December 2017
MiMfg
Magazine
In Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
8 Key Conversation
Contents
MiMfg Magazine
December 2017 • Vol. XXX • Online Issue No. 6
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State Superintendent
Brian Whiston
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Member Spotlight
Adient
MFG at Work
Spartan Motors, Mahindra
Automotive North America,
Michigan Career Pathways
Alliance, Govenor’s Education
& Talent Summit
Cover Story: Michigan has made great strides
to return to a Top 10 state. Read about the
journey and the trends that got us back in black.
23
Upcoming Events
Features This Month
6 Perfluorinated
Compounds
and Your Business
Read the MiMfg Magazine digital edition:
http://mag.mimfg.org.
Editorial Staff
By Todd Fracassi, Pepper
Hamilton LLP, and James
Colmer, BB&E Inc.
9 Five
Ingredients for
Customer Satisfaction
By Tricia Onesian, Michigan
Manufacturing Technology Center
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Advocate for Food Manufacturing
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18
Employee Poaching
By Steven J. Cernak,
Schiff Hardin LLP
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Manufacturing and Michigan’s
Long-Term Growth
By Jeff Mason, Michigan
Economic Development
Corporation
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Chuck Hadden
Publisher Elyse Kopietz
Copy Editor
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout Brett Gerrish
Copy Writer
Michigan Manufacturers Association
and MMA Service Corporation
620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48933
Phone: 517-372-5900
Fax: 517-372-3322
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.mimfg.org
MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXX Online Issue No. 6,
December 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.
Cover and Above: Governor Rick Snyder
mingled with members, like Cascade
Engineering and Dow Chemical , as we
celebrated the best of industry at the 2016
MFG Excellence Awards in November.