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CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS
BUSINESS DIARY CONTRACTS Harrington
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Grosse Pointe Woods, designed and developed custom digitally animated holiday greetings for Dechert LLP, Philadelphia; Littler Mendelson PC, Detroit; Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, Chicago, with an office in Southfield; Cambridge Consulting Group, Troy; Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Chicago; and Grant McCarthy Group LLC, White Plains, N.Y. Website: hcommunications.biz. Human Capital LLC, Rochester Hills, a provider of payroll processing, em-
ployee benefits, human resources and workers’ compensation insurance, announced that Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC, Troy, will provide legal counsel to Human Capital’s clients. Websites: human-capital.com, gmhlaw.com. Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, will work with Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, to identify and validate new energy storage technologies within the vehicle system to improve fuel efficiency. Websites are johnsoncontrols.com, ltu.edu.
The Cueny Corp. , Auburn Hills, was contracted to market in North America for Diegel Creative Coatings , a division of Ernst Diegel GmbH , Alsfed, Germany, producer of automotive paints and coatings for the plastics and glass industries. (248) 373-9600. Websites: cuenycorp.com, diegel.de.
NAME CHANGES ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, announced that products and services from its Seattle-based technologies business unit will carry the ProQuest brand as
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the name Serials Solutions is retired. Website: proquest.com. FEV Inc., Auburn Hills, the U.S. division of FEV GmbH (FEV Group), Aachen, Germany, changed its name to FEV North America Inc. Website: fev.com.
sional movies, gaming and streamed television shows. Website: avegant.com. LifeSecure Insurance Co., Brighton, launched LTC II with Shareability Option, an updated version of its original long-term care insurance product. Website: yourlifesecure.com.
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Avegant, Ann Arbor, and Mountain View, Calif., released the consumer concept of a virtual retinal display called Glyph, which uses a low-powered LED, custom optics and micromirrors to produce three-dimen-
Law Offices of Joumana Kayrouz PLLC, Southfield, is expanding around the country and has a new website, yourrights.com, replacing joumanakayrouz.com.
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Brenda Meller to assistant vice president, marketing, Walsh College, Troy, from director of marketing. Also, Andrea Richards to assistant director, annual giving and stewardship, from manager, special events and donor relations.
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Schechter Wealth is expanding its investment advisory services and we’re happy to welcome Bernie Kent and John Stein to lead our team. Nationally renowned ďŹ nancial planner Bernie Kent spent 32 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was the Midwest regional partner in charge of the personal ďŹ nancial services group. John Stein has over 17 years of investment advisory experience including as the director of PwC’s Detroit investment advisory practice.
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Johnson
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Angela Johnson to vice present of account management, Channel Net, Dearborn, from senior director of account management and client services, Acxiom Corp., Southfield. Sara Faircloth to sales manager, National Door Systems LLC, Pontiac, from corporate sales manager, Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island. Christopher Nevens to ambassador and director, new business development, Safety King Inc., Utica, from field service supervisor.
SUPPLIERS Bill Foy to senior vice president, sales and marketing, Denso International America Inc., Southfield, from vice president, sales and marketing.