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©Entire contents copyright 2007 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved THIS JUST IN Delphi gets OK to take DEQ may delay $3.4B Cerberus-led offer Troy-based Delphi Corp. received approval Friday from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain to move forward with a $3.4 billion investment package from a group of investors rules about ships led by New York City- based Cerberus Capital Man- discharge ballast water into the Great Lakes are also agement L.P. PHOTO COURTESY OF FAURECIA required to install systems to treat the water to elim- Cerberus’ offer provides Ballast water wouldn’t Arvin Paschal secures components to inate the foreign pests that have hurt native species the capital necessary for a front-end bumper module at Faurecia in the Great Lakes and caused Delphi to exit bankruptcy North America's Sterling Heights have to be treated economic and environmental and is preferred by Delphi assembly plant, which began damage. over a competing $4.7 bil- production in August for Daimler- BY AMY LANE Some 100 oceangoing vessels lion offer proposed in De- ChryslerAG. CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT docked at Michigan ports in 2006, cember by Dallas based but the majority did not discharge Highland Capital Manage- LANSING — Michigan may modify new environ- ballast water. The DEQ estimates ment L.P., said Claudia Pic- mental rules aimed at reducing foreign invaders Faurecia may that only four ships would be like- cinin, Delphi’s financial like zebra mussels and gobies in the Great Lakes. ly to fall under the treatment re- communications manager. Some cargo companies had argued that the rules, quirement. Piccinin said Delphi which took effect Jan. 1, would force them to bypass But John Jamian, president of evaluated Highland’s offer Jamian buy to grow, Michigan ports this shipping season. the Seaway Great Lakes Trade Asso- and was concerned about All oceangoing vessels are now required to apply ciation, a Birmingham-based group representing several issues and said it for a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality per- may re-evaluate its view of mit before they can use Michigan ports. Ships that See Ballast, Page 29 the Highland offer if those but only if it issues are addressed. She declined to say what the is- sues are. Cerberus can either fits plan walk away or provide more time for its offer if Delphi does not reach a contract BY BRENT SNAVELY agreement with the United CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Jazzing things up Auto Workers and its other unions and its biggest cus- James Orchard, president of tomer, General Motors Corp., Faurecia North America, said the New Music Hall director by Jan. 30, Piccinin said. French interiors supplier may Delphi filed for Chapter consider acqui- 11 bankruptcy in October sitions as it in- acts quickly to rejuvenate 2005 and is trying to exit creases its mar- bankruptcy by midyear. ket share, but — Brent Snavely the company ticket sales, endowment will be selective and plans to BY SHERRI BEGIN Covansys says it will file grow mostly by CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS 3Q report from 2006 soon winning addi- tional contracts It’s taken Vincent Paul only six months to Farmington Hills-based Orchard with the Big shake things up at Music Hall Center for the Per- Covansys Corp. (Nasdaq: Three. forming Arts Inc. CVNS) said Friday that it “Because of a But then, he’s been planning how he’d run a had completed its reassess- AUTO SHOW lot of the distress theater for more than two decades. ment of revenue-recogni- Highlights from in the supplier Until his family moved to Farmington Hills tion policies and would the 2007 North market — partic- when he was 9, Paul lived near Hitsville USA soon file its 10-Q earnings American ularly in this re- in Detroit. After earning his degree in theater report for the third quarter International gion — we see from Michigan State University, he headed to of 2006. Auto Show, that as advanta- New York. On Nov. 9 the company Page 24. geous for Faure- For the next 22 years, while serving as a announced it would delay cia to grow, and stage manager, tour director and executive di- the report after being ad- possibly grow inorganically,” Or- rector for various organizations, Paul toured vised by its accounting chard said. “But we are not going to nationally and internationally with perform- firm, BDO Seidman L.L.P., to do so on a stupid basis. I don’t sub- ers. At each new venue, he’d take note of how examine some accounting scribe to the Stockman model, so things were done, from marketing to sponsor- policies for fixed-price and we are not going to do that.” ships to education programs. multiple-element con- The “Stockman model” is a ref- “When I ended up becoming president of JOHN SOBCZAK erence to former Reagan adminis- Music Hall, I knew what I was going to do,” See This Just In, Page 2 Vincent Paul is in his dream job: Running the Music Hall Center See Faurecia, Page 27 for the Performing Arts. See Music Hall, Page 28

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The company said that those mission staff as an intern more lion in 2005; and Greektown fin- September, is complete. THIS JUST IN shutdowns will cost it about $200 than 16 years ished 2006 with revenue of $345 Asahi Tec is investing $205 mil- million and the charges will be ago. million, compared with $335.6 mil- lion of equity in Metaldyne and ■ From Page 1 taken in the fourth quarter of The planning lion a year earlier. Metaldyne’s existing credit and 2006. The company declined to commission re- — Robert Ankeny receivables facilities are being re- tracts, most of which were divest- identify the location of the affect- views and financed with new credit of $670 ed as part of the sale of the compa- ed plant or plants. makes recom- million. ny’s state and local government — Brent Snavely mendations to Salvation Army dedication set Asahi Tec’s major shareholders business during the second quar- Detroit City Coun- The Salvation Army was expected are Belgium-based RHJ Internation- ter last year. cil on rezoning to dedicate its renovated, $24-mil- al SA, Japan-based Mitsui & Co. Ltd. The company said the reassess- Doner gets Electrolux contract and other plan- lion Southeast Michigan Adult and Chuo Mitsui Growth Capital In- ment will not result in restating Southfield-based advertising ning-related Rehabilitation Center in down- vestment Limited Partnership II as any financial statements but that Todd agency Doner is now the agency of matters. town Detroit on Sunday. well as Metaldyne’s largest stock- its third-quarter statement may record for Bloomington, Ill.-based Todd takes over from deputy di- The 355,000-square-foot center holder, Grennwich, Conn.-based differ from preliminary informa- vacuum cleaner-maker Electrolux rector Marcus Loper, who served is a short-term residential pro- Heartland Industrial Partners L.P. tion reported on Nov. 14. Home Care Products North America. as interim director since Bruhn gram for men who abuse drugs — Brent Snavely — Tom Henderson The first campaign, rolling out retired last March. Loper plans to and alcohol. Amenities at the 300- American Axle to spend about the new “Electrolux Intensity” retire effective March 26. bed center include, a 700-person Cooper-Standard to close vacuum, begins today and in- M. Rory Bolger, a 21-year veter- dining room, a computer lab and a $140M on worker buyouts cludes television, print and online an with the commission staff, was gymnasium. Ohio fluid systems plant Detroit-based American Axle & components. appointed acting deputy director Renovations began in 2004 at as of Jan. 1. the building, which was con- Novi-based Cooper-Standard Au- Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (NYSE: Doner declined to say how tomotive Inc. said Friday that it AAM) said Thursday that 1,473 much the Electrolux billing is — Robert Ankeny structed in 1918. The rehabilita- tion center, which has been at the plans to close its Archbold, Ohio, employees have accepted a buyout worth. The account includes fluid systems facility by the third offer that will eventually save the strategic planning, media and cre- site since 1963, remained open Casino revenue tops $1.3B during construction. quarter of 2008. company money, but will initially ative. Existing production and manu- Detroit’s three casinos logged — Sheena Harrison cost about $140 million. Doner has been agency of facturing equipment will be trans- their best year in 2006, passing The program was offered to all record for Electrolux’s separate ferred to other Cooper-Standard $1.3 billion in revenue, the Michi- United Auto Workers at American Eureka brand since 2005. Asahi Tec finishes acquisition operations in North America. gan Gaming Control Board reported Axle plants in Detroit and Three — Bill Shea The Archbold operation em- Friday. This topped 2005’s total Rivers, Mich., and Buffalo, of Metaldyne Corp. ploys approximately 215. Cooper- Tonawanda and Cheektowaga, all Detroit appoints new planner revenue of $1.23 billion by $75 mil- Plymouth-based Metaldyne Corp. Standard makes automotive body- in New York. lion, an increase of more than 6 said Thursday that its agreement sealing systems, fluid-handling American Axle will take Marcell Todd Jr. was appointed percent, despite Greektown Casino to be acquired by Asahi Tec Corp. systems, and noise and vibration charges to cover the cost of the director of the Detroit City Planning L.L.C. falling $9.4 million, nearly 3 for $1.2 billion, first announced in control systems. program in 2006 and said the buy- Commission, succeeding Marsha percent, behind its 2005 revenue. out program will save the compa- Bruhn who retired last year after MGM Grand Detroit L.L.C. report- ny about $100 million annually. 22 years. ed $489.6 million revenue for 2006, American Axle also said that it Todd is a graduate of Cass Tech- compared with $460.7 million for CORRECTION plans to idle a portion of its U.S. nical High School and Lawrence 2005; MotorCity Casino L.L.C.had Ⅲ A story on Page 3 of the Jan. 1 issue should have said that the Gerald production capacity dedicated to Technological University’s College of nearly $468.7 million in 2006 rev- R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum has a full-time staff of 21. midsize light trucks. Architecture. He joined the com- enue, compared with $432.2 mil-

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January 15, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 CRAIN’S WSU mulls biz Ph.D. program INDEX

Good news: Earnings projection boosts Biz school hopes move will attract faculty HEEPSKIN SPECS BorgWarner stock. S Page 4. The degree: Ph.D. in business with BY SHERRI BEGIN gram at its Jan. The launch of the program at concentrations in financing, marketing or CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS 24 meeting. WSU is long overdue, Barrett management, including 60 hours of course work If current said. “We’re one of the few busi- and 30 hours of dissertation work. Wayne State University may shortages of ness schools of our size that does Cost: About $300,000 a year by the third year of launch a doctoral program in business facul- not offer a doctoral program.” the program, primarily to fund stipends of about business this fall, a move aimed ty in the U.S. The University of Michigan and $30,000 each for 10-12 doctoral students who at making the university more will assist in teaching undergraduate classes. continue, the Michigan State University current- competitive in attracting busi- Tampa-based ly are the only two AACSB-ac- The competition: The University of Michigan and ness faculty. Association to Michigan State University are the only two credited institutions in Michigan Provost Nancy Barrett said the Advance Colle- institutions accredited by the Association to Small Business that offer doctoral programs in Ph.D. program also will help ad- Barrett giate Schools of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in Solutions: Paycheck isn’t dress shortages by turning out Business pro- business. Michigan that offer doctoral programs in the only way to business. and compensate employees. highly qualified potential faculty. jects a U.S. shortage of 1,100 peo- However, Lawrence Technologi- Lawrence Technological University the University of Phoenix also offer doctoral Page 18. ple with doctoral degrees in busi- cal University and the University of The WSU Board of Governors is degrees in business. These organizations appear in this expected to consider the new pro- ness this year and 2,400 by 2013. See Wayne, Page 29 week’s Crain’s Detroit Business:

A123Systems...... 24 Bagley Housing Association ...... 14 BorgWarner Inc...... 4 Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C...... 27 Business Loan Express L.L.C...... 14 Business News Photos Inc...... 12 Cadence Innovation ...... 27 Campbell-Ewald ...... 13 A ‘perfect space’ Carhartt Inc...... 28 Chevron Technology Ventures L.L.C. 24 Cingular Wireless ...... 11 Cobasys ...... 24 Edag can use new home Collins & Aikman Corp...... 4 Continental Automotive Systems. . . 24 Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy. . . . 27 Delphi Corp...... 1 to make production lines Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance . . 14 Detroit Lions ...... 28 Detroit Pistons ...... 28 BY BRENT SNAVELY Detroit Planning Commission . . . . . 14 Detroit Public Schools ...... 28 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Detroit Red Wings ...... 3 Detroit Regional Chamber...... 29 After nearly three years of searching, Edag Inc. found the ideal Detroit Tigers ...... 3 place for its headquarters: A 150,000-square-foot building with of- Doner ...... 13 fice and shop-floor space in Auburn Hills. Edag Inc...... 3 Enlighten Inc...... 13 The company, which does offers engineering and design for the Faurecia North America ...... 1 automotive industry, had outgrown four other locations in Madi- Google Inc...... 13 son Heights. Grant Thornton L.L.P...... 18 Hubbell, Roth & Clark Inc...... 11 BOUT DAG Then, Warren-based MSX Internation- Huntington National Bank ...... 14 A E al Inc. decided to vacate a building it Huron Capital Partners L.L.C...... 26 Parent: Edag was leasing at 275 Rex Blvd. in Auburn Huron Fund II L.P...... 26 Engineering + Design AG Johnson Controls Inc...... 24, 27 Hills. MSX, a competitor of Edag’s, Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Employees: 240 used the building for similar purposes. Power Solutions L.L.C...... 24 Annual sales: $53M “It is perfect space for us,” Edag Lawrence Technological University . . 3 Mack Avenue Records ...... 28 What does it do?: President Volker Amelung said. Michigan Department of Develops and tests MSX terminated its lease in October Environmental Quality...... 1 prototype vehicles, and Edag completed its move Jan. 2. Michigan Manufacturers Assoc. . . . 29 provides engineering Michigan PSC ...... 14 The lease was brokered by Southfield- Michigan State University...... 3 program management, based Signature Associates. Microsoft...... 24 designs and oversees Edag, which is owned by Fulda, Ger- Momentum ...... 13 the construction of MSX International Inc...... 3 assembly lines. many-based Edag Engineering + Design Music Hall Center ...... 1 AG, was first established in the United NAWBO ...... 14 States in 1994. Today, Edag has about Nemeth Burwell P.C...... 18 North American International 240 employees in the U.S. with about $53 million in annual sales. Auto Show ...... 24, 29 Plunkett & Cooney P.C...... 11 JOHN F. MARTIN Edag develops and tests prototype vehicles, provides engineer- ing program management, designs assembly lines and oversees Plymouth Management Co...... 26 Edag President Volker Amelung says the the space in its new Auburn Hills headquarters will Plymouth Venture Partners I L.L.C. . 26 facilitate a production line design contract with General Motors Corp. Edag already produces a their construction. Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust 14 removable hard-top for the Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky (above). See Edag, Page 29 Roush Enterprises Inc...... 29 Saga Communications Inc. 28 Seaway Great Lakes Trade Assoc. . . . 1 Semco Energy Gas Co...... 14 Sprint Nextel Corp...... 12 Total Employee Assistance & Management Inc...... 18 Tower Automotive Inc...... 4 U.S. Small Business Administration 14 University of Michigan ...... 3 University of Phoenix ...... 29 Verizon Wireless...... 11 Wayne State University ...... 3 Double play gives boost to WKRK WDFN 1130 AM ...... 28 Wind Point Partners L.L.C...... 26 Wireless Giant ...... 12 WKRK’s Southfield-based signal provides better WJR 760 AM ...... 28 Simulcasts aimed at helping WXYT fidelity and reception in some areas for a broader WKRK 97.1 FM...... 3 reach. WRCJ 90.9 FM ...... 28 BY BILL SHEA His approach was to cancel WTVS-Channel 56...... 28 “I wanted to present the most enticing picture ZenaComp Inc...... 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS WKRK’s 7-11 p.m. sports talk to the teams so they would want to continue their show, “Parker and the Man,” partnership with us,” Murphy said. BANKRUPTCIES ...... 28 When the general manager of WKRK 97.1 FM BRIEFLY ...... 14 and earmark that time for The result was Thursday’s announcement of struck a deal to add Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red BUSINESS DIARY ...... 24 Wings simulcasts, it wasn’t done to bolster the sta- simulcast games that originate new, multiyear deals with the baseball and hockey CALENDAR ...... 15 tion’s ratings and revenue, both of which have de- with WXYT. Simulcasting on teams, including the simulcasts. The contract is CAPITOL BRIEFINGS ...... 6 clined. WKRK improves reception be- for three years. CLASSIFIED ADS...... 22 Instead, it was done to keep the teams on their cause WXYT’s signal is spotty “It solves their coverage problem with the AM CHRISTOPHER CRAIN . . . . . 8 LETTERS ...... 8 flagship, WKRK’s CBS Radio-owned sister station, in some locations — an issue station and doesn’t interfere with the major thrust team owner Ilitch Holdings Inc. of the (WKRK) format,” said Dick Kernen, vice MARY KRAMER...... 9 WXYT 1270 AM, an all-sports station. OPINION ...... 8 “That’s the only reason I came up with the ap- Murphy wanted to resolve, said Karen president of industry relations at Southfield-based Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, and longtime PEOPLE ...... 20 proach that I did,” said Kevin Murphy, general man- Cullen, vice president of corporate communica- RUMBLINGS...... 30 ager and senior vice president for both stations. tions for Ilitch. See WKRK, Page 28 WEEK IN REVIEW ...... 30 DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 4 CDB 1/12/2007 6:11 PM Page 1

Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 15, 2007 TAKING STOCK NEWS ABOUT DETROIT AREA PUBLIC COMPANIES Tower Automotive may have to sell assets if it can’t find financing

BY ROBERT SHEREFKIN Kirik says Tower’s three bond- Tower has much in common CRAIN NEWS SERVICE holders gave no reason for termi- with plastics and interiors suppli- nating their Dec. 19 commitment er Collins & Aikman Corp., which is After a nearly two-year struggle letter to underwrite a company selling off assets after it unsuccess- to restructure in U.S. Bankruptcy stock offering. Efforts to seek com- fully tried to emerge from bank- Court, Tower Automotive Inc. could ment from those financiers last ruptcy as an independent compa- be forced to sell its assets to the week were unsuccessful. ny last year. highest bidders. To be sure, there is no shortage Like Collins & Aikman, Tower To avoid that fate, the automo- of investors for distressed auto could face difficulty finding a buy- tive stamping giant must develop a parts-makers. But the longer a dis- er for all of its assets. Some of new financing plan to replace a tressed company struggles, the those assets are attractive, such as $250 million deal that fell apart more cash it takes to save it. And Tower’s Chicago plant where it Thursday, say sources familiar few auto suppliers have emerged supplies the Ford Five Hundred with company plans. The arrange- whole from Chapter 11. Most are and Mercury Montego. ment would have financed Tower’s plan to emerge from Chapter 11 sold outright or in parts, say bank- Other parts would be tough to this year. ruptcy experts. sell, such as Tower’s former A.O. On Friday, Tower spokesman All told, 36 U.S. auto suppliers Smith frame-making business. The Joe Kirik said the company has have filed bankruptcy since 1999. equipment there is old, and the two other offers in hand and will Tower filed in February 2005. processes are dated. evaluate them within the next two Novi-based Tower is struggling The stamping industry suffers weeks. Tower continues to pursue as industry conditions worsen. from too much capacity because its goal of emerging from bank- Ford continues to cut production. stamping is one industry that has ruptcy as an independent compa- High steel prices further burden largely escaped consolidation. ny in the first half of this year, he the capital-intensive sector. And Fitzgerald says U.S. Census data said. the professional fees and expenses list 789 motor vehicle stamping Tower (Pink Sheets: TRWAQ), needed to operate in bankruptcy businesses in 1998. Six years later, headed by CEO Kathleen Ligocki, court are significant. there were 788. makes light-truck frames, complex For automakers, Tower “is an Plante & Moran estimates that body assemblies, suspensions and expense in the propping up of an- the stamping industry is running other sophisticated stamped parts. other supplier — with many more at about 65 percent of its capacity. Its largest customer is Ford Motor on the horizon,” says Craig In general, 75 percent to 80 percent Co., which provides 30 percent of Fitzgerald, a partner with the con- is considered break-even. its revenue. sulting firm Plante & Moran P.L.L.C. From Automotive News Earnings projection boosts BorgWarner stock

BY BRENT SNAVELY to $4.10 a share. dustry. For the first nine months CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS BorgWarner makes transmis- of 2006 BorgWarner reported rev- sions, of engine-timing systems, enue of $3.16 billion. BorgWarner Inc.’s stock shot up turbochargers and transmission Brent Snavely: (313) 446-0406, 10.6 percent on Thursday after the components for the automotive in- [email protected] Auburn Hills-based company post- ed 2007 earnings projections that are higher than Wall Street’s pro- jections. BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) said STREET TALK in a statement that it expects 2007 earnings will be $4.60 a share to THIS WEEK’S STOCK TOTALS: 45 GAINERS, 28 LOSERS, 6 UNCHANGED $4.80 a share. Analysts, on aver- CDB’S TOP PERFORMERS 1/12 1/5 PERCENT age, were expecting earnings of CLOSE CLOSE CHANGE $4.58 a share, according to 14 ana- 1. Syntel Inc. $31.67 $26.59 19.11 lysts tracked by Yahoo!Finance. 2. ArvinMeritor Inc. 19.27 17.49 10.18 com. 3. Meadowbrook Insurance Group 10.03 9.15 9.62 The company’s stock closed at 4. BorgWarner Inc. 64.21 58.60 9.57 $64.21 Friday, up $5.41 from its 5. Lear Corp. 31.51 28.83 9.30 close of $59 on Wednesday. Borg- 6. Covansys Corp. 24.46 22.64 8.04 Warner said last week it expects to 7. Taubman Centers Inc. 54.15 50.33 7.59 achieve sales growth of 7 percent Universal Truckload Services Inc. 23.62 22.31 5.87 to 9 percent in 2007 despite moder- 8. ate global vehicle production 9. American Axle & Mfg. Holdings 18.98 17.93 5.86 growth. 10. Perceptron Inc. 8.87 8.40 5.60 “In 2007, our global business will 1/12 1/5 PERCENT CDB’S LOW PERFORMERS CLOSE CLOSE CHANGE face two distinct business environ- ments,” BorgWarner Chairman 1. Visteon Corp. $7.56 $8.18 -7.58 and CEO Tim Manganello said in a 2. Semco Energy Inc. 5.84 6.08 -3.95 statement. “In Europe and Asia, 3. DTE Energy Co. 45.95 47.67 -3.61 our operations are expected to 4. CMS Energy Corp. 16.00 16.47 -2.85 flourish, experiencing strong 5. Rockwell Medical Technologies 6.90 7.09 -2.68 growth across both engine and 6. Dearborn Bancorp Inc. 18.48 18.98 -2.63 drivetrain, while our North Amer- 7. Somanetics Corp. 22.32 22.71 -1.72 ican operations will remain fo- 8. Borders Group Inc. 21.51 21.88 -1.69 cused on stabilization and adapt- 9. Ramco-Gershenson Properties 37.20 37.70 -1.33 ing to the new dynamics of a 10. United Auto Group Inc. 23.35 23.66 -1.31 rapidly changing market.” Source: Bloomberg News. From a list of publicly owned companies with headquarters BorgWarner has not announced in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw or Livingston counties. Note: Stocks trading 2006 year-end results yet but has at less than $5 are not included. said it expects to earn $3.95 a share DBpageAD.qxd 1/3/200711:13AMPage1

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 15, 2007 Gov names bipartisan budget panel Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan regent; Joe New Web site for rental housing man of the state House Appropria- Hansknecht, senior policy adviser on Wednesday announced Schwarz, former U.S. rep- tions Committee, R-DeWitt, has for the House Democratic policy of- an advisory panel, co- resentative; and Monica The Michigan State Housing Devel- been named vice president of gov- fice, has been named the education chaired by former Govs. Kostielney, president and opment Authority announced the de- ernmental affairs for the Michigan department’s legislative director. velopment Wednesday of www. William Milliken and James CEO of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents. Ⅲ Kenneth Brooks, partner in the michiganhousinglocator.com to Blanchard, to review the Catholic Conference. Ⅲ Bruce Umpstead, former Lansing office of Honigman Miller state’s fiscal picture and provide a list of rental housing director of Michigan State University’s Schwartz and Cohn L.L.P., has been offer recommendations. available around the state. Lans- PROM/SE project, has been named named managing partner. He re- The panel will report to PSC wants input on video ing-based MSHDA is partnering director of the Michigan Department places Dan Demlow, who retired. Granholm by the end of dispute complaints with Ann Arbor-based rental hous- of Education’s new office of Amy Lane: (517) 371-5355, alane@ the month, as she pre- ing listing service Rentlinx L.L.C. to education technology. Lisa crain.com pares for her Feb. 6 State CAPITOL BRIEFINGS State utility regulators generate listings for the site. of the State address and Amy Lane are seeking input on a 2008 budget proposal. complaint process that Comings & goings The panel includes: Paul Hille- will be part of Michigan’s new gonds, senior vice president at DTE franchising law governing Ⅲ Andy Levin, former Democratic Energy Co.; Lou Anna Simon, presi- providers of video services, includ- state Senate contender and of Granholm, Patterson tiff dent of Michigan State University; ing telecommunications and cable counsel at Southfield law firm Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Frank Kelley, former Michigan at- TV companies. The Michigan Public Service Com- Canzano, P.C., has been named a torney general; Don Gilmer, Kala- mission wants public comment on deputy director in the Michigan De- mazoo County administrator and highlights Medicaid issue procedures that will allow the PSC partment of Labor & Economic former state budget director; Doug to review unresolved disputes be- Growth. Also, Deputy Director BY AMY LANE have a $41 billion Roberts, former state treasurer; tween a provider and customer, Sharon Bommarito returns to John Porter, former president of CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT budget.” between a provider and local gov- overseeing the Unemployment Insur- He added that Eastern Michigan University and for- ernments that issue franchises, ance Agency and other agencies, LANSING — Oakland County Ex- mer state superintendent for pub- Oakland County and between providers. and acting Deputy Director Doug ecutive L. Brooks Patterson blasted is the only coun- lic instruction; Dan DeGrow, super- Public Act 480, passed in Decem- Kalinowski returns to his former po- Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s veto of a ty that con- intendent of the St. Clair County ber, requires the commission to sition as director of the Michigan bonding bill primarily designed to tributes more in Regional Educational Service Agency propose a complaint process to the Occupational Safety and Health Ad- help the county save money on taxes to Lansing and former Senate majority Legislature by June 1. Public com- ministration. funding retiree health care, but the than it receives Ⅲ leader; S. Martin Taylor, University ments are due to the PSC by Feb. 8. Scott Hummel, former chair- political fight is also calling atten- in goods and ser- tion to a little-discussed impact on Patterson vices. “There’s Medicaid. about $5.5 billion that we’ve left on Here’s the issue: The federal gov- the table in Lansing, and they can’t ernment considers employer contri- credit us a crummy $3 million.” butions to pension plans and health He said Granholm “was looking and welfare funds — whether by for any excuse” to veto the bill, in private or public employers — retaliation for his petition drive count toward a state’s overall per- that contributed to the early ending capita personal income. And per- of the single-business tax, accord- sonal income helps determine the ing to published reports. %XPERIENCE.ETWORK,EAD federal Medicaid matching rate and Patterson said the he did not hear state’s allocation of federal dollars. of the administration’s concerns “If they set up a bond, when the about the potential Medicaid im- money from the bond is actually put pact until after the House Bill 6694 into a fund, that counts as personal had cleared the Legislature and income,” said Kathy Albetski, chief about two days before Granholm’s 3INCE THE"ROAD3CHOOL%XECUTIVE-"! of the regional economic informa- deadline to veto the bill. HASPREPAREDPROFESSIONALSFORLEADERSHIPINTHE tion system for the U.S. Department Boyd said the bill moved quickly GLOBALMARKETPLACE of Commerce Bureau of Economic in the Legislature’s last week of ses- Analysis. sion in December. “By the time we s ACURRICULUMFOCUSEDONENHANCINGSTRATEGIC “Per-capita personal income is knew quantitatively what the po- THINKINGANDDECISION MAKINGSKILLS used in the formula for Medicaid. tential costs were, the bill was dis- So if your per capita goes up, the charged from committee,” she said. s ATEAM BASEDLEARNINGENVIRONMENTTHAT formula could go down.” Boyd said budget director Mary PROMOTESNETWORKINGANDPERSONALGROWTH And that, says the governor’s Lannoye did raise the Medicaid is- office, is important to revenue- sue at some point. s A MONTHEVENINGPROGRAMAT-35S strapped Michigan. The governor’s Boyd would not state specific office expects a revenue-estimating -ANAGEMENT%DUCATION#ENTERIN4ROY costs of the bill but said it could be conference Thursday to identify a “in the millions,” depending on lo- budget shortfall as high as $1 billion cal-government actions. 3PRING%-"!%XPLORATION0ROGRAMS for the current and next fiscal years. In May, Granholm’s task force on “From our perspective, when #OMBININGANINFOSESSION CLASSVISITS ANDDISCUSSION local-government services and fis- we’re staring down a $1 billion cal stability recommended such leg- WITHSTUDENTS ALUMNI ANDFACULTYBEGINNINGATPM deficit, we cannot be signing legisla- islation as part of a wide-ranging re- tion that adds to our costs,” said Liz 4HURSDAY *ANUARY -ONDAY -ARCH port. The task force said the state Boyd, Granholm’s press secretary. should “consider policy mandates “This is not about Brooks Patter- -ONDAY &EBRUARY 4HURSDAY !PRIL to assure local governments have a son, and this is not about Oakland long-term financial plan to ade- County.” quately fund post-retirement bene- 2360 WWWBUSMSUEDUEMBAOR   Granholm vetoed a bill sought fits. The state should adopt legisla- particularly by Oakland County, 9OUAREWELCOMETOSCHEDULEANAPPOINTMENT tion allowing municipal bond which wanted to sell bonds to meet obligations as a strategy to manage ANYTIME its retiree health care obligations and reduce long-term liabilities.” and save more than $155 million Boyd said that reviewing the fi- over 30 years. %LI"ROAD'RADUATE3CHOOLOF-ANAGEMENT nal legislation, the impact on per- Patterson said it’s not even cer- sonal income and Medicaid match- -ICHIGAN3TATE5NIVERSITY tain that the Medicaid matching ing rates “was something we -ANAGEMENT%DUCATION#ENTER rate would drop as a result of Oak- realized late in the game.” 73QUARE,AKE2OAD land’s bonding, and also said any She said the governor’s office is impact would not be immediate. sympathetic to what local govern- 4ROY -)  Boyd said the Medicaid matching ments are facing and would like to rate is based on a three-year rolling join with local units to secure a average that compares the growth change in federal rules. ,ISA$ANCSOK in each state’s personal income to “We have never said that we are #LASSOF that of other states. adamantly opposed to this. What we 3ENIOR6ICE0RESIDENT -ARKETING Patterson said state officials told have said is that we might have to 4(%%8%#54)6%-"! #OMMUNICATIONSAND,EGISLATIVE!FFAIRS -ICHIGAN%CONOMIC$EVELOPMENT#ORPORATION him that the potential hit to the have a federal solution,” Boyd said. state would be $3 million, which he Amy Lane: (517) 371-5355, alane@ said is “not a big deal when you crain.com DBpageAD.qxd 12/27/2006 9:25 AM Page 1

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Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 15, 2007 OPINION Veto spat is up to Granholm to resolve nother public spat erupted last week that has the poten- A tial for hampering elected officials’ ability to work smoothly together on mutual economic goals. Does Michigan really have this kind of time to waste? We hope the two players — Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson — get past this tiff. Our state’s economy does not permit the luxury of two powerful players to walk off in a snit. (See story, Page 6.) Patterson accused Granholm of vetoing legislation that Patterson had proposed to punish him for heading the success- ful drive last year to end the state’s single-business tax. Patter- son backed legislation that would allow Oakland County and other municipalities to sell bonds to reduce pension liabilities. Despite some earlier public utterances on the bill’s “cre- ativity,” Granholm vetoed the bill that had been passed by the state Senate and House. Rather than political pique, Granholm’s office says the veto was driven by a new understanding that Oakland Coun- ty’s contributions to pension plans and other governments that follow suit would be part of the federal government’s com- putation of Michigan’s personal income level for that year. A higher income would reduce the level of Medicaid matching LETTERS dollars Michigan receives from the federal government. Patterson told Crain’s that this is a convenient excuse, and said state officials had told him it might cost Michigan up to $3 Praise for UM’s chief misplaced million in Medicaid matching dollars. That’s nothing in a $41 Editor: New Center areas. billion budget, Patterson said. Crain’s Detroit Business Local governments need help with pension obligations. Your recognition of University welcomes letters to the editor. Unfortunately, the cost for this Since the governor nixed Patterson’s creative plan, the ball is of Michigan President Mary Sue All letters will be considered for type of project would be in the $200 Coleman (“2006 Newsmaker of the publication, provided they are million range (“Employers push in her court to come up with an equally creative alternative. Year,” Jan. 1) is appropriate in one signed and do not defame for study to expand People respect but inappropriate in an- individuals or organizations. Mover,” Oct. 9, 2006). other. Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit This is money that, given the Recognizing her for her involve- Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., New system saves money Detroit, MI 48207-2997. current economic condition of our ment (whatever that involvement state and city, does not exist. E-mail: [email protected] was) in bringing Google to Ann Ar- Why can’t a direct appeal be Governments, from small villages and townships to large Message boards: Share your bor is appropriate. made to the public to donate mon- cities and the state itself, are strapped for cash, and last week, But recognizing (read: praising) views in our online community. strong signals of a tax increase arose with Gov. Granholm’s forums.crainsdetroit.com. ey for a People Mover extension? her for opposing Proposition 2, Local museums, universities and appointment of an emergency financial study group chaired both before and after it was over- area nonprofits are able to raise whelming passed, is not appropri- not praise but condemnation. by two ex-governors. millions for their capital cam- ate. Robert Pineau Can we honestly say we are organized as efficiently as pos- paigns. Something similar should Discrimination against minori- Ann Arbor sible? How many small school districts could be combined be done for transportation in De- ties is wrong. Discrimination in troit. with larger systems to save money? favor of minorities is wrong. New thinking needed for Therefore, the Detroit Depart- Consider the example of the new management system for Praising someone who has mar- ment of Transportation should do the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center that cut expenses by shaled not her own money, but the transit funding tax dollars provided to a public the following: more than $5 million. (See “Partnership saves Detroit $5.2 mil- Editor: university, to support discrimina- 1. Form a nonprofit. Donations lion in office expenses,” Page 5, Jan. 1.) tion is also wrong. It’s time for transportation ad- would be tax-deductible. Another By contracting with a private company, the management When that support and use of vocates in Detroit to think outside benefit would be a clear separation authority for the building that houses Wayne County and city tax dollars continues beyond the the box. I’ve read about ideas to ex- of funds. of Detroit departments, saved a significant sum. election where the issue was re- pand a People Mover link north of People would be more willing to We suspect such savings could occur at other levels, too. solved, as it has here, it warrants downtown into the Midtown and See Letters, Page 9

CHRISTOPHER CRAIN:Who’s working in our interest? Last week, the U.S. Department trying to find their way Armed Services Com- standing at the back of the line. or truck company that isn’t in Chi- of Transportation informed North- around. mittee. The Transportation Department na with plans to grow fast. west Airlines that it lost its bid for But neither U.S. From these positions, awarded the China route to Ameri- If you mix the economic/trade a direct flight from Detroit to Sens. Debbie Stabenow they both have the abili- can Airlines to schedule flights out rationale with the fact that De- Shanghai, China. nor Carl Levin are ty to leverage their of Washington to Beijing. troit’s geographic position offers No small prize, the direct route novices. In fact, this longevity into addition- But Shanghai is China’s finan- the shortest route of the four mar- is estimated to have a value of month, each has been al funding for needed cial center, and one of its top cen- kets competing for the Transporta- about $200 million in annual rev- placed on two of the infrastructure projects; ters for its automotive industry. tion Department’s approval, De- enue to the winning airline. most influential com- to encourage outside in- There is no industry that has a troit had a pretty strong case. I wonder: Did Northwest receive mittees in Congress. vestment from new- brighter future in China than au- D.C. might have had a slight any support for its bid from our Stabenow will be just economy industries; tomotive, both for foreign and na- edge for passenger capacity, but elected representatives in Wash- the 10th Michigan sen- and to help Michigan tive manufacturers. the difference would be ever so ington? ator to serve on the businesses compete in a The connection between Detroit slight, and Detroit could very well I wouldn’t criticize anyone Senate Finance Committee, and global market. As long as pork-bar- and the Chinese auto industry al- eclipse that number in six months. who’s spent just a week or so in the we have all seen Levin assume his rel politics are common practice, I ready is quite strong. Through But some time it’s not what you Capital; most likely, they’d still be post as chairman of the Senate for one don’t see any value in joint partnerships, there isn’t a car know, it’s who you know. DBpageAD.qxd 1/8/2007 11:52 AM Page 1 DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 26 CDB 1/12/2007 3:57 PM Page 1

Page 26 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 15, 2007 Huron to announce $25M deal, eyes new $250M fund

BY TOM HENDERSON focus for 2007 is to acquire a hand- money in 2005, is 75 percent invest- vide capital to grow Apex’s busi- to Southfield-based Wind Point Part- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ful of new com- ed. The latest deal, to acquire a ness in international markets. It ners L.L.C. for more than $75 mil- panies ... and controlling interest in Delaware- already derives a substantial por- lion in August. Detroit-based Huron Capital Part- hopefully that based Apex Laboratories Internation- tion of its revenue in Canada. Demkowicz said he expects to ners L.L.C., coming off a record year will put us in a al Inc., puts the fund past the 50 per- The Apex deal, which closed at close on the two pending deals in for deal volume, will announce an position to cent mark. year-end, gave Huron 12 acquisi- the first quarter. acquisition for more than $25 mil- fundraise. Apex is a contract research orga- tions and divestitures in 2006, with On Jan. 4, Huron announced an- lion today, has two more deals un- “We’ve had a nization that does toxicology and transactions totaling about $350 other December deal, the sale of its der letters of intent and likely will lot of investor other tests for private industry and million. Huron sold three portfolio controlling interest in Pristech start raising its third and largest interest in a governments and contracts with companies, sold some assets of two Products Inc., a Texas-based maker fund, of $250 million, by the end of new fund but we other companies to conduct clinical other companies and made seven of medical instruments, catheters the year. Demkowicz haven’t made trials at its laboratories. purchases. and other devices, to the compa- “Our sights are set on raising any commitments, yet,” he said. The company, which had rev- Its two largest deals were the ny’s management team for more money at some point this year, but He said Huron Capital will begin enue of $30 million in 2006, will re- sale of Virginia-based Delta Educa- than $25 million. Pristech had rev- we don’t want to get ahead of our- raising its third fund when its sec- tain its current management. tional Systems Inc. for more than enue of more than $25 million. selves,” said managing partner ond fund, the $185 million Huron Michael Beauregard, a partner $150 million in May and the sale of Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, Brian Demkowicz. “Our primary Fund II L.P., which finished raising at Huron, said Huron would pro- Pennsylvania-based York Label Inc. [email protected] VC company to double one fund, add $40M fund

BY TOM HENDERSON CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS

Coming off a busy deal-making year in 2006, Plymouth Management Co., an Ann Arbor-based venture- capital company, is doubling the size of its first fund to $20 million and has begun raising money for a second fund of about $40 million. The company, which focuses on early-stage Midwest companies, primarily in Michigan, made sev- en investments in 2006, including one of $280,000 on Dec. 28 in a Mar- quette-based company, V.I.O. Inc. One other deal is pending. Ply- mouth Management’s investments ranged from $124,000 to $450,000. Ian Bund, Plymouth Manage- ment’s founder and chairman, said his board of directors approved an increase in the first fund from $10 million to $20 million in September and the fund is about halfway to its new target. The second fund also will target Bund early stage Mid- west companies. Earlier this month, Plymouth Management added a veteran Ann Arbor investor, Sreeram Veeragandham, as a senior advi- sor. Veeragandham will work on a half-time basis with Plymouth Management Co.’s first fund, Ply- mouth Venture Partners I L.L.C. and continue as managing director of his own firm, Gitega Capital L.L.C. V.I.O. began in 2000 as a compa- ny selling tiny, head-worn cam- eras under the Viosport brand to record skiing, snowboarding or biking adventures, but now tar- gets the military and law enforce- ment agencies under another brand, Vio Tac. The lead investor on that deal was Bridge Street Capi- tal Partners L.L.C., a Grand Rapids- based private-equity firm. John Meilner, Bridge Street’s managing director, declined to re- lease the full size of the investment round. Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337, [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 27 CDB 1/12/2007 5:50 PM Page 1

January 15, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 27 Faurecia: Will grow, but only if it fits the plan ■ From Page 1 tration budget director David Stockman who raised billions of FAURECIA NA AT A GLANCE dollars through private-equity firm Heartland Industrial Partners to What it makes: Front-end bumper modules, interior cockpits, center create Collins & Aikman Corp. consoles, seats, instrument through rapid acquisitions. panels, door panels and exhaust Collins & Aikman later filed a systems. Best practices. Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that is Cars at this week’s North American still pending. International Auto Show featuring With considerably more practice. While Nanterre, France-based Faurecia products: Audi Q7, BMW 3 Faurecia SA is not well-known in Series, BMW Mini, BMW X5, the U.S., it is a global powerhouse. Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Faurecia is the world’s ninth- Avenger, Dodge Caliber, Dodge largest automotive supplier to Nitro, Ford Edge, Mercedes-Benz S- original-equipment manufactur- Class, Saturn Aura. ers with $14 billion in 2005 sales. 2006 North American sales: $1.5 Faurecia’s North American divi- billion. sion is based in Troy. Parent company: Nanterre, France- Orchard said the cost of product based Faurecia SA. launches in 2006 prevented the Global status: Ranked ninth in Take proven processes. Align them with seasoned professionals company from being profitable in 2005 with $14 billion in global who have been puing them into practice for a decade or sales. North America last year but said it two. Add the pragmatism that comes from applied experience. will be profitable this year. Faure- Source: Faurecia NA Temper with high ethical standards and discipline. These are the cia opened or expanded six plants nity … for the next few years.” best possible practices. And the best possible professionals. in the U.S. last year. John Groustra, a partner at Orchard said the company’s total 248 350-3006 turnaround consulting firm Con- North American sales were about www.jeff ersonwells.com way MacKenzie & Dunleavy, said the $1.5 billion in 2006, will grow to $1.9 North American interiors busi- billion this year and are projected ness is among the most financially to reach $3 billion next year. distressed segments of the automo- Faurecia discussed its growth tive industry. That’s because there plans last Tuesday with a group of are too many large competitors reporters and analysts at its 116,000- Internal Audit • Technology Risk • Tax • Finance & Accounting who opened too many plants over square-foot Sterling Heights plant, the past 10 to 15 years. Jefferson Wells International, Inc. is not a certified public accounting fi rm. which opened in August. Faurecia ©2007 Jefferson Wells International, Inc. All rights reserved. “So there has been a lot of pric- makes front-end bumper modules ing pressure on the participants,” and interior cockpits for the Groustra said. Chrysler Sebring and the Dodge Avenger at the plant. By Faurecia’s estimates, about Bo Andersson, vice president of 40 percent of its competition in in- global purchasing for General Mo- terior cockpits in North America tors Corp., said Faurecia is a seat- is either bankrupt or struggling fi- ing-technology leader. nancially. “We asked Faurecia to come to Heneka said he has met with the U.S. roughly seven years ago Ross, but thinks his strategy is and they have done a fantastic job questionable. with us,” Andersson said Thursday. “Wilbur’s got kind of a confused “They are also the seat-structure plan,” Heneka said. “I know he HHaavvee LLuunncchh wwiitthh DDaann GGiillbbeerrtt supplier on our next generation of wants to capture the market, but midsize cars. I think that tells you I’m not sure he knows where he’s they are a very good supplier.” going.” Faurecia estimates it holds just Faurecia declined to say why it 4 percent of the North American met with Ross, and Ross did not re- market share of seating produc- turn a call for comment. tion, so there is room for growth. But even with many suppliers Orchard said struggling, Faurecia does face sev- the distress in eral formidable competitors. Last the interiors Thursday, interiors suppliers John- segment is cre- son Controls Inc., Bridgewater Interi- ating opportuni- ors L.L.C. and Cadence Innovation ties because were honored by GM as part of 15 Faurecia is able companies selected as suppliers of to produce inno- the year. Detroit needs entrepreneurs, and Dan Gilbert has vative, stylish Ron Hall, president and CEO of put serious money into getting them started. That’s products at a Bridgewater, said his company bids against Faurecia on a regular basis. why he’s been named Crain’s 2006 Newsmaker of Heneka competitive price. “They are a competitor, they are the Year. “We go after prices that are sus- a concern, and we just have to stay tainable, or we just are not going competitive, have good-quality Dan Gilbert to do it,” said Faurecia North work and hope that that the OEMs Quicken Loans/ Noon, February 14, 2007 America CEO Michael Heneka. stay committed to having a minor- Rock Financial “We don’t have a gouging theory, ity contractor,” Hall said. Detroit Marriott Hotel we just want to make (a) realistic Bridgewater specializes in the profit margin.” production of seats through a joint Renaissance Center Faurecia’s recent entry to North venture with Johnson Controls. (registration opens at 11:30 a.m.) OUT America also means that the com- Cadence, despite its bankruptcy CHECK IAL Tickets: $40 for Inforum members pany’s plants are not burdened with woes, was lauded at a press confer- SPEC OUR ER N OFF $50 for nonmembers outdated manufacturing technolo- ence last week for its performance RIPTIO UBSC gy and the company doesn’t have to by Jimmy McDonald, GM’s execu- S YOU WHEN accept contracts with customers tive director, global purchasing ER! Make your reservation today REGIST that are not profitable. for powertrain components, raw Visit www.inforummichigan.org or call 313.578.3230 “We do not have a large amount materials and supplier diversity. of legacy costs in this region,” Or- McDonald said Cadence flaw- Presented by In Cooperation with chard said. “Therefore, I am not try- lessly took over GM’s assembly of ing to defend excess capacity that instrument panels for GM’s mid- the Big Three have lost in the last size crossover vehicles in 2006. few years. Therefore, the Big Three Brent Snavely: (313) 446-0405, present us with our largest opportu- [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 28,29 CDB 1/12/2007 6:40 PM Page 1

Page 28 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS January 15, 2007 Music Hall: New director acts quickly to rejuvenate sales ■ From Page 1

Paul, 43, said. “It’s absolutely my dream or not, Tuesday through Saturday, and on sales, Paul said the new revenue should job.” MORE ON PAUL Sundays when there’s a major event in boost Music Hall’s fiscal 2006 revenue of Paul wasted no time setting the stage for town. The café “dovetailed into one of my about $6 million by $1 million this year. future success after succeeding Sandy Dun- Music Hall President Vincent Paul’s career other missions which was to give local After completing a strategic planning can as president of the theater in July. He has included: artists a platform to play,” Paul said. On process about a year and a half ago, Music booked 150 performances in advance for the Founder and president, Jan. 16, Paul plans to launch the Young Jazz Hall’s board of directors made a decision to season — double the number of perfor- World Arts Inc., a New Lions of Detroit, a program for up-and-com- focus on high-quality, popular music, dance York-based artists’ mances it had booked on an ad hoc basis the management company, ing musicians. Judy Adams, former pro- and theater rather than year before. 1994-2006. gram director of WDET 101.9 FM, will host general variety acts, said To attract big-name performers like Li- General manager, auditions Tuesday through Thursday at the Alex Parrish, partner at onel Richie, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau “Phantom of the Opera” Jazz Café. Winners will get “a paying gig” Honigman Miller Schwartz and Lily Tomlin, he began touting the leg- European road show for and performance experience in the café, and Cohn L.L.P. in Detroit ends who had performed at the hall in the the Joyce Agency, 1992- Paul said. and chairman of the Mu- past and offered contemporary musicians 93. Serious music students also now have a sic Hall board of direc- free rehearsal space in exchange for allow- Production stage chance to study for at least one educational tors. ing him to sell tickets to their final re- manager, Dance Theatre of Harlem, 1991-92. session with visiting jazz artists, thanks to Paul “has done a good hearsal. Tour director, Columbia Artists Paul. Those sessions and the new Young job of articulating the new “This is the house that Count Basie or Management Inc., for shows including “Les Jazz Lions program build on the hall’s exist- Parrish vision the board has Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday built … Ballets Africans,” 1988-91. ing programs which include a jazz educa- adopted … attracted some and a place they’ve got to perform,” he said. Assistant stage manager, Joffrey Ballet, tion partnership with Detroit Public Schools, good talent to the staff, and he’s used his re- “The (hall’s) past has been there all along — 1985-88. and Camp Broadway, a week-long, summer lationships in the entertainment industry to I’m just articulating it more.” program that teaches children singing, really benefit Music Hall,” Parrish said. Booking performers in advance rather include new lighting, new signs for dressing dancing and acting with New York profes- “It’s been a short time, but he is off to a than piecemeal throughout the year will al- rooms and other key areas of the hall, reno- sionals. very strong start,” Parrish said. “We’re see- low Music Hall to better market them, Paul vations of four dressing Paul plans to expand the ing more successful performances and a lot said. He’s doubled the hall’s marketing bud- rooms and the “green summer program to year- more people in the house.” get to $400,000 and launched a year-round room,” a waiting room round and to begin using lo- Capitalizing on a historic past by refer- campaign to market the hall in 47 different for artists. The significance cal talent to teach the chil- ring back to the glory days has proven to be cities across the U.S., through radio and Music Hall trustee “ dren rather than a successful way to attract artists and new television spots and print advertising. Paul Gretchen Valade, chair- of the hall resonates professionals brought in from audiences for a handful of U.S. venues, in- has even registered Music Hall and its new, man of Dearborn-based New York. cluding the Strand Theatre in Pennsylvania, first-level Jazz Café on myspace.com. Carhartt Inc., and CEO more in St. Louis In October, Paul took a said Johann Zietsman, CEO of the Interna- WRCJ 90.9 FM has agreed to promote Mu- and owner of Harper group of the hall’s top donors tional Society for the Performing Arts Founda- Woods-based jazz record than it does in sic Hall through its national broadcasts, and to New York for a weekend tion in Rye, N.Y. label Mack Avenue Paul is trying to broker a deal with WTVS- getaway featuring a perfor- “It creates a sense of reputation; people Records, is funding the Southfield or Troy Channel 56 to do high-definition broadcasts mance of “A Chorus Line,” know that it’s a venue that can be taken seri- renovation of the stage- dinners and backstage tours. at Music Hall. ously and … where they can expect … high “The significance of the hall resonates level “star” dressing or Rochester. The trip had the side benefit standards, excellence and good entertain- more in St. Louis than it does in Southfield room, Paul said. Valade ” of helping Music Hall sup- Vincent Paul, president, ment.” or Troy or Rochester,” Paul said. “If I make last year saved the Detroit porters to see “how great the Music Hall Center for A new audience member is more likely to Music Hall famous nationally, (local people) International Jazz Festival Detroit hall is in terms of the Performing Arts try out a new place if they think it has a deep will understand that they actually live close by creating a $10 million acoustics, sight lines, dress- history and a proven track record, he said. to a national celebrity.” endowment to support it. ing room and stage quality, And new artists like to know they are build- The hall may not have celebrity status lo- Music Hall’s opulent first-floor lounge beauty and aesthetics,” in comparison to cally just yet, but Paul said this year he ex- with its restored ceiling and archways over New York theaters, he said. ing on something that came before them. pects to come close to doubling the 180,000 the bar was a dark, gloomy concessions area Since joining Music Hall, Paul also has “It feels very different to (wonder) who audience members it attracted in 2005-06. when Paul came on board. He and his staff launched an $11 million capital campaign to may have sat in that chair the last 50 years Commissioned by Matilda Dodge Wilson found old photos of musical legends who fund programming, education, additional or been on that stage over the last 100 in 1928, Music Hall has high-end acoustics, performed at the hall including Ray Charles renovations, future operations and a $2 mil- years,” Zietsman said. just over 1,700 seats — all with unobstructed and jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, and lion endowment. There’s a great sense of history and an views — and four lounge areas. hung them on the walls in the 110-seat Separately, he hopes to bring in about aura that a place like that has, he said. With the help of local volunteers, and cor- lounge, now called the Jazz Café. The lounge $250,000 in new revenue for the hall this “If you have time on your side, you should porate and private donors, the hall has com- features a full bar, a donated Steinway piano year through rentals of the stage for wed- use it.” pleted more than $200,000 worth of renova- and a new sound system. dings, the Jazz Café and the mezzanine Sherri Begin: (313) 446-1694, sbegin@crain. tions since summer for under $15,000. They It is open whether there’s a performance lounge. Combined with increased ticket com

WKRK: Simulcasting Tigers, Wings gives boost BANKRUPTCIES ■ From Page 3 The following business filed for Chapter 7 protec- observer of local radio. which has broadcast the NFL with a lot of additional exposure for If the franchise is strong, it can be tion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Murphy declined to say how team’s games since 2005. the station,” Murphy said. “Having quite lucrative,” he said. in Detroit Jan. 5-11. Chapter much the stations will pay for the Murphy hopes the simulcasts all three teams in one location, The risk for any radio station 7 involves total liquidation. rights to broadcast the games. The will stem the station’s overall rat- that’s an enviable position.” broadcasting pro sports play-by- P.R. Browne and Associates deals include all regular-season ings slide. Meanwhile, WXYT’s ratings held play is fan interest dwindling be- L.L.C., 2770 Park Ave., De- and playoff games, and some pre- “We certainly think we’re going steady at 1.9 over the previous two cause of losing seasons. troit, voluntary Chapter 7. season games, beginning next sea- to attract new listeners,” he said. quarters. The risk was secondary, howev- Assets: $2,800; liabilities: son. An effort is under way to get “The challenge is to translate that Murphy doesn’t expect a signifi- er, to the fear of WXYT’s all-sports $77,575. some of this season’s Red Wings into regular, everyday listeners.” cant revenue boost from the simul- format suffering from the loss of — Bowdeya Tweh games simulcast, as well. WKRK’s overall quarterly Arbi- casts for WKRK, whose primary the Tigers and Red Wings to a com- The 2001 deal that saw WXYT tron listenership rating dropped moneymaker for years has been the peting station. snatch the teams from longtime each quarter of 2006, from a 2.0 rat- afternoon “Deminski and Doyle” Murphy said the most recent Ar- home WJR 760 AM was estimated at ing at the start of the year to a 1.7 in talk show. bitron ratings have WKRK’s Lions the time to be worth about $50 mil- the latest survey. An Arbitron rat- “Putting that kind of program- VC applications sought broadcasts ranked No. 1 among lion to Ilitch Holdings. ing is the percentage of potential ming (games) on at night is going to The Michigan Growth Capi- men age 25-54 on Sundays, which is What the new deal will mean for listeners — whether listening to the have little or no impact on the fi- tal Symposium announced the demographic the station tar- WKRK remains unclear. radio or not — who are tuned into a nancial model of the radio station,” Tuesday that it has begun gets. “The thought is not to make it program or station at a given time. Murphy said. accepting applications for “We’re happy with the Lions, the more of a sports station,” he said. A share is the percentage of radio Warren Lada, senior vice presi- the 40 companies that will “We want to be an FM talk station.” listeners tuned in to a given station dent of Grosse Pointe Farms-based ratings and the audience they bring make presentations to The lone major Detroit profes- at a given time. broadcaster Saga Communications to the station,” he said. would-be venture-capital sional sports team not on WKRK is Murphy blamed the decline on a Inc., said pro sports teams can bol- WKRK’s overall revenue dropped and angel investors at the the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, whose variety of factors, including the ster a station’s bottom line. Saga from $8.2 million in 2004 to $8.1 mil- next symposium, May 15-16, games are broadcast by WDFN 1130 World Series and the fall election. does not own any stations in De- lion in 2005, the latest numbers at the Marriott Resort at Ea- AM, owned by Clear Channel Broad- He hopes the simulcasts can re- troit, but owns 57 FM and 29 AM available from Virginia-based BIA gle Crest in Ypsilanti. For casting Inc. verse some of that. stations throughout the country. Research Inc. further information or to ap- The Tigers and Red Wings now “Having the ability to put the two “It’s not like a syndicated talk Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, bshea@ ply, go to www.michigan join the Detroit Lions on WKRK, teams on at night just provided us show. It’s a franchise you can have. crain.com gcs.com. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 28,29 CDB 1/12/2007 6:40 PM Page 2

January 15, 2007 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 29 Wayne: Mulls launching business doctoral program www.crainsdetroit.com ■ From Page 3 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or Phoenix also offer doctoral degrees in business. to keep long-term faculty ahead of new hires be- ulty development and research at the Stephen [email protected] ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Christopher Crain, (313) WSU has been considering a doctoral pro- cause of the shortage. M. Ross School of Business at the University of 446-1645 or [email protected] gram for many years, but the critical mass of “I think we’re pretty competitive national- EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- Michigan. 0460 or [email protected] research-oriented faculty needed to launch ly,” Barrett said. “It’s not only a new challenge and a new way DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Michael Lee, (313) wasn’t there before, Barrett The national shortage of 446-0416 or [email protected] of teaching, it’s a way to spur new ways of ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR/FOCUS Michelle said. business school faculty has thinking,” she said. “That’s attractive to new Martinez, (313) 446-1622 or “I think the business school driven the average starting [email protected] faculty members.” is more ready for the doctoral salary for holders of Ph.D.s in BUSINESS LIVES EDITOR Shawn Selby, (313) Professors The Ross School has offered its doctorate in 446-1654 or [email protected] program than they were a “ business to $100,400 from GRAPHICS EDITOR Nancy Clark, (313) 446-1608 decade ago,” she said. “They wishing to conduct $77,200 in 2000, according to business with eight areas of specialization or [email protected] since the early 1930s, Sutcliffe said. COPY EDITOR Vic Doucette, (313) 446-0410 have hired faculty over the the AACSB. or [email protected] past 10 years that are more re- research need WSU’s new program will be Demand has been high for the program. Last DATA EDITOR Anne Marks, (313) 446-0418 or year, UM received 523 applications for 20 to 25 [email protected] search-oriented.” expensive, given that WSU WEB EDITORS Dan Eizans, (313) 446-0473 or The new program will focus graduate assistants plans to admit only five stu- open spots, she said. [email protected]; Roxanne Rives, (313) 446- 6078 or [email protected] initially on three areas: financ- dents into it each year, Barrett Launching a doctoral program in business is WEB DESIGNER/PRODUCER Ai-Ting Huang, ing, marketing and manage- to do so; you don’t said. The university expects to hard work, Sutcliffe said. Schools not only have (313) 446-0403, [email protected] ment, she said. It will include spend about $300,000 a year by EDITORIAL SUPPORT Anita Duncan, (313) get (them) without to train students, helping them with papers, 446-0329; Joanne Scharich, (313) 446-0419 60 hours of course work and 30 the third year of the program, dissertations and conference presentations, but NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 hours of dissertation work. a doctoral primarily to fund stipends of they also must help them find good jobs. WSU will tap professors in about $30,000 each for 10-12 The challenge for WSU’s business school will REPORTERS the business, economics and program. doctoral students who will as- be placing its doctoral students in major acade- Robert Ankeny: Covers the city of Detroit, Wayne psychology departments to sist in teaching undergradu- County government, and law. (313) 446-0404 or ” mic institutions, she said, because that will in- [email protected]. teach the courses. ate classes. Nancy Barrett, fluence the number of students and top faculty Sherri Begin: Covers nonprofits and education. “There might be a small “We think it’s worth (the in- (313) 446-1694 or [email protected] Wayne State University who come to WSU to participate in the pro- Andrew Dietderich: Covers health care, stipend for the director of the vestment) in terms of the uni- transportation, international business and doctoral program, but other versity’s ability to bring in top gram. biotech. (313) 446-0315 or Given that it will take four to five years to [email protected]. than that, the university is not planning pay faculty into the business school,” Barrett said. Sheena Harrison: Covers small business, retail graduate the first class of doctoral students and nonautomotive manufacturing. (313) 446- upgrades related to the program,” Barrett said. “Professors wishing to conduct research need 0325 or [email protected]. For the past 5-10 years, new business faculty graduate assistants to do so; you don’t get from the business school, “it’s going to take a Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance and little while to see the fruits of their efforts,” Sut- technology. (313) 446-0337 or recruited by WSU have commanded high (them) without a doctoral program.” [email protected]. salaries, Barrett said. She could not say what New faculty members also are drawn by the cliffe said. Bill Shea: Covers media, advertising and marketing, and Livingston and Washtenaw the average starting salary is for new business creative process a doctoral program implies, Sherri Begin: (313) 446-1694, sbegin@crain. counties. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] professors at WSU, but said it has been difficult said Kathleen Sutcliffe, associate dean for fac- com Jennette Smith: Covers real estate and hospitality. (313) 446-0414 or [email protected]. Brent Snavely: Covers auto suppliers, steel and restaurants and entertainment. (313) 446-0405 or [email protected]. LANSING BUREAU Amy Lane: Covers business issues at the Capitol, Edag: New facility able Ballast: telecommunications and utilities. (517) 371- Relaxed rules 5355, FAX (517) 371-2492, [email protected]. or 115 W. Allegan, Suite 220, Lansing 48933. ADVERTISING

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Marla Downs, (313) to handle manufacturing would allow dumping 446-6032 or [email protected] SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) ■ From Page 3 ■ From Page 1 393-0997 NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Cathy Edag also has several aftermar- design and management services ship owners, manufacturers, regional or national approach to Ross, (313) 446-0307, [email protected] ket products that it was displaying ports and others in the eight- ADVERTISING SALES Jeff Anderson, Terri in the automotive industry is re- the problem. Engstrom, Matthew J. Langan, Shawn McCracken, last week at the North American In- maining steady, but competitive state Great Lakes region, said as The MMA, the Detroit Regional Tamara Rokowski, Dale Smolinski ternational Auto Show. They include many as 12 ships could be affect- WESTERN ACCOUNTS Ellen Mazen (Los Angeles) pressure is causing some compa- Chamber, Jamian’s group and (323) 370-2477 a removable hard-top cover for the ed. nies to retrench. others have been seeking a delay CLASSIFIED MANAGER Melissa McKay, (313) Saturn Sky and the Pontiac Sol- Even at small numbers, the in the permit requirement. The 446-1692 Massab said companies with a CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Christina stice convertibles. ships are important to Michigan Detroit chamber has asked Gov. Jaranowski, (313) 446-1655 diversified mix of customers are Amelung said the Auburn Hills steelmakers, cement companies Jennifer Granholm for a meeting MARKETING DIRECTOR Michelle Minor best positioned to survive, while MARKETING ASSISTANT Jennifer Dunn building is perfect because it has and auto manufacturers, said to bring together all interests and shop-floor space that can support companies that depend on a single MARKETING ARTIST Sylvia Kolaski Mike Johnston, director of regu- air concerns. SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, Andrea the weight of automotive produc- Beckham, YahNica Crawford customer or program are strug- latory affairs with the Michigan “We need to have this issue re- tion lines. Manufacturers CIRCULATION Candice Yopp, Manager. gling. solved sometime in the next PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz That was important, Amelung Association. “We have an engineering busi- three weeks, four weeks. Because PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Larry Williams, said, because Edag could previous- Such compa- (313) 446-0301 ness that has been around for 30 cargoes are being put together ly only design production lines. nies use the SUBSCRIPTIONS (313) 446-0450, years, and that engineering busi- now, and the longer it stays out (888) 909-9111 Edag had 70,000 square feet in ports not only TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: ness is all around the product life there, the more detrimental it be- (313) 446-0367 or e-mail the Crain Information Madison Heights, but only had to import raw comes to our economy,” Jamian Center at [email protected]. about 3,000 square feet for the con- cycle,” Massab said. “We are still materials, but said. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY struction of assembly lines. growing.” also to export CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Cargo companies have had CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain With the move complete, Roush, which employs about products. since 2005 to prepare for the im- PRESIDENT Rance Crain Amelung said Edag is positioned 2,400 and also has an automotive If ships dock SECRETARY Merrilee Crain pact of the new rules. to increase revenue by $3 million racing and aftermarket division, at non-Michi- TREASURER Mary Kay Crain to $56 million this year and pre- Johnston Jamian said the technologies Executive Vice President/Operations had 2005 sales of about $445 mil- gan ports, that William A. Morrow dicts that the company will contin- identified by the DEQ for treat- lion. would increase companies’ Group Vice President/Technology, ue to grow. ing ballast water have not been Manufacturing, Circulation transportation costs and time Robert C. Adams Amelung also said Edag recent- MSX International, also a frames while achieving no gain accepted by international ship- Vice President/Production & Manufacturing ly landed a production line design provider of engineering program Dave Kamis in overall water protection, ping organizations that establish contract with General Motors Corp. management and development of Corporate Director/Circulation Johnston said. credentials needed for vessels to Patrick Sheposh “So we will be able to use that vehicle prototypes, has been re- The DEQ is considering a com- obtain insurance, and they may G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) additional space efficiently,” by Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) structuring its business units and promise that would postpone conflict with a universal stan- using it right away, Amelung said. EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: establishing new lines of service mandating the installation of dard being developed by the U.S. 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; (313) Amelung declined to discuss the over the past several years. Coast Guard. 446-6000 details of the contract, except to treatment systems for the 2007 Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET Jamian said testing on several Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out say that Edag is designing a manu- Gwen Carlson, an independent shipping season. But companies technologies should conclude of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. facturing system for GM to weld public-relations consultant for with ships that discharge ballast Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state this summer, paving the way for rate for surface mail. sheet metal. MSX, said MSX had fewer than 100 water would enter into a consent Reprints: For inquiries call the reprints department Globally, Edag has annual sales employees in Auburn Hills and order that would require them to the Coast Guard’s national stan- at: (800) 494-9051, Ext. 144 , or at dard. [email protected] of about $675 million and about most of those employees were take sample discharges and re- “And we’re optimistic that by CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 is 4,000 employees. moved to other MSX locations last porting findings to the DEQ. published weekly by Crain Communications Inc. at Ken DeBeaussaert, director of January 2008, we’ll be ready to 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. GM is Edag’s largest U.S. client. year. MSX still provides engineer- Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and Other U.S. clients include Daimler- the DEQ’s Office of the Great go. And then what you have is a additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send ing program management and ve- address changes to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, Chrysler AG and Delphi Corp. Lakes, said the reporting would law, and a technology, that actu- Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, hicle prototyping services from MI 48207-9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in Dean Massab, vice president of give the state information it ally work to solve the problem,” U.S.A. other locations. could use to help forge, with oth- he said. Entire contents copyright 2007 by Crain sales and marketing for Livonia- Communications Inc. All rights reserved. based Roush Enterprises Inc., said Brent Snavely: (313) 446-0405, er states and help from Michi- Amy Lane: (517) 371-5355, alane Reproduction or use of editorial content in any that the demand for engineering [email protected] gan’s congressional delegation, a @crain.com manner without permission is strictly prohibited. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 01-15-07 A 30 CDB 1/12/2007 6:58 PM Page 1

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a bigger piece of Delphi Corp. emerge from bankruptcy in with Disabilities Act, the In November Delphi Ford to spend the second quarter, accord- Detroit News reported. Stem cell news asked W.Y. Campbell to ing to their joint Chapter 11 Ⅲ Three candidates for find a buyer just for a Day- plan of reorganization filed the Feb. 27 Dearborn spe- ton, Ohio plant that is part $866M with the U.S. Bankruptcy cial election to pick a suc- of its powertrain and en- Court in New York Friday. cessor to longtime Mayor gine mount division. Michael Guido have with- gives Aastrom But the firm has now expanding SE Clothier Ilene Moses’ drawn, strengthening the been hired to try to sell the position of Mayor Pro Tem entire division. Troy-based fraud trial starts John (Jack) O’Reilly Jr. in the Delphi said Thursday that winner-take-all race. Michigan plants One-time Detroit area the division is the largest They are: Maureen Keane- clothier and fashion maven short boost supplier of mount systems Doran, wife of retired Ford ord Motor Co. on Tues- Ilene Moses is on trial in in North America, and the Motor Land Development day said it would U.S. District Court in Detroit hares of Ann Arbor- city, like public library second-largest globally, F spend $866 million on Corp. chief Wayne Doran; on charges of defrauding with estimated 2006 rev- City Councilman Thomas based Aastrom Bio- branches and neighborhood six Southeast Michigan banks of some $26 million. S sciences Inc. ran up city halls.” enue of $160 million and 700 plants, the first part of an Tafelski; and Abed Hammoud, Moses, 70, was president employees. an assistant Wayne County last week when news broke The forms no longer be- investment it announced and CEO of Detroit-based The division includes prosecutor. that the U.S. House of Repre- ing mailed are: D-1065-part- last summer. SMS Inc., a clothing manu- five manufacturing and as- Ⅲ U.S. Attorney Stephen sentatives was debating nership; D-1120-corporate; Ford said the invest- facturer that filed for Chap- whether to approve embry- D-1040 (R)-resident; D-1040 sembly plants that are lo- ments in flexible manufac- Murphy said Thursday that ter 11 in May 1990. SMS his office has closed a onic stem cell research. (NR)-nonresident and D- cated in Dayton, Ohio; turing and advanced pow- made coats and suits under There’s just one problem: 1040 (L)-part-year resident. Ponte de Sôr, Portugal; Noi- ertrain production will three-year-plus investiga- several brand names. tion into possible federal Aastrom doesn’t do embry- These can be downloaded da, India; Oshawa, Ontario; help it expand its small-car Moses was charged with onic stem cell research. from www.detroitmi.gov, or and Chihuahua, Mexico. lineup, produce more fuel- law violations by Wayne defrauding Michigan Nation- County government offi- Aastrom (Nasdaq: ASTM) picked up at room 512, Cole- Delphi filed for Chapter efficient transmissions and al Bank and Swiss Cantobank is a research and develop- man Young Municipal Cen- 11 bankruptcy in October, bolster its worldwide truck cials and workers. International of about $26 Ed McNamara ment company that is devel- ter, between 8 a.m. and 4 2005 and is hoping to exit leadership. , the former million between 1983 and Wayne County executive oping ways to repair bone p.m. Monday through Fri- bankruptcy by midyear. Ford is spending: 1988 by using shell compa- who died in February, was breaks and fractures using day. Last year W.Y. Campbell Ⅲ $320 million at its Van nies and phony paperwork not charged with a crime. adult stem cells. helped Rochester Hills- Dyke transmission plant in to dupe auditors and McNamara’s widow, Lu- Even so, the company once based Dura Automotive Sys- Sterling Heights to install a No pillow talk, either bankers. cille, said she thought the again cashed in on the em- tems Inc. find a buyer for its machining line to assemble Moses was indicted by a investigation should have bryonic hype, attracting in- When lawyers from De- Kohler division and is help- a front-wheel drive trans- federal grand jury in De- ended a year earlier and vestors as shares increased troit-based Clark Hill plc sub- ing that company market mission for the Escape; troit in 1996 and again in that the investigation was a from $1.45 at end of Jan. 5 to a mit fee application matters another German division. Ⅲ $208 million at its 2002 in separate but similar to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Dearborn truck plant to in- waste of tax dollars, the De- high of $1.58 on Jan. 8. cases. troit Free Press reported. However, shares dropped for the Eastern District of Kilpatrick: Change stall tooling and equipment Ⅲ Michigan, Judge Marci McIvor to build the 2009 Ford F-150. Paris-based auto sup- about 8 percent and as low N THE MOVE plier Valeo SA said Thurs- can’t rule on them, a Jan. 12 arbitration law Ford also plans to convert O as $1.35 Friday. day that it is interested in notice from the court says. its glass plant at the Rouge Ⅲ Larry Nichols to presi- Bloomberg News cited an Michigan’s Public Act buying more properties in McIvor’s husband, attor- complex into a training dent, Oakland Commerce analyst who said the drop 312, mandating arbitration North America, including ney Daniel Bretz, joined center for the launch; Bank, Farmington Hills, was due to investors realiz- for police and fire union parts of Visteon and Delphi Clark Hill effective Jan. 1 as Ⅲ $130 million at its from senior vice president ing that not every company contracts, needs overhaul- Corp., Automotive News re- part of that firm’s merger Wayne stamping and as- and manager of business working with stem cells ing, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ported. with Brady Hathaway Brady & banking for the eastern uses the embryonic form. said Friday at the Detroit sembly plant for tooling Ⅲ The Detroit Medical Cen- Bretz P.C., formerly a man- Michigan region, Hunting- Economic Club’s pre-auto and equipment to build the ter is considering plans to agement-side labor and em- ton Bank, Troy. Nichols re- show luncheon. 2008 Ford Focus; create a heart hospital on City won’t mail tax forms ployment firm. places Rob Naudi, who left Kilpatrick called the 1967 Ⅲ $88 million at its Livo- its Midtown Detroit On issues not involving in September to Don’t watch your mail- law “badly outdated” and nia transmission plant to campus, consolidating fees, where Clark Hill pursue other box for 2006 tax return “cumber- install tooling to increase programs into a single lawyers represent parties opportunities. forms from the city of De- some.” its production of a rear- location, the Detroit in bankruptcy cases, Ⅲ Stephanie troit, Detroit CFO Roger He said wheel drive transmission Free Press reported. McIvor is to “determine Bergeron to Short said. he would for the 2009 F-150; Duggan proposed the whether recusal is neces- president, The city won’t be mailing call on Ⅲ $89 million at its hospital to the DMC Fi- sary according to applica- Walsh College them to save an estimated the gover- Woodhaven stamping plant , ble law,” the notice says. nance Committee last $100,000 a year in printing nor, state for new dies and equipment Troy, from in- Clark Hill has to notify all fall. and postage, he said. lawmak- to stamp parts for the 2009 terim presi- parties involved in any “As tax filing technology ers, coun- F-150; and dent. She re- bankruptcy case where BITUARIES has advanced over the last ty offi- Ⅲ $31 million at its Dear- places Keith O they appear before McIvor. Bergeron several years, fewer people cials and born stamping plant for Pretty, who left Ⅲ Duane Block, for- Kilpatrick to become president of have continued to utilize fellow new dies and equipment to mer medical director for Northwood University in printed paper forms,” Short Delphi wants W.Y. mayors to “begin to discuss stamp doors and hoods for Ford Motor Co., and former Midland. said. “We felt it’d be more Campbell to sell more of it much-needed changes to the 2009 F-150. interim president and CEO cost-effective to provide a this antiquated law that of the Rehabilitation Institute, printable version of the Detroit-based investment hinders … public safety, NWA loses China route, BRIEFLY died of complications of form on our Web site and at banking firm W.Y. Campbell certainty in budgeting and Ⅲ Troy-based Acument Alzheimer’s disease Jan. 3. select locations across the & Co. has been hired to sell regional … partnerships. discusses merger He was 80. Global Technologies Inc., Ⅲ Northwest Airlines Corp. is which makes fastening sys- John Glover, former in talks to potentially tems, said it has sold Cherry chief of surgical services at merge with Delta Air Lines, Aerospace L.L.C., a supplier Beaumont Hospital in Royal the Wall Street Journal re- of fasteners to the aviation Oak, died of complications Beat the rush, nominate now! ported Wednesday. industry, to Portland, Ore.- from heart surgery Jan. 4. In December, the airline based Precision Castparts He was 72. Have you ever had someone you Also, look forward to seeing said it hired Evercore Part- Corp. for $300 million. Ⅲ Paul Pagano, who had were dying to nominate for Crain’s Crain’s Detroit Business’ first foray ners Inc. to help it consider Ⅲ The University of Michi- owned United Cable fran- 40 Under 40? 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