July 2017 MiMfg
MiMfg
Magazine
In Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
Contents
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July 2017 • Vol. XXX • Print Issue No. 4
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8 Key Conversations
Governor Rick Snyder
18
Member Spotlight
Güdel Inc.
24
MFG at Work
Dow Chemical Company,
Gentex, Spartan Motors,
Governor’s European Mission,
State Jobless Rate
Cover Story: Get engaged in the policymaking
process and learn how to influence the leaders
whose decisions impact your business.
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Upcoming Events
Features This Month
6 PRIME® Initiative in West Michigan
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7 MFG Excellence Awards
10
What You Need to Know
to Sell Your Business
By: Eric Larson,
Beene Garter LLP
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Drive MMA’s Agenda
Editorial Staff
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17
Be an MMA Strategic Partner
By Brianna Mills, MMA
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22
Grassroots Lobbying Dos and Don’ts
Mobility Technology and
Supplier Strategies
By Daron Gifford, Plante Moran
10
New R&D Tax Credit Opportunities
By Mike C. Powell and David W.
Swatosh, Rehmann
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Good Jobs for Michigan
Is Your Building is Limiting
Your Productivity
By David Shull, Progressive AE
Chuck Hadden
Publisher Elyse Kopietz
Copy Editor
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout Brett Gerrish
Copy Writer
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MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXX Print Issue No. 4,
July 2017 (ISSN 1936-8860), (USPS 024-973)
published bi-monthly for $18 per year by the MMA
Service Corporation (MMASC), 620 S. Capitol Ave.,
Lansing MI 48933-2308. Periodicals postage paid at
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Magazine, P.O. Box 14247, Lansing, MI 48901-4247.
Unless otherwise noted, photos by Marvin Hall
Photography, Big Stock Photo and MMA Staff.
Cover: Attendees of MMA Lobby Day
observe the Michigan House floor at the
State Capitol.
Above: Lt. Governor Brian Calley presents to
attendees of the 2016 MMA Lobby Day.