April 2017
MiMfg
Magazine
In Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
Contents
MiMfg Magazine
April 2017 • Vol. XXX • Online Issue No. 2
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6 Key Conversation
Lisa Gage, General Motors
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Member Spotlight
DENSO Manufacturing
Michigan Inc.
24
MFG at Work
Ford, Steelcase, Shinola
Cover Story: Get insights from
Michigan manufacturers that can
help your business thrive.
27
Upcoming Events
Features This Month
7 Get UI System Reforms
8 Growth
Capital for Michigan
Manufacturers
By Brooks Crankshaw,
Highland Ridge Capital
17
MMA Testifies in Support of
Flexibility to Enhance Career
Tech Education
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26
NASA Joins MMA’s Partner
in Talent Solution
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http://mag.mimfg.org.
Editorial Staff
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19
Finding Talent for
Manufacturing Jobs
By Brian Town, Michigan Creative
20 Win
the War for Talent
No Matter Your Size
By Lorraine Medici, Express
Employment Professionals
21
Green Stormwater
Learn What Green Infrastructure
Has to Offer Your Company
3
Chuck Hadden
Publisher Elyse Kopietz
Copy Editor
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout Brett Gerrish
Copy Writer
Michigan Manufacturers Association
and MMA Service Corporation
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MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXX Online Issue No. 2,
April 2017 (ISSN 1936-8860) published online
by the MMA Service Corporation (MMASC),
620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing MI 48933-2308.
Unless otherwise noted, photos by Marvin Hall
Photography, Big Stock Photo and MMA Staff.
On the Cover: Spartan Motors’ Darryl
Adams (front cover), NuStep’s Dick Sarns
(above) and five other manufacturing leaders
share their advice for manufacturers of all
sizes beginning on page 10.