991 lounge area with pingpong, gaming work week. For more about Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 1. Four-day work weeks in the summer. Male/female employee ratio: 41/59 consoles and beanbags. workplace ¤exibility, see Average salary: $112,148 exempt; Commission is uncapped and ranges 2. Paternity leave for the birth or crainsdetroit.com/ Male/female executive ratio: 79/21 3. $45,000 nonexempt from 8-13 percent. adoption of a child. CoolPlaces/Flexibility Average salary: $85,000 exempt; 3 things that make Dewpoint cool: 3. Hiking trails on company campus. $78,000 nonexempt How they communicate: Slack, a real-time messaging system, lets 1. $150 plus four hours of paid time o• How they communicate: “Spark,” a 3 things that make DigitasLBi cool: employees communicate in chat rooms. to donate to charity of choice. companywide intranet. Thank You!

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Average salary: Not provided Average salary: $91,044 exempt; $37,011 28. Interior 31. EDSI nonexempt 34. Goodman Acker PC 3 things that make Kapnick Dearborn Environments Insurance Group cool: 3 things that make Open Systems South eld Novi @EDSI_Solutions Technologies cool: @goodmanacker 1. Once a month, company owners take @ieoces a group of employees out to lunch. Kevin Schnieders, CEO 1. An employee gets a $1,000 bonus Gerald Acker, senior partner when his or her child goes to college. Commercial interior design rm. 2. Kapnick Klinko lets employees earn Workforce development, customized Personal injury law rm. points toward prizes such as Jeans Day, training and consulting company. 2. A service o£ers employees organic Randy Balconi, principal Number of U.S. employees: 130 additional PTO and gi„ cards. Number of U.S. employees: 530 grocery delivery at a discounted rate. Number of U.S. employees: 39 Male/female employee ratio: 29/71 Retiring employees receive company 3. Each month an employee gets to 32/68 3. Male/female employee ratio: 38/62 Male/female employee ratio: donation to their charity of choice. interview the company president for an Male/female executive ratio: 75/25 Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 Male/female executive ratio: 58/42 online series called “Pez with the Prez”; Employee recognition: A Process Average salary: $75,000 exempt Average salary: $75,000 exempt; they eat Pez candy during the chat. Average salary: $84,950 exempt Improvement Award gives cash to 3 things that make Goodman Acker $45,000 nonexempt Wellness matters: Workplace bikes are 3 things that make Interior employees who propose an idea that cool: results in greater eciency. 3 things that make EDSI cool: shared among employees, who are Environments cool: encouraged to bike to meetings and lunch. 1. Partners cook breakfast for sta£ Weekly visits from a meditation bus. 1. Companywide outings. 1. throughout the year. A “career sculpting” program, where 2. All employees, regardless of position, 30. Humantech 2. 2. One to two times a month, the ¤rm great performers are paired with a 33. Cinnaire receive bonuses based on aggregate Ann Arbor does something to show its sales dollars. career mentor to regularly discuss Lansing appreciation for employees, including @humantech future career plans. @cinnaire massages, smoothie stations and Catered meals provided to 3. lunches. employees on deadline days. Franz Schneider, CEO 3. Flexible work schedules. Mark McDaniel, president and CEO Reimbursement for Bar Association Plan Grid, Provider of ergonomic solutions for How they communicate: EDSIyou, an Nonprot community development 3. How they communicate: fees and/or for any local legal groups. mobile construction management workplaces. online communication tool used for nance company. employee training, quality management A paralegal so„ware, is used to communicate Number of U.S. employees: 45 Number of U.S. employees: 77 Employee recognition: between site and internal groups. documentation, interactive forums and bonus program based on pre-litigation 50/50 Male/female employee ratio: blogs. Male/female employee ratio: 54/46 money recovered; a case referral bonus to Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 attorneys. 29. Kapnick 32. Open Systems Male/female executive ratio: 75/25 Average salary: $97,000 exempt; Average salary: $110,921 exempt; Insurance Group $32,250 nonexempt Technologies $36,128 nonexempt Adrian 3 things that make Humantech cool: Grand Rapids 3 things that make Cinnaire cool: @KapnickKIG 1. Extra compensation when overnight @ostgr 1. Unlimited paid time o£. Jim Kapnick, CEO travel is required. Meredith Bronk, president and CEO 2. Riverfront trail for biking and walking Provider of insurance, risk management, 2. In-oce chair massages, dry Data center and provider of design, during lunch. employee benets and nancial strategies. cleaning and shoeshines intended to 43% so
ware and analytics services. 3. Jeans and slippers days, with of companies have a “no 147 conserve employees’ free time. Number of U.S. employees: Number of U.S. employees: 186 proceeds supporting veterans. overtime” policy, or say 28/72 3. Twice-monthly catered lunches. overtime is kept to a minimum. Male/female employee ratio: Male/female employee ratio: 78/22 Wellness matters: Organic fruit is Sit-to-stand Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 Wellness matters: delivered to the oce weekly. workstations. Male/female executive ratio: 78/22

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Male/female employee ratio: 27/73 Number of U.S. employees: Number of employees: Male/female employee ratio: 78/22 46/54 20/80 Number of U.S. employees: 38 Male/female executive ratio: 37/63 Male/female employee ratio: Male/female employee ratio: Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 71/29 67/33 Male/female employee ratio: 17/83 Average salary: $75,950 exempt; Male/female executive ratio: Male/female executive ratio: 25/75 $25,642 nonexempt Average salary: $47,000 exempt; Average salary: $90,000 exempt; Average salary: $343,545 exempt; Male/female executive ratio: $24,000 nonexempt $60,000 nonexempt $62,690 nonexempt $79,667 exempt; $31,324 3 things that make Gongos cool: Average salary: nonexempt 3 things that make Detroit IT cool: 3 things that make MRPR cool: 3 things that make Olsman 1. Guaranteed uninterrupted work time MacKenzie & Wallace cool: 3 things that make Credential Check during “No Meeting Tuesday Mornings.” 1. Uses Tyler's Bottle Service, which 1. All employees participate in strategic Corp. cool: supports autism awareness, to collect planning and company visioning 1. OŽce closes one hour early on 2. Employees receive quarterly visits bottles and cans for recycling. from a ƒnancial planner to review their sessions. summer Fridays. 1. 20 percent uncapped 401(k) company match. retirement portfolios. 2. Optional standing desks. 2. All employees receive payouts for 2. A masseuse visits the oŽce once company goals being met each year. every two weeks. On-site free ¯u shot clinic. 3. To avoid rush hours or 3. Monetary incentives or extra paid 2. accommodate ažernoon obligations, time o‹ when overnight travel is 3. Teams compete for bragging rights 3. Attorneys are encouraged to take 3. Company-sponsored parties and employees can begin their days in the required. during “Minute to Win It” games during leadership roles in legal organizations, contests include summer picnics, oŽce between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. How they communicate: Snapchat is a tax season. and assistance with workload is movie premieres, Kid Rock concert provided. tickets, Ugly Sweater days and Employee recognition: Company big part of the company culture; Skype How they communicate: Company Halloween costume parties. awards an annual Golden HIPPO award to and Zoom meetings also keep employees executives meet at least monthly with Employee recognition: The Champion an employee who embodies the connected. employees. of Justice award is the highest recognition How they communicate: Internal company’s core values (humanistic, given to an employee at the ƒrm. employee satisfaction surveys are sent intelligence, passion and pride). 39. Smith Group JJR semiannually; employees meet with their 42. Taubman managers at least quarterly to discuss Detroit Bloom eld Hills their job performance and training, as 36. Community @SmithGroupJJR well as career advancement @TaubmanCenters opportunities. Housing Network Inc. 82%of companies match Je‹rey Hausman, oŽce director Robert Taubman, chairman, president, CEO employee Troy contributions to retirement Architect and engineering rm. Mall and other retail property owner. @CHNmi accounts. Number of employees: 1,033 48. Signature Marc Craig, president Number of employees: 529 Associates Inc. Male/female employee ratio: 59/41 46/54 Aordable housing developer. Male/female employee ratio: South eld Male/female executive ratio: 68/32 45. Cambridge Number of U.S. employees: 84 Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 @SignatureCRE Average salary: $93,716 exempt; Consulting Group LLC Male/female employee ratio: 21/79 Average salary: $135,000 exempt; Steve Gordon, president $52,490 nonexempt $53,000 nonexempt Royal Oak Male/female executive ratio: 25/75 Commercial real estate rm. 3 things that make Smith Group cool: 3 things that make Taubman cool: Daniel Cornwell, CEO Average salary: $52,000 exempt; 1. Employees participated in a city of Insurance and nancial services consulting Number of U.S. employees: 139 $22,000 nonexempt 1. A community service initiative Detroit initiative to clean up several city focuses on the company’s retail focus rm. Male/female employee ratio: 60/40 blocks. 3 things that make Community and on donating clothes to men and Number of U.S. employees: 59 Male/female executive ratio: 72/28 Housing Network cool: 2. Every employee has a co‹ee mug to women in pursuit of entering or Male/female employee ratio: 47/53 Average salary: $89,000 exempt; 1. Surprise “thank you” lunches for reduce paper and plastic waste for re-entering the workforce. co‹ee, tea and other beverages. Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 $46,400 nonexempt employees. 2. High-potential employees are 3 things that make Signature Board games and cards provide a 3. Bike racks are on site and routes for o‹ered challenge assignments and are Average salary: $58,000 exempt; 2. Associates cool: mental break from work for any who sta‹ to ride bikes instead of commute intentionally exposed to senior $33,904 nonexempt by car are o‹ered. leadership. wish to partake during lunch. There is a 3 things that make Cambridge 1. A four-day work week during the summer is o‹ered. group who routinely plays cards every Wellness matters: In-house yoga 3. Walking challenges, yoga challenges Consulting cool: Friday. classes are o‹ered. and healthy-cooking demonstrations. 1. DTO (Discretionary Time O‹) lets 2. Spontaneous closing of the oŽce happens four to six days a year. 3. Children and pets welcome at the Employee recognition: An annual employees take the amount of time o‹ oŽce. bonus program includes all exempt they need to balance work/life. 3. The company contributes 5 percent employees and o‹ers from 8 percent to How they communicate: An all-sta‹ 2. Half days o‹ before all major of an employee’s salary to a 401(k) update system lets employees know via 200 percent of an employee’s salary. holidays. account the ƒrst year, and employees email about everything from a news story 70% aren’t required to match. about their company, free lunches or of companies o‹er employees 3. During National Volunteer Week, employees are encouraged to take paid Wellness matters: Employer-paid ¯u severe weather. paid time o• to volunteer. 43. Argent Tape shots on site. and Label Inc. time o‹ to volunteer. Employee recognition: Years of service Plymouth 37. The Martec Group checks for all employees ažer one 49. Argent Inc. 40. Broder & Sachse @argentlabel calendar year; bonuses every ƒve years. Lynn Perenic, president and CEO International Inc. South eld Real Estate Services Plymouth @TheMartecGroup Manufacturer of labels and 3M products 46. Hungry Howie's Inc. for the automotive, health care, and food @argent_inc Rick Claar, partner Birmingham and beverage industries. Pizza Inc. Fred Perenic, president and CEO Madison Heights Market research and consulting. @brodersachse Number of U.S. employees: 16 Custom adhesive and die-cut @hungryhowies manufacturer. Number of U.S. employees: 46 Richard Broder, CEO Male/female employee ratio: 38/62 Steven Jackson, president and CEO 96 Male/female employee ratio: 71/29 Property management and development. Male/female executive ratio: 0/100 Number of U.S. employees: National pizza chain. 64/36 Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 Number of U.S. employees: 107 Average salary: $65,000 exempt; Male/female employee ratio: Number of U.S. employees: 128 Average salary: Not provided Male/female employee ratio: 58/42 $25,000 nonexempt Male/female executive ratio: 85/15 Male/female employee ratio: 76/24 3 things that make Martec Group cool: Male/female executive ratio: 37/63 3 things that make Argent Tape and Average salary: $68,000 exempt Label cool: Male/female executive ratio: 80/20 1. All employees are provided Fitbits. Average salary: $84,000 exempt; 3 things that make Argent $32,000 nonexempt 1. Humor in the workplace with daily Average salary: Not provided International cool: 2. Management identiƒes high- coosh and sož ball ƒghts or 3 things that make working at If there is a gain over 9 percent, the potential employees and puts them on 3 things that make Broder & Sachse marshmallow shooters. 1. projects with more responsibility. cool: Hungry Howie’s cool: employees share in that gain quarterly. Trips to Hawaii ažer 20 years of 2. 1. Company contribution toward Employees get extra paid time o‹ or 3. Fridays are half-days. 1. “Clarity breaks” encourage team service. 2. members to take a 10-minute timeout employee health club memberships. monetary incentives when overnight How they communicate: At Analyst 3. A friendly oŽce dog. travel is required. Roundtables, employees meet to discuss at 3 p.m. each day. 2. Incentive program rewarding what’s going on in the company and air 2. Ažer 10 years of service, employees Wellness matters: In addition to an employee contributions to improving 3. The company o‹ers lactation any frustrations or things that they are are given a four-week sabbatical. exercise room, there is a ƒtness/weight workplace safety. facilities for breastfeeding moms. loss challenge with cash prizes and happy with. 3. Paid paternity leave for birth or Employee recognition: Monthly awards 3. Weekly fresh fruit delivery. wellness seminars. adoption of a child. including High Heel of Excellence Award, How they communicate: Each quarter, He-Man Award and Stanley Duck Award. the CEO hosts an informal meeting, Wellness matters: Workout sessions in Bagels with Broder, to o‹er information lunch room o‹ered three times weekly. on business developments. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 19 SPECIAL REPORT: COOL PLACES TO WORK 2. A party and two weeks ož during the 50. United Shore 53. Franco Public 56. Allure Medical 59. Sakti3 Inc. holidays. Ann Arbor Financial Services LLC Relations Group Spa 3. An Innovation Room on site, and Troy Detroit @Sakti3 cash prizes awarded for great ideas. Shelby Township @UnitedShore @FrancoPRGroup Ann Marie Sastry, president and Employee recognition: Employee of the @alluremedical co-founder Month, Mentor of the Year and Employee Mat Ishbia, president and CEO Daniel Ponder, CEO Charles Mok, D.O., owner Battery engineer. of the Year are all recognized. Mortgage and nancial services rm. Public relations and digital Oers vein therapy, cosmetic surgery and communications agency. Number of U.S. employees: 19 Number of U.S. employees: 1,450 cosmetic enhancement services. Number of U.S. employees: 19 Male/female employee ratio: 75/25 Male/female employee ratio: 54/46 Number of U.S. employees: 133 Male/female employee ratio: 14/86 Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 Male/female executive ratio: 61/39 Male/female employee ratio: 10/90 Average salary: $112,982 exempt; $56,473 exempt; Male/female executive ratio: 25/75 years Average salary: Male/female executive ratio: 50/50 $32,760 nonexempt 14.3 $33,321 nonexempt Average salary: $80,000 exempt; Average time the companies’ Average salary: $106,000 exempt; $33,000 nonexempt 3 things that make Sakti3 cool: 3 things that make United Shore cool: $40,000 nonexempt highest-ranking o”cial has Paid maternity/paternity leave, for been in that position in the When employees reach their 10-year 3 things that make Franco cool: 1. 1. 3 Things that make Allure cool: birth or adoption of child, for eight anniversary at the company, they company. 1. Fridays end two hours earlier in the weeks, with an option of an additional receive an additional 10 consecutive 1. Flexible hours and little to no summer. eight weeks using available vacation PTO days plus $2,500. overtime. 2. Cožee or ice cream breaks help and sick leave. Every Thursday, employees are able 2. Each employee is given an account 2. relieve stress during the day. All full-time employees share in a to take home fresh meals from the for using products and services free of 2. 61. CBI 3. Field trips. charge. 6 percent pro¢t-sharing bonus. on-site gourmet cafe. Ferndale Weekly all-hands meeting with Professional athletes lead 35-minute Wellness matters: Franco FIt Club 3. Immediate family members invited 3. 3. president @CBI_IT training sessions that any employee weight loss competition awards monetary to events, including a weekend at Great Steve Barone, CEO can sign up for. prizes, including double the prize if it’s Wolf Lodge. How they communicate: Employee applied toward a ¢tness-related expense feedback is solicited anonymously IT risk management adviser. The “UZone” is Wellness matters: Mok buys Allure How they communicate: (gym membership or exercise equipment). through Survey Monkey. a companywide interactive platform that employees a healthy lunch and dinner ¢ve Number of U.S. employees: 93 has eliminated the need for email. days a week; they also have ingredients for unlimited smoothies/green drinks. 60. Brightwing Male/female employee ratio: 82/18 100/0 54. Leidos Troy Male/female executive ratio: Walled Lake @gobrightwing Average salary: $98,300 exempt @LeidosCivil 57. National Food 61% Aaron Chernow, CEO 3 things that make CBI cool: Todd Williams, VP, division manager Group Inc. of companies ožer on-site A stang and recruiting agency. 1. A¬ernoon drone ˜ights invite .* Wellness Engineering and design service for energy, Novi employees to bring in their drones and Žtness facilities Number of U.S. employees: 54 matters to nearly all companies; manufacturing and transportation industries. @nationalfoodgrp ˜y the Ferndale skies. 42/58 read why at crainsdetroit.com/ Number of U.S. employees: 1,440 Sean Zecman, president and CEO Male/female employee ratio: 2. Taco days. 60/40 CoolPlacesWellness Male/female employee ratio: 75/25 Wholesale food distributor and processor. Male/female executive ratio: 3. Natural lighting is used throughout the o–ce. Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 Number of U.S. employees: 90 3 things that make Brightwing cool: 1. Always Be Growing Program ožers Wellness matters: Gym shoes are laced Average salary: $119,366 exempt; Male/female employee ratio: 37/63 up for friendly but competitive a¬ernoon 51. Preh Inc. $53,735 nonexempt biannual incentives to improve Male/female executive ratio: 56/44 performance. basketball games. Novi 3 things that make Leidos cool: Average salary: $68,105 exempt; $39,107 Nick Lontscharitsch, president 1. Employees need only work 30 hours a nonexempt Automotive control systems manufacturer. week to be considered full time. 3 things that make National Food Number of employees: 55 2. A hub on the company intranet Group cool: allows employees to promote personal Male/female employee ratio: 77/23 1. Summer Fridays are half-days for volunteer activities and causes. employees. Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 3. Employees get up to $20 a month A company Fun Committee plans Average salary: $78,149 exempt 2. for health club memberships or other pingpong tournaments, popcorn days 3 things that make Preh cool: ¢tness activities. and other events. A virtual 1. Health, vision and dental insurance How they communicate: 3. An on-site garden lets employees are 100 percent paid for. open-door program lets employees email grow fruits and vegetables. questions directly to the company CEO, 2. Pilates balls are an option for who personally responds. Wellness matters: Employees are employees to use instead of o–ce reimbursed up to $150 a year for chairs; the balls support abdominal and ¢tness-related expenses. back strength. 55. Magnetic 3. An annual employee foosball Ann Arbor tournament promotes team building. @MagneticIs Wellness matters: Nurses come on site at no cost to employees to administer ˜u Jason Shriver, senior vice president shots, check blood pressure and provide Marketing agency. 44% wellness screenings. Number of U.S. employees: 270 of Crain’s Cool Places to Work ožer domestic partner beneŽts to Male/female employee ratio: 59/41 employees..* 52. G-Tech Services Male/female executive ratio: 75/25 Inc. Average salary: $75,000 exempt Dearborn 3 things that make Magnetic cool: 58. Hubbell Roth & @gtechsta–ng 1. In addition to standing desks being Clark Inc. Theresa Ghafari, president and CEO an option, “¢t desks” allow employees BloomŽeld Hills to work and pedal a standing bike at Human resources rm oering recruitment the same time. @HRC-engr and placement services, contract and George Hubbell, president project stang, and payroll services. 2. Multiple team-building activities, including a kickball team and knitting Provider of engineering, architectural and 38 Number of U.S. employees: club. consulting services. Male/female employee ratio: 25/75 3. An o–ce herb garden. Number of U.S. employees: 204 Male/female executive ratio: 0/100 Employee recognition: A “Hack-A-Thon” Male/female employee ratio: 77/23 Average salary: Not provided invites teams of engineers to work on Average salary: Not provided self-de¢ned projects for 48 hours; the winner 3 things that make G-Tech cool: is decided by a popular vote of employees. Male/female executive ratio: 90/10 1. Tuition reimbursement for advanced or post graduate degrees. 3 things that make working at Hubbell Roth & Clark cool: Paternity leave for either the birth or 2. Annual golf outing. adoption of a child. 1. 2. Monthly appreciation events. 3. Flexible hours. 60% of Crain’s Cool Places to work ožer 3. Annual discretionary bonus. How they communicate: A“looping telecommuting as a standard PowerPoint” recaps and presents relevant Wellness matters: Companywide step, .* events within the company. practice walking, riding and biking challenges. 20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016

SPECIAL REPORT: COOL PLACES TO WORK 62. Marketing Male/female executive ratio: 67/33 65. Tweddle Group 3 things that make Kemner Iott Benz Average salary: $87,106 exempt; cool: Clinton Township Associates $59,000 nonexempt 1. ProŒt-sharing bonuses received from @TweddleGroup customer companies are shared with 53% Detroit 3 things that make ESG Automotive sta as cash payments. of companies oer tuition @MA_Detroit cool: Paul Wilbur, president and CEO 2. Employees receive time o when reimbursement for employees Mark Petro, CEO 1. Heavily subsidized health/dental and Information technology. seeking an advanced degree. vision insurance. they wrap up existing business or bring Marketing and technology services. Number of U.S. employees: 511 in new business. Matching up to $100 of a cash 2. Male/female employee ratio: 67/33 Number of U.S. employees: 339 donation for a registered 501(c)(3) per 3. Chair massages are oered. Male/female employee ratio: 51/49 calendar year. Male/female executive ratio: 82/18 Employee recognition: A traveling 68. Blue Cross Blue trophy is awarded to the salesperson of Male/female executive ratio: N/A 3. Flexible hours. Average salary: $70,332 exempt; Shield of Michigan $30,585 nonexempt the month. Average salary: $36,000 nonexempt Employee recognition: Service awards Detroit 3 things that make Tweddle cool: are given quarterly; merit bonuses are @BCBSM 3 things that make Marketing given at managers’ discretion. 67. RPM Associates cool: 1. Employees turn the building into a giant haunted house during Halloween. Royal Oak Daniel Loepp, president and CEO 1. A Volunteer of the Year Award is given A health insurance company. to the employee who excels at outside 64. Compuware Corp. 2. Employees choose their own hours. @RPMFS Number of U.S. employees: 7,988 volunteer work and includes a $1,000 Detroit 3. Continual learning through a Barry Spilman and Peter Osten, partners donation to the charity of the mandatory annual curriculum of Male/female employee ratio: 29/71 @compuware Transportation logistics for freight and recipient’s choice. industry-related and leadership- automotive shipments. Male/female executive ratio: 57/43 Chris O’Malley, CEO 2. Employees need only work 30 hours development skills. Number of U.S. employees: 42 Average salary: $85,635 exempt; a week to be considered full time. IT soware company. How they communicate: Monthly Male/female employee ratio: 76/24 $48,258 nonexempt 3. The company is one of the founding Number of U.S. employees: 330 operations check-in: It's for management, Œrms in the Live Downtown Initiative, but each meeting is recorded and the Male/female executive ratio: 100/0 3 things that make Blue Cross cool: Male/female employee ratio: 73/27 video is placed on the company intranet which incentivizes employees to live Average salary: $75,500 exempt 1. Blue Cross powers part of its Detroit downtown through loans and stipends. Male/female executive ratio: 91/9 site for all employees to view. campus with renewable, solar energy. 3 things that make RPM cool: Employee recognition: Bravo Zulu is a Average salary: $111,692 exempt; 2. The company provides space for quarterly bonus program given to high $61,058 nonexempt 66. Kemner Iott Benz 1. There are no cubicles or private health and Œtness activities, such as achievers. Adrian o¢ces; everyone, from managers on yoga, Zumba and cardio. There’s also a 3 things that make Compuware cool: down, work side-by-side in a wide- @kemneriottbenz walking track on top of the o¢ce 1. Employees can participate in a open space. parking deck. co-investment program through 63. ESG Automotive Inc. Daniel Iott, CEO 2. Company oers a commission/ Compuware’s private equity Œrm, 3. Employer-sponsored eldercare Troy Employee-owned independent insurance bonus incentive program to all Thoma Bravo. Potential ROI: 9 percent. assistance helps employees with aging @ESGAutomotiveUS agency. management, sales and operations family members, such as 2. A Œtness center is available even to employees that ranges up to 20 Steve Polakowski, president Number of U.S. employees: 41 transportation to medical employees’ spouses. percent of gross margin each month. appointments or meal delivery. Engineering service provider specializing in Male/female employee ratio: 32/68 3. Employees receive up to $2,500 per 3. Last-day-of-the-month pizza parties. How they communicate: Blogs, a electrical engineering systems. Male/female executive ratio: 75/25 year to pursue a degree program. Employee recognition: Regular collaborative website and electronic 204 Number of U.S. employees: How they communicate: Monthly Average salary: $75,349 exempt; spontaneous sales cash awards based message boards and video kiosks in the Male/female employee ratio: 83/17 all-employee town hall meeting. $30,425 nonexempt upon daily or weekly goals. o¢ce help keep employees connected.

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CRAIN'S LIST: LARGEST SE MICHIGAN EMPLOYERS Ranked by full-time employees July 2016 Full-time Full-time employees employees Company in in Address Southeast Southeast Worldwide Worldwide Phone; website Michigan Michigan employees employees Rank Top local executive(s) July 2016 July 2015 July 2016 July 2015 Type of business Ford Motor Co. Mark Fields 47,000 44,598 NA NA Automobile manufacturer 1 1 American Road, Dearborn 48126 president and CEO (313) 322-3000; www.ford.com General Motors Co. Mary Barra 36,472 B 32,353 213,957 214,628 Automobile manufacturer 2 300 Renaissance Center, Detroit 48265 CEO and chairman (313) 556-5000; www.gm.com FCA US LLC Sergio Marchionne 32,508 32,356 81,865 80,944 Automobile manufacturer 3 1000 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills 48326-2766 chairman and CEO, FCA US (248) 576-5741; www.fcanorthamerica.com LLC University of Michigan Mark Schlissel 31,655 30,852 46,420 45,397 Public university and health system 4 Ann Arbor 48109 president (734) 764-1817; www.umich.edu Beaumont Health John Fox 25,721 24,774 NA 25,446 Health care system 5 2000 Town Center, Suite 1200, Southfield 48075 president and CEO (248) 213-3333; www.beaumonthealth.org U.S. government NA 18,862 18,701 1,958,811 1,952,307 Federal government 6 477 Michigan Ave., Detroit 48226 (313) 226-4910; www.usa.gov Henry Ford Health System C Nancy Schlichting 16,919 17,332 NA 17,700 Health care system 7 1 Ford Place, Detroit 48202 CEO (800) 436-7936; www.henryford.com Trinity Health Michigan Richard Gilfillan 15,214 14,231 98,842 94,780 Health care system 8 20555 Victor Parkway, Livonia 48152 president and CEO (734) 343-1000; www.trinity-health.org Rock Ventures Dan Gilbert 14,237 13,445 26,114 25,854 Rock Ventures LLC is an umbrella entity managing a portfolio of 9 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit 48226 chairman and founder companies, investments and real estate, including its flagship company (800) 251-9080 Quicken Loans Ascension Michigan Gwen MacKenzie 11,271 11,303 11,556 11,597 Health care system 10 28000 Dequindre Road, Warren 48092 senior VP, Ascension Health, www.ascension.org/michigan Michigan Detroit Medical Center Joseph Mullany 10,553 10,558 10,553 10,563 Health care system for adult and pediatric care 11 3990 John R, Detroit 48201 CEO (313) 578-2442; www.dmc.org U.S. Postal Service Lee Thompson 9,685 9,856 493,381 NA Postal service 12 1401 W. Fort St., Detroit 48233-9998 district manager, customer (313) 226-8678; www.usps.com service and sales State of Michigan Richard Snyder 9,283 9,394 NA NA State government 3042 W. Grand Blvd., Cadillac Place, Suite 4-400, governor 13 Detroit 48202 (313) 456-4400; www.michigan.gov City of Detroit Mike Duggan 8,918 8,956 NA NA City government 2 Woodward Ave., Coleman A. Young Municipal mayor 14 Center, Detroit 48226 (313) 224-3700; www.detroitmi.gov Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan/ Daniel Loepp 7,110 6,918 8,119 7,906 Health care insurer Blue Care Network president and CEO 15 600 E. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit 48226 (313) 225-9000; www.bcbsm.com McLaren Health Care Corp. Philip Incarnati 6,690 D 4,961 21,688 NA Health care system 16 G3235 Beecher Road, Flint 48532 president and CEO (810) 342-1100; www.mclaren.org Detroit Public Schools Community District Steven Rhodes 6,300 5,862 NA 5,862 Public school system 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Fisher Building, Detroit 48202 transition manager 17 (313) 873-3111; www.detroitk12.org Alycia Meriweather interim superintendent DTE Energy Co. Gerard Anderson 6,138 6,555 9,854 10,603 Energy and energy-technology company 18 1 Energy Plaza, Detroit 48226 chairman and CEO (800) 235-8000; www.dteenergy.com Wayne State University M. Roy Wilson 5,806 5,589 NA 5,589 Public university 19 42 W. Warren, Detroit 48202 president (313) 577-2424; www.wayne.edu Comerica Bank Michael Ritchie 4,834 4,797 8,768 8,898 Financial services provider 20 411 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48226 Michigan market president (248) 371-5000; www.comerica.com Faurecia North America Mark Stidham 4,610 4,485 103,000 99,500 Tier-one automotive supplier 21 2800 High Meadow Circle, Auburn Hills 48326 president, Faurecia North (248) 724-5100; na.faurecia.com America Magna International of America Inc. Jim Tobin 3,881 4,630 147,000 133,000 Automotive parts supplier 22 750 Tower Drive, Troy 48098 CMO and president, Magna (248) 631-1100; www.magna.com Asia Oakland County L. Brooks Patterson 3,432 3,340 3,432 3,340 County government 23 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Pontiac 48328 county executive (248) 858-1000; www.oakgov.com Lear Corp. Matthew Simoncini 3,078 3,209 140,000 132,963 Global supplier of automotive seating and electrical distribution systems 24 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield 48033 president and CEO (248) 447-1500; www.lear.com Wayne County Warren Evans 2,734 2,852 2,734 2,852 County government 25 500 Griswold Ave., Detroit 48226 county executive (313) 224-5901; www.waynecounty.com

This list of Southeast Michigan employers encompasses companies with locations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw or Livingston counties. Number of full-time employees may include full- time equivalents. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Unless otherwise noted, information was provided by the companies. Companies with headquarters elsewhere are listed with the address and top executive of their main Detroit-area office. Actual figures may vary. NA = not available. B GM's increase was primarily in the areas of engineering and product development. C On March 14, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Jackson-based Allegiance Health agreed to merge. On April 5, Allegiance Health became Henry Ford Allegiance Health. D The increase was a result of combining its patient accounting operations into Macomb County and opening administrative offices in Oakland County for the McLaren Health Plan and McLaren Physician Partners. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 23

CRAIN'S LIST: LARGEST MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES Ranked by 2015 revenue Local Company Revenue Revenue employees Address ($000,000) ($000,000) Percent Jan. 2016/ Minority group Rank Phone; Web site Majority owner 2015 2014 change 2015 of ownership Type of business Bridgewater Interiors LLC Ron Hall Jr. $2,092.2 $2,281.5 -8% 940 African- Automotive seating/interiors 1 4617 W. Fort St., Detroit 48209 president and CEO 972 American (313) 842-3300; www.bridgewater-interiors.com The Diez Group Gerald Diez 1,079.0 733.0 47 418 Hispanic Aluminum and steel sales, blanking, CTL, laser welding, slitting 2 8111 Tireman Ave., Dearborn 48126 chairman and CEO 409 and warehousing (313) 491-1200; www.thediezgroup.com Detroit Manufacturing Systems LLC Andra Rush 1,022.5 694.8 47 886 Native Automotive component manufacturing, module assembly and 3 12701 Southfield Road, Building A, Detroit 48223 chairman and CEO 721 American sequencing services (313) 243-0700; dmsna.com Piston Automotive LLC Vinnie Johnson 930.8 838.2 11 299 African- Automotive supplier 4 12723 Telegraph Road, Redford Twp. 48239 chairman 302 American (313) 541-8674; www.pistongroup.com Camaco LLC Arvind Pradhan 462.0 450.0 3 46 Asian Full-service supplier of complete structures, concept through 37000 12 Mile Road, Suite 105, Farmington Hills president and CEO 38 detailed design, including but not limited to validation, testing, 5 48331 prototype developments, state of the art manufacturing and (248) 442-6800; www.camacollc.com complete vertical integration Global Automotive Alliance LLC William Pickard 415.4 539.0 -23 222 African- Automotive manufacturer, assembler, warehouse sequencer, 6 2801 Clark St., Detroit 48210 chairman 446 American aerospace warehousing and logistics (313) 849-3222 Prestige Automotive Gregory Jackson 379.4 B 400.1 -5 228 African- Automobile dealerships, insurance and real estate 7 20200 E. Nine Mile Road, St. Clair Shores 48080 chairman, president 250 American (586) 773-2369; www.prestigeautomotive.com and CEO NYX Inc. Chain Sandhu 359.0 340.0 6 1,850 Asian Plastic injection molding 8 36111 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia 48150 CEO 1,800 (734) 462-2385; www.nyxinc.com Acro Service Corp. Ron Shahani 318.3 260.2 22 2,056 Asian Staff-augmentation, outsourcing and IT and engineering 9 39209 W. Six Mile Road, Suite 250, Livonia 48152 president and CEO 1,714 consulting (734) 591-1100; www.acrocorp.com Elder Automotive Group Tony Elder 287.1 303.3 -5 196 Hispanic Automobile dealerships 10 777 John R Road, Troy 48083 president 196 (248) 585-4000; www.elderautogroup.com The Ideal Group Inc. Frank Venegas Jr. 276.3 239.8 15 403 Hispanic General contracting, specialized miscellaneous steel 2525 Clark St., Detroit 48209 chairman and CEO 508 manufacturing and distribution of protective barrier products, 11 (313) 849-0000; www.weareideal.com pure global supply chain management, centralized storage and on-demand distribution of parts for machinery and selling excess stock materials Vision Information Technologies Inc. David Segura 251.0 219.0 15 NA Hispanic Systems integrator and talent management 12 3031 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 600, Detroit 48202 CEO NA (877) 768-7222; www.visionit.com Royal Oak Ford/Briarwood Ford Eddie Hall Jr. 197.1 157.7 25 217 African- Automobile dealerships 13 27550 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak 48067 president 176 American (248) 548-4100; www.royaloakford.com Global Supply Solutions C Sonal Gadhia Dubey 191.2 NA NA NA Asian, African- Supply chain fulfillment, financing and partnerships 14 999 Tech Row, Madison Heights 48071 CEO NA American (248) 204-8885 Bill Perkins Automotive Group Bill Perkins 157.8 146.9 7 148 African- Automobile dealerships 15 21800 Gratiot Ave., Eastpointe 48021 president 136 American (586) 775-8300; www.merollischevy.com Rush Trucking Corp. Andra Rush 140.4 137.7 2 298 Native Motor carrier 16 35160 E. Michigan Ave., Wayne 48184 founder and chairman 350 American (800) 526-7874; www.rushtrucking.com James Group International Inc. John James 137.0 133.0 3 113 African- Logistics and supply chain management 17 4335 W. Fort St., Detroit 48209 chairman 135 American (313) 841-0070; www.jamesgroupintl.com Avis Ford Inc. Walter Douglas Sr. 123.8 125.7 -2 115 African- Automobile dealership 18 29200 Telegraph Road, Southfield 48034 chairman and CEO 106 American (248) 355-7500; www.avisford.com Global Parts & Maintenance Paul Ureste 120.0 110.0 9 24 Hispanic OEM replacement parts, commodity supply management and 19 6112 Executive Drive, Westland 48185 CEO and managing 21 procurement services (734) 326-7600 member HCL Global Systems Inc. Durga Prasad Gadde 105.0 82.0 28 200 Asian Provides IT services to various industries including health care, 24543 Indoplex Circle, Suite 220, Farmington Hills president and CEO NA manufacturing, insurance, engineering, financial services, 20 48335 banking, consumer retail, telecommunications and aerospace (248) 473-0720; www.hclglobal.com ChemicoMays LLC Leon Richardson 100.0 NA NA 98 African- Chemical management and supply 21 25200 Telegraph, Suite 120, Southfield 48033 president and CEO NA American (248) 723-3263; www.chemicomays.com Systems Technology Group Anup Popat 99.0 95.0 4 367 Asian Information technology outsourcing, software application 22 3001 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 500, Troy 48084 chairman and CEO 330 development, big data analytics, mobility and software integration (248) 643-9010; www.stgit.com services FutureNet Group Inc. Perry Mehta 85.0 94.0 -10 200 Asian Provides infrastructure solutions primarily to governmental 23 12801 Auburn St., Detroit 48223 president and CEO 180 agencies and large corporation in technology, perimeter security (313) 544-7117; www.futurenetgroup.com and construction areas Advantage Management Group Inc-Advantage Reginald Hartsfield and 83.0 60.0 38 1,100 African- Nursing homes, assisted Living Living Centers Kelsey Schwartz- 1,458 American 24 25800 Northwestern Hwy #720, Southfield 48075 Hastings (248) 569-8400; AdvantageLiving.net owners Rodgers Chevrolet Inc. Pamela Rodgers 77.6 74.1 5 63 African- Automobile dealership 25 23755 Allen Road, Woodhaven 48183 president 65 American (734) 676-9600; www.rodgerschevrolet.com

This list of minority-owned businesses is an approximate compilation of the largest such businesses based in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw or Livingston counties. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Unless otherwise noted, the companies provided the information. NA = not available. B From Automotive News. C Formerly a part of Netlink Software Group of America Inc.

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Construction • Acquisitions JOB drug called ZM-006, which targets “Historically, a lot of the animal Stephanie Morley, another vet, is Exporting • Financing metabolic disorders in pets. pharmaceuticals we use are heavily Zomedica’s COO. Previously, she (855) 707-1944 RONT William MacArthur, Zomedica’s borrowed from human science,” he was an associate director of busi- F chief medical officer and head of said. “Some antibiotics work won- ness development with the Univer- MISCELLANEOUS R&D, headed the team that devel- derfully for people, but there is a sity of Michigan’s medical school. The Crain’s reader: SURVEY 26.5% infl uence the 7 rms le Chapter 7 petition against Frank Kerr Co. purchase of offi ce/industrial ANALYZE By Marti Benedetti gether through their attorneys, sure on profit margins and the rapid and commercial space. 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and general counsel for the Ameri- DETROIT’S BUSINESS SCHOOL can Iron and Steel Institute, a Wash- ington, D.C.-based trade associa- Mike Ilitch GRADUATE PROGRAMS tion. “They (China) run steel mills to School of Business maintain employment and are sub- sidized by their government.” The rise of imported steel from China stems from a “perfect storm,” LOWEST Barnett said. 13 MBA “In 2014 and 2015, we all thought we were so smart,” Barnett said. “We TUITION CONCENTRATIONS brought in as much import (steel) as of Michigan’s top three research universities we could because coal was cheap and domestic prices were so high.” Future home in the heart of Steel prices in the U.S. began to rise steadily between 2012 and 2014, THE DISTRICT DETROIT thanks to a surging domestic auto with flexible options online industry and other manufacturing and at suburban satellite campuses sectors. The spot price for hot-rolled steel in the U.S. rose from $661.67 U.S. steel prices plummeted to $435 cent. It’s since bumped up to more per metric ton in the second quarter per metric ton, down 35 percent than 70 percent. Accredited by of 2013 to $745 per metric ton in the from two years earlier. “We’d like to see that number GRADUATE AACSB second quarter of 2014. The fallout was immense. Steel- continue to come down until the PROGRAMS International Meanwhile, China’s steel produc- makers around the globe reported domestic industry recovers,” tion spiked from roughly 200 mil- huge losses in 2015, including a $1.5 Dempsey said. 5 lion metric tons in 2000 to more billion loss at U.S. Steel Corp., which The Organization for Economic Coop- than 900 million metric tons, or has operations in Detroit and a re- estimates WSU offers more than eration and Development more than 50 percent of the global search center in Troy, and an almost there is 700 million metric tons of ex- $ GMAT WAIVED supply, by late 2014, according to $8 billion loss at ArcelorMittal SA, the cess steel capacity globally. China 350M for qualified applicants the World Steel Association. world’s biggest steelmaker, with an represents more than half of that to- in financial aid and scholarships Coupled with oil prices that fell office in Southfield. tal with 425 million metric tons of the from more than $100 a barrel in ear- Both companies laid off U.S. work- overcapacity, the group said. ly 2014 to under $50 a barrel by the ers and advocated for the protective With the tariffs in place, U.S. Steel end of that year, importing steel be- import tariffs. Nether company re- forecasts income of roughly $50 came even cheaper. sponded to requests for comment. million in 2016, despite losing $386 800 31,000 “It was the perfect storm,” Bar- West Chester, Ohio-based AK million in the first half of the year. employers partnered with PROUD BUSINESS nett said. “Foreign steel saw (U.S.) Steel Corp., which acquired the The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker Career Planning & Placement ALUMNI domestic prices go up and up, and Dearborn operations of OAO Sev- filed a complaint in April with the demand was still so high they knew erstal in 2014 for $700 million, was International Trade Commission, ar- they could come in and sell steel for also suffering, Barnett said. guing that Chinese steelmakers More at ilitchbusiness.wayne.edu $200 a ton less than anyone else. Of AK Steel stopped selling spot conspired to fix prices as well as course, everyone jumped to get it.” metal to Grand Steel last year be- trade secret theft. By the fourth quarter of last year, cause every transaction would gen- Jason Kaplan, principal steel ana- erate a loss, Barnett said. lyst for IHS Inc. in London, said the “The price was at a point where tariffs are performing as they were they were losing money for every designed, but warns that long-term pound of steel produced,” he said. propping-up of the steel industry “They were on life support.” poses a threat. Attention Novi-based Lee Steel Corp. didn’t “It’s good for steel producers, but survive. The steelmaker, unable to it’s going to impact the end con- Winners! weather the price cliff after invest- sumer, and protectionist tactics ulti- ing heavily in expansion, filed mately cause problems,” he said. Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April Kaplan pointed to Brazil, which 2015. Lee Steel had closed its Detroit implemented “punitive” import du- plant on Varney Street and moved ties on several industries, including into a $26 million plant in Romulus steel. Brazil’s economy, rife with in 2013 and also opened a plant in overspending and corporate subsidy Wyoming, near Grand Rapids, in programs, is contracting at a rapid 2000 to serve West Michigan’s office pace with its GDP falling to $1.8 tril- furniture and appliance manufac- lion in 2015 from $2.4 trillion in 2014. turers, as well as auto plants. Brazil and China, however, The timing of those investments threatened in June to file lawsuits derailed the company’s financials, with the World Trade Organization Laura Marcero, managing director over the new U.S. tariffs. of Troy-based turnaround firm Hu- Barnett scoffs at the threat. ron Consulting Group who served as “I’m all for free trade, but what chief restructuring officer for Lee China was doing is absurd,” Barnett Share your success with Steel, told Crain’s last year. said. “We have maybe 15 domestic “Those investments and the re- steel mills. They have a couple hun- reprints | logo licensing | custom framing cent decline of the steel industry and dred, a few good mills, but most are Reprints are a great way to leverage news coverage prices caused the company to expe- just government-owned s---houses. rience significant financial distress,” That’s not good business.” about your company to clients and prospects. Marcero told Crain’s. “I wouldn’t be Grand Steel, however, is still im- surprised if more steel companies porting steel with shipments from potentially file Chapter 11.” Vietnam and Italy. Most survived, thanks to the new “I was in this business for 10 years tariffs, Dempsey said. Steel imports and never imported a pound of are now down to 25 percent of the steel,” Barnett said. “But this is a Contact Krista Bora at market from 31 percent last year. once-in-a-generation event. We car- [email protected], (212) 210-0750 Despite closures and shuttered ry a lot of inventory, and we rely on for a unique opportunity to co-brand your company steel mills over the past decade, these price swings. We’re always with a reputable news source. overcapacity remains an issue. looking for the upside.” During the fourth quarter last year, Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042 capacity utilization was at 60 per- Twitter: @dustinpwalsh CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 27

In 2014, Farmington Hills-based dustry research firm. SCHOSTAK turnaround company Kenneth J. Dal- Tristano, who is familiar with the FROM PAGE 3 to & Associates Inc. was brought in Olga’s story and is an expert in to reorganize it, and CEO Jonathan fast-casual dining, said the restau- She sold the restaurant in 1976 to Fox left that same year after replac- rant needs to narrow its menu focus company executive Michael Jordan ing CEO Matthew Carpenter in and define its target customer. and a partner. 2013. Too often and for too long, Olga’s “Olga’s Kitchen is this iconic local Six years ago, the company began Kitchen tried to do too many things brand that really deserves better and rolling out a strategy to open 105 with its menu, more along the lines more,” Schostak said of his restau- new locations, most of which were of a Coney Island than a go-to place rant company’s first wholly owned fast-casual concepts. Olga's Market with a must-have dish, Tristano brand. “It deserves to be a great Fresh Grill at Great Lakes Crossing in said. brand here in the Detroit area.” Auburn Hills opened in 2010 and “When you look at a brand, a leg- company executives touted at the acy brand like this, they have been Site changes time that it was performing better serving one marketplace for a while, But the most noticeable, and like- than other restaurants in sales and serving a specific customer who has ly pivotal, part of the transformation traffic. But the plan never fully mate- aged,” he said. “And they have to be will be in real estate, as Schostak rialized as its cash was evaporating. more innovative and think more and his team relocate stores in de- The bankruptcy followed a COURTESY OF TEAM SCHOSTAK like Gen Z or millennials. They are clining mall locales, including lengthy legal battle with Robert Sol- An Olga salad (above) and cinnamon looking for the ingredients, where Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi. omon, the chain’s former owner, snackers are among the popular items were they raised.” A new Monroe store at Telegraph who along with others allegedly si- on the Olga’s Kitchen menu. Schostak said he is targeting and Mall roads opened earlier this phoned cash from the restaurants younger consumers by sourcing month, replacing one in Frenchtown for their own benefit for years. Court more food products locally, includ- Mall, and new locations are planned records said that as a result of that, 100 restaurants in its portfolio. ing with Dearborn Sausage Co. for hot in Ann Arbor, along Washtenaw some restaurants faced eviction and In all, between Team Schostak dogs, Detroit-based Wolverine Pack- Road heading into the University of working capital was drained. staff and restaurant staff, the com- ing Co. for beef, Canton-based Frosty Michigan campus, opening at the Team Schostak had owned 11 Ol- pany has 4,884 employees, 874 of Products for low-fat yogurt and De- end of October, and Shelby Town- ga’s restaurants jointly with Olga’s whom are Olga’s employees. troit-based C. F. Burger Creamery Co. ship, on 23 Mile and Hayes roads, Kitchen Inc. in a joint venture at the Two new executives have been for coffee creams. opening in February. time Olga’s Kitchen Inc. filed for hired: Dan Sledzinski as Olga’s di- “They have strong opportunities “We are going to continue to look bankruptcy; the 11 jointly owned rector of purchasing, who previous- to retain their base of business,” at other market voids to fill in and restaurants had not been affected ly held the same title with Chica- Finding a focus Tristano said. “The growth factor have Olga’s Kitchen be more repre- by the filing. go-based Levy Restaurants and was will be the hard part. It’s a market sented,” Schostak said, adding that The buyout of Olga’s Kitchen’s sous chef and director of purchas- But it will take more than a little that’s changing and is going to have after closing its downtown Detroit ownership stake in those 11 restau- ing for the Detroit Athletic Club; and TLC inside the restaurants, a couple a lot of new players, so they have to location in the former Compuware rants and 15 other properties was Marty Cook as Olga’s director of op- new high-level hires and tinkering be really good at operating every Corp. headquarters last year, at completed in December. erations, who previously was re- with the menu to bring Olga’s Kitch- day and offering something some point in the future a new Team Schostak's brand portfolio gional director of operations for en back to its heyday, said Darren unique.” downtown or Midtown location is also includes Applebee’s, Del Taco Starbucks Corp.’s Michigan/Mid- Tristano, president of Chica- Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 planned. and MOD Pizza. It has approximately west region. go-based Technomic Inc., a food in- Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB In all, in the next four to five years, Schostak said, Olga’s should have 33 to 35 locations, with 10 to 12 of those being new in a $5 million overall campaign. Stores have an average footprint of 3,500 to 4,000 square feet. “Our focus is that the oldest brands deserve better and more, and we will revitalize the real estate Employment Law Experience footprint, which includes legacy lo- cations, relocation of some neigh- ® borhood and mall stores, and revi- In Your Corner. talizing restaurant operations,” Schostak said. Team Schostak is primarly look- Ŷ Facilitative mediator for U.S. District Court – ing at out-lot buildings as part of Western District of Michigan and Michigan Courts. grocery-anchor strip centers but is considering individual stand-alone Ŷ Arbitrator and mediator with National Arbitration locations as well. and Mediation, Inc., the American Settlement A bumpy road Centers and the National Arbitration Forum. It’s been a long road for Olga’s. SOK Venture LLC, a Team Schostak affiliate, purchased the iconic com- pany out of bankruptcy with a $10.95 million bid along with a $305,596.33 payment to creditor Sy- sco Corp., the food-service vendor. Team Schostak beat out Troy- based Cosmo Hospitality LLC, a 50-50 joint venture between Gary Sakwa, co-founder of Farmington Hills- based Grand/Sakwa Properties LLC, and Stefan Wanczyk, CEO of Troy- based manufacturing company Uti- ca International Inc., Hour Media LLC and Lauderdale Development Group. In June 2015, Olga’s filed for bank- ruptcy, listing $1 million to $10 mil- lion in assets and more than $11.8 First Tier Ranking in million in liabilities. Its creditors Labor Law – Management also included Citizens Bank ($2.4 million owed) and Detroit-based law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC Ŷ Detroit Ŷ Novi Ŷ Grand Rapids Ŷ Kalamazoo Ŷ Grand Haven Ŷ Lansing Ŷ Ann Arbor Ŷ Hastings Contact Dick Hooker at [email protected] ($103,843). 28 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016

“Cases in practice plans have certain specialty vice president for population health, “If a judge thinks the main reason WSU physicians sign noncompete con- said he had no reaction and de- is to stifle competition, the judge FROM PAGE 1 Michigan where tracts, several health care labor at- clined to comment on Wayne State’s won’t enforce it,” Cleary said. torneys told Crain’s. Beaumont de- noncompete covenant. In a Aug. 3 email to Parrish, Lou- with the union’s lawyer to deter- noncompetes are clined to comment because its “We are still in negotiations with is Lessem, Wayne State’s general mine next steps. imposed in mid- noncompete contracts are confi- Wayne State regarding medical ad- counsel, said the union has no When he received a copy of the employment dential. ministration and clinical agree- standing in the matter because proposed covenant, Parrish sent a David Spahlinger, executive di- ments,” he said. “We hope we are UPG is a separate corporation. Ex- letter of protest on July 27 to Wayne without added rector of the University of Michigan close to an end of those negotia- cept for one exception, Lessem State officials. consideration are Faculty Practice Group, said the med- tions.” said, UPG employees are not rep- “The union demands that you ical group added a noncompete in Wiseman had no comment on resented by the union. A 2012 set- cease and desist from causing or at- more dicult to the 1990s for only new employees whether Wayne State is using the tlement between the university tempting to cause school of medi- enforce.” that restricts doctors from practic- noncompete as leverage with DMC and union only allows the union to cine faculty to sign a covenant not to ing within about 25 miles for one as part of the contract negotiations. represent UPG doctors when they compete or any other document Robert Cleary, year after leaving. He said there are He said DMC is focused on making are subject to disciplinary pro- that alters their terms and condi- Dean and Fulkerson Law Firm no monetary damages. sure patients get the care they de- ceedings, he said. tions of employment,” said Parrish, “We would have to go to court to serve. Parrish responded by casting adding: “Failure to sign could mean get an injunction to enforce. We had “We are focused on two things. doubt that UPG is truly an indepen- termination from UPG, which also would not be allowed to quit two cases where we sent letters out Are we getting what services we dent entity because of university would adversely impact their ap- the medical group and then within but we never went to court,” said need and what is a fair market value oversight, contributions UPG pointment or tenure as clinical one year provide “specialty or relat- Spahlinger, adding that the non- paid for those services,” he said. makes to university coffers and that faculty in the university.” ed administrative services” to Wil- competes were necessary to protect Robert Cleary, a labor lawyer with the benefits plan of UPG is funded Under Wayne State’s proposed liam Beaumont Hospital, Henry Ford investments in newly hired doctors the Troy-based Dean and Fulkerson by the university. agreement, penalties for violating Health System, McLaren Health Care and programs. Law Firm, said noncompete con- “Participation in the practice the noncompete agreement could Corp., Ascension Health or several At Henry Ford, a spokesman told tracts are allowed in Michigan, but plan was voluntary and not a term include faculty members paying hospitals affiliated with DMC. Crain’s that noncompete covenants only if they are reasonable in time, of employment for faculty,” Parrish UPG their previous two years of Beaumont, Henry Ford, McLar- are common for subspecialties like duration, scope and connected to said. “The covenant makes clear compensation immediately pre- en, Ascension and DMC, which is a neurosurgery, cancer surgery and the employer’s business. that appointment in UPG is linked ceding termination and all expens- contracted academic partner with cardiovascular, but not required for Cleary said one of the important to terms of employment as a faculty es, according to the document ob- Wayne State, are labeled “compet- many other specialties like radiolo- aspects of the issue hinges on member at SOM.” tained by Crain’s. ing hospital systems” in the pro- gy, anesthesia and emergency med- whether Wayne’s faculty can be rep- Lessem said Wayne has not re- If they sign the covenant, Wayne posed noncompete covenant. icine. resented by the union in a UPG quired any physician to sign the State physicians employed by UPG Most medical groups and faculty Wayne State officials said the matter. noncompete and that it could be medical school never had a non- “If (the union) represents them, modified based on further discus- compete contract for UPG doctors. the university’s unilateral imposi- sions. “Newly hired physicians sign non- tion of a noncompete without bar- But if UPG is considered a private competes with us,” the university gaining with the union is grounds and independent entity from Wayne said. for an unfair labor practice charge,” State, Parrish said it is possible the he said. union might request that a bargain- Motive for Wayne State? But Cleary said it appears after ing unit be formed for UPG employ- It is unclear what Wayne State’s reviewing the noncompete for ees from the National Labor Relations motives might be for drafting a non- Crain’s that Wayne State’s noncom- Board. compete covenant for its faculty. pete may be unenforceable because If UPG is part of the university Over the past year, Wayne State of its punitive remedy clause. and a public entity, as Parrish main- has been trying to improve its con- “Noncompetes are not uncom- tains, another option is to request tracts and operations as part of a mon, but they are created at the out- that the union represent UPG doc- multiyear turnaround plan to erase set of a relationship,” Cleary said. tors through the Michigan Employ- last year’s $32 million deficit. Offi- “Rarely and not common is they ment Relations Commission, which cials have said they expect the defi- name the hospitals, and separately oversees and resolves labor dis- cit to be cut in half by Oct. 1 through name DMC and all its locations, putes involving public and private various cost-cutting and reve- with penalties that are clearly un- sector employees by appointing nue-enhancing programs. reasonable. One hundred percent of mediators. A five-year agreement Last month, 37 medical school pay for the prior 24 months. No with Wayne not to seek MERC rep- faculty members were targeted for judge is going to enforce this.” resentation expires in September, termination because they have Cleary also said noncompete he said. been deemed unproductive or un- covenants are easier to enforce “If UPG is an independent or- derproductive by the medical when created with new employees ganization, why is the general school administration. Some have because it is part of the arms-length counsel of the university handling agreed to retire, and others are agreement and is consideration in it?” said Parrish. “The medical subject to further hearings. The exchange for compensation. school dean (Jack Sobel) is chair faculty union has objected to the “Noncompetes with current em- of UPG.” process. ployees without added consider- As an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt As part of the financial turn- ation are far more difficult. ... Cases entity, Wayne State University Phy- around, Wayne State also is negoti- in Michigan where noncompetes sician Group is a nonprofit, aca- ating what it hopes will be favorable are imposed in mid-employment demic medical group affiliated with long-term teaching, clinical services without added consideration are the Wayne State University School and administrative contracts with more difficult to enforce,” he said. of Medicine. Many UPG physicians DMC, the hospital system owned by Cleary said judges don’t often serve as faculty at the school, con- Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. enforce blanket noncompetes, es- duct clinical research and teach DMC is Wayne State’s teaching hos- pecially in the medical profession, medicine to medical students and pital partner. The contract has ex- because of the potential of short- hospital residents. pired, and both organizations are ages of physicians in underserved Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325 working with a series of short-term areas. Twitter: @jaybgreene contract extensions. But Parrish said Wayne State is in a difficult negotiating position with INDEX TO COMPANIES These companies have signicant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: DMC and wants the noncompete contract to impose leverage on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ...... 9 Priority Health ...... 9 DMC and the faculty physicians. Chemical Financial ...... 4 Skidmore Studio ...... 4 “They are afraid if the DMC deal Garden Fresh Gourmet ...... 6 Talmer Bancorp ...... 4 falls through, they will have an unfa- Grand Steel Products ...... 1 Team Schostak Family Restaurants ...... 3 vorable (future) relationship with Halo Burger ...... 4 Wayne State University...... 1 the DMC,” Parrish said. “The faculty Health Alliance Plan ...... 9 Wayne State University Physician Group ...... 1 could resign and move to one of the Horizon Global ...... 7 Wesley Berry Florist ...... 3 named health care systems. They Kellogg Co...... 6 W.K. Kellogg Foundation ...... 5 want to prevent that.” Michigan Department of Corrections ...... 5 Zomedica Pharmaceuticals ...... 3 Roger Wiseman, DMC’s senior Olga’s Kitchen ...... 3 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 29

promised technology upgrades in its trademark infringement and unfair The Clark Hill PLC attorney repre- WESLEY point-of-sale and e-commerce sys- competition, through, among other senting Wesley Berry in both cases did FROM PAGE 3 tems which would have helped re- things, its alleged continued use of the not return calls seeking comment.

www.crainsdetroit.com giving any reason for the closure, he duce order fulfillment issues. As a re- Teleflora and Make Someone Smile Teleflora’s attorneys declined to said. Editor-in-Chief Keith E. Crain sult, the lawsuit said, Wesley Berry trademarks, was dismissed Aug. 4 af- comment. Group Publisher Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 “It was a surprise; I didn’t see it had to design and implement its own ter a joint motion from the two com- “My read is there was an agree- or [email protected] coming.” technology “at great expense.” panies. Teleflora had sought damages ment between these parties regard- Editor Jennette Smith, (313) 446-1622 or [email protected] The company took all of its The lawsuit also alleged Teleflora in excess of $20 million in the case. ing the use of (Teleflora’s) marks, Director, Digital Strategy, Audience Development equipment from the Penobscot didn’t communicate chargeback is- Teleflora’s charges were dismissed and ultimately this dispute would Nancy Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] Building shop, including computers sues in a timely manner to allow Wes- with prejudice, meaning it cannot re- land on breach of contract princi- Managing Editor Michael Lee, (313) 446-1630 or [email protected] and a fax machine, last week, Baker ley Berry to respond to them and that introduce those claims. ples,” said Rudy Telscher, partner Managing Editor/Custom and Special Projects Daniel said, and it disconnected the phone the high rate of refunds was “a direct Wesley Berry’s counterclaims, and head of litigation in the St. Louis Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or [email protected] line for the store. result of Teleflora’s failure to enforce however, were dismissed without office of Troy-based Harness, Dickey Assistant Managing Editor Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] Signs on the Detroit store’s win- its delivery requirements.” prejudice, with the understanding & Pierce PLC. Digital Editor Carlos Portocarrero dows let customers know the shop is Wesley Berry dropped that lawsuit they will be reasserted in an ongoing Teleflora voluntarily dismissed its News Editor Beth Reeber Valone, (313) 446-5875 operating on a cash-only basis now. after Teleflora filed two lawsuits in state case between the two compa- claims in the federal case in favor of or [email protected] The lone Wesley Berry franchised California in favor of bringing coun- nies. the state case, which would indicate it Senior Editor Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or [email protected] store left, in Canton Township, was terclaims in those cases. In the state case, Teleflora is claim- believes its best claims are in the state Research and Data Editor Sonya Hill, (313) 446-0402 or still operating last week. Its owner The remaining federal case in Cali- ing breach of contract and seeking case, he said. [email protected] declined any comment. fornia in which Teleflora accused about $2 million from Wesley Berry. A Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694 Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687, TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 Under the Wesley Berry Flowers Wesley Berry of false advertising, January court date is set in the case. Twitter: @sherriwelch REPORTERS name, the combined brick-and- Marti Benedetti (313) 446-0416 mortar and online businesses Jay Greene, senior reporter Covers health care, ranked No. 1,755 on Inc.’s 2014 list insurance, energy, utilities and the environment. (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] of the 5,000 fastest-growing com- Chad Halcom Covers litigation, the defense industry, panies in the U.S., with $40.2 mil- education, Macomb and Oakland counties. (313) lion in reported revenue for 2013, 446-6796 or [email protected] Tom Henderson Covers banking, šnance, technology up from $11.9 million in 2010. and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or Wesley Berry Florist Inc. sold its [email protected] first franchise about 30 years ago. It DID YOU KNOW… Kirk Pinho Covers real estate, city of Detroit. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] went on to establish 30 franchises Adrienne Roberts General assignment. (313) 446-1612 across five states before selling most Bill Shea, enterprise editor Covers media, advertising of them in the 1990s and launching and marketing, the business of sports, and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] an e-commerce business in 1994. IN DETROIT Lindsay VanHulle, Lansing reporter. (517) 657-2204 As of June 2015, Wesley Berry had a PRESENCE or [email protected] Flowers’ Michigan operations and WE’VE… Dustin Walsh, senior reporter Covers the business of on the ground for over 23 years law, auto suppliers, manufacturing and economics. online business employed 100 peo- (313) 446-6042 or [email protected] ple in Michigan and 50 at a call cen- DEVELOPED Sherri Welch, senior reporter Covers nonprošts, ter in the Philippines, owner and services, food, retail and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or [email protected] CEO Wesley Berry II told Crain’s at ADVERTISING the time. CREATED Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 At that point, he said the compa- more than 10,500 jobs Advertising Director Matthew Langan nies were dealing with 5,000 to 6,000 Senior Account Manager Katie Sullivan customers each day, either placing INVESTED Advertising Sales Gerry Golinske, Catherine Grace, over $500M Joe Miller, Diane Owen, Sarah Stachowicz orders or receiving flowers through ClassiŠed Sales Manager Angela Schutte, the company from online orders. and economic development (313) 446-6051 ClassiŠed Sales Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446-6086 Several hundred of those orders SERVED Meetings/Events Director Kim Winkler came from other countries, Berry over 16,000 people Events Manager Kacey Anderson said, noting his companies work Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski Marketing Manager Marilyn Barnes closely with 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. PROVIDED Special Projects Coordinator Keenan Covington and Florists’ Transworld Delivery over $1.5M in grants Sales Support Suzanne Janik through FTD.com. Production Manager Wendy Kobylarz Production Supervisor Andrew Spanos Amid it all, consumer complaints FINANCED about the service and products deliv- over $40M in commercial development CUSTOMER SERVICE Main Number: Call (877) 824-9374 ered by FlowerDeliveryExpress.com or [email protected] and Wesley Berry ramped up online. ALLOCATED Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of state, New Markets Tax Credits to the M1 Rail $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside U.S.A., add $48 In May, the Better Business Bureau/ per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. 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Morrow any greater failure rate on orders Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic Operations Chris Crain than its major competitors. DID YOU KNOW? Executive Vice President/Director of Corporate FDE’s growing footprint — with Operations KC Crain deliveries in 152 countries — put it Vice President/Production & Manufacturing Dave Kamis into conflict and court with online Chief Information O“cer Anthony DiPonio florist giant Teleora LLC, as Crain’s G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) reported last year. Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) FDE had been a member of the Editorial & Business O“ces 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; Teleflora network going back to the (313) 446-6000 1950s and used its services for order Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET fulfillment and credit card process- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 is published weekly, except for a special issue the third ing. 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Reproduction or use of editorial from the Teleflora network, it filed content in any manner without permission is strictly cinnaire.com | 844-4CINNAIRE prohibited. suit in Wayne County Circuit Court alleging that Teleflora didn’t make 30 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // AUGUST 29, 2016 ON THE WEB RUMBLINGS WEEK AUG. 20-26 Detroit Digits plans to invest $23 million to add DMC stung by capability to its plant in Adrian. The New plans for old A numbers-driven look at last week’s supplier of automotive closure and headlines: roof systems has been awarded problems with new business, and plans to invest in new equipment and tooling. Kmart HQ site? Maybe unclean tools $20,000 n Nexcess.net LLC, a Southfield- move is on to the 1.1 million-square-foot The amount of money to be awarded based data center and man- Aredevelop the former property that sits on about etroit Medical Center admits per year in Troy-based Crestmark aged-hosting company, doubled its Kmart Corp. headquarters 40 acres. that unclean surgical tools Bank’s newly established ve-year footprint in the city to 26,000 square property in Troy. A previously planned Dhave caused problems and scholarship program for students in feet with a ribbon cutting at two On Friday, Nate Forbes, development, the Pavilions sometimes forced doctors to delay Oakland University’s School of new facilities adjacent to its managing partner of at Troy, would’ve cost $320 procedures, including heart surgery Business Administration. headquarters on Melrose Avenue. Southfield-based owner million when put forward on a 7-month-old girl, AP reported. n Ann Arbor-based Plymouth The Forbes Co., said in a years ago under previous The Michigan Bureau of Community Venture Partners said it sold its statement that his ownership, but that project Health Systems started an investiga- equity stake in Troy-based 365 company is “reviewing Nate Forbes: stalled under a crushing tion into issues related to the $2.5 million Retail Markets to Omaha, Neb.- development plans” for economic collapse. The amount granted by the Reviewing sterilization of surgical equipment based McCarthy Capital. 365 Retail is the long-vacant site at Kmart, now owned by Detroit-based DTE Energy development plans. at DMC facilities, its director, Larry a leader in food-service vending. West Big Beaver Road and Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Foundation to The Heat and Horvath, told The Detroit News. The Coolidge Highway. Sears Holding Corp., vacated its Warmth Fund to enroll about 3,000 newspaper obtained more than 200 But let’s not get too excited yet. former headquarters in 2006. It low-income customers of DTE pages of emails and reports on OTHER NEWS There were no specifics released. once housed 5,000 employees. Energy Co. in a program to help broken, missing and improperly n The vacant site No time frames. Just the confirma- Forbes Co., through them pay for the energy they use. Northland Center Forbes cleaned instruments at the campus in Southfield could be getting an tion, following rumors in real estate Frankel Troy LLC, owns the Kmart of five hospitals, some written by entirely new look with a conceptual circles, that forward momentum is property as well as the Somerset high-ranking medical staff. center in Auburn Hills later this plan unveiled by the city that could taking place to find a new use for Collection mall across the street. year. The U.S. subsidiary of Spanish include a hotel, apartments and supplier did retail and office space. COMPANY NEWS Gestamp Automocion SL not disclose the investment total. n The Battery Fabrication and n A planned Eastern Market n WoodSpring Hotels, a Wichita, Characterization User Facility at the Neurable leaves for Massachusetts apartment project at 2801 Russell Kan.-based extended-stay hotel University of Michigan received a Neurable Inc., the most talk- we’re excited about the future. My St. with first-floor retail space is company, has teamed with Grand matching grant of $1 million from ed-about company at the Michigan job is to build the best company I about one-third larger than Rapids-based developer M2B2 LLC the Michigan Strategic Fund for the Growth Capital Symposium in May, has can, and Boston is the environment originally slated. The Russell Flats to build a new prototype Wood- fifth and final year of a match- given up on raising money from that’s best for us.” project, first reported by Crain’s in Spring Suites hotel in Wixom that is ing-grant program from the local venture capitalists and on Neurable, a University of Michigan October, was originally planned to set to open in 2018. Michigan Economic Development staying in Ann Arbor. Its team of five spinoff, won $50,000 by finishing be about 60 units but is now n Ann Arbor-based Arotech Corp., the U.S. Department of Energy held a farewell party at the Ann Arbor second at the prestigious Rice expected to have 82 units by its Corp., a defense and security and Ford Motor Co. Spark Central incubator Thursday Business Plan Competition in estimated completion in sec- products and services company, n The Michigan elections board night, loaded up a big U-Haul truck Houston in April for its noninvasive ond-quarter 2018. said it will discontinue a battery declined to review actress Melissa on Friday and on Saturday drove to brain-computer interface that, thanks n A new, larger Motor City storage project of several years at Gilbert’s withdrawal as the Demo- Cambridge, Mass. to artificial intelligence software Harley-Davidson opened in Farm- month’s end and put its intellectual cratic nominee for 8th Congressio- The company generated a lot of developed by Alcaide, allows people ington Hills. The $15 million property out for bidders. nal District seat, allowing her to be deal heat here, but no deals, and to control software and objects with complex includes a showroom, n FireŒghters Support Services, a replaced over Republicans’ the offer of an investment of their brain activity, including service center, clothing store, charity in Wyandotte with a mission objections, AP reported. Gilbert $400,000 and free office space for a wheelchairs and even a car. training center and microbrewery. of supporting firefighters and fire dropped out of the race in May, year to move to the Boston area was Subsequently, the Hous- The owners expect to hire an victims, is closing after a state citing worsening head and neck too good to pass up, President and ton-based OWL Investment Group, additional 20 employees for the investigation found it misled injuries. Local Democratic leaders CEO Ramses Alcaide told Crain’s. made of some 40 angel investors site. donors, AP reported. chose a replacement, Macomb “I’ve been trying to fundraise nationwide, including some of the n A garage in Detroit’s North End n Fusion Coolant Systems Inc., a County assistant prosecutor here for nine months. We went to judges at the Rice event, invested area opened as a new 800-square- University of Michigan spinoff based Suzanna Shkreli, to face GOP Rep. Boston for one day and got what we $380,000 in Neurable. The Boss foot store and workshop called in Canton Township, finished Mike Bishop in November. wanted,” he said. “In Michigan, we Syndicate, an angel-investor group, Douglas & Co. Detroit, a maker of raising a funding round of $1.25 n Libertarian Party presidential got a lot of ‘Whoa, that’s really cool,’ and Accomplice, an early-stage leather handbags, wallets and other million, the first close of what is nominee Gary Johnson will speak to but we never got a term sheet. ... We venture capital firm, met with handcrafted items. projected to be a larger Series B the Detroit Economic Club on Sept. all really love Michigan. This is our Alcaide after the Rice event and n Troy-based metal stamper round, for laboratory expansion 14 at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit home. This is bittersweet; we’re all eventually joined in an offer he Gestamp North America Inc. will and to grow its engineering and hotel. The event will be open only heartbroken, but at the same time, couldn’t refuse. open a research and development sales teams. to members and invited guests. n Detroit Manufacturing Systems n Pasquale Longordo, owner of LLC broke ground on a Troy-based Modify Loan Experts LLC, 102,000-square-foot factory in pleaded guilty in Oakland County Awards to laud progress, cooperation Toledo that will produce instru- Circuit Court to two felonies and 27 PVS Chemicals Chairman James Eleanor Josaitis Unsung Hero ment clusters for the next-genera- misdemeanors on charges of Nicholson and the Rev. Faith Fowler, awards for her commitment to tion Jeep Wrangler, Automotive stealing money from Michigan executive director of Cass Communi- helping disadvantaged people. The News reported. The plant is residents. ty Social Services, will be among the other award will go to Frederick expected to employ at least 140 n Portions of Woodward Avenue honorees at this year’s Shining Light Ho†man, of counsel at Clark Hill PLC. people by summer 2017. in Detroit will be intermittently Regional Cooperation Awards. The awards program cited Hoffman’s n Troy-based auto parts and closed over the next few weeks as The awards, an effort of the long record as a lawyer, executive, electronics company Delphi M-1 Rail begins testing the QLine Detroit Free Press and the Metropoli- writer, public servant, volunteer and Automotive PLC is joining with streetcar with a small motorized tan A†airs Coalition, honor contribu- philanthropist, among other roles. Israeli software maker Mobileye to inspection car called a “speeder.” tions to progress, cooperation and DeAnte Thompkins, metro region JACK ENTERTAINMENT develop the building blocks for a understanding in Southeast workforce development technician, Jack Entertainment LLC, owner of fully autonomous car in about two Michigan. OBITUARIES Michigan Department of Transporta- Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, years, AP reported. Nicholson will receive the Neal tion, will receive the Dave Bing plans a $7 million renovation of St. n Chicago-based United Airlines n Miroslav David Poulik, M.D., Shine Award for Exemplary Future Leader Award for fostering Mary’s School in Detroit’s Greektown Inc. will begin a daily nonstop flight former chief of immunopathology Regional Leadership. He has a long opportunities for disadvantaged for a new headquarters (shown in an between Detroit Metropolitan Airport at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, record of leadership and is past young people. artist’s rendering). In December, Jack and San Francisco International died Aug. 17. He was 93. chairman of the Detroit Symphony Tickets to the Oct. 6 awards at will move its 140 employees into the Airport next June that is intended to n Lawrence Voight, president of Orchestra and current chairman of Ford Motor Co. Conference & Event ve-story former school building at 1041 link the Motor City’s autonomous Ann Arbor-based nonprofit Catholic the Community Foundation for Center in Dearborn are $55. More St. Antoine St. that has been vacant for vehicle industry to Silicon Valley. Social Services of Washtenaw County, Southeastern Michigan. information is at (248) 336-8623 or more than a decade. n Troy-based Inteva Products LLC died Aug. 18. He was 58. 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