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Gain the Advantage in West MichiganConveniently located between Chicago and Detroit on Michigan’s western shoreline, West Michigan is a center for manufacturing excellence, life science discovery, and technological innovation. Just one look at the numbers and you’ll see why this is where companies thrive:
- Nearly 700,000 highly skilled workers live in West Michigan, one-third of whom have a college degree
- More than 75,000 students are enrolled at 24 local colleges and universities
- Michigan’s second-largest airport with 120 daily, non-stop flights to 25 major markets is right here
- We're less than 8 hours from major Midwest, East Coast, and Canadian markets
- An extensive supply chain of more than 108,000 companies choose to do business in West Michigan
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West Michigan is a center of innovation and discovery. With one of the highest concentrations of life sciences development in the country, alternative energy technology development, and advanced manufacturing, we have attracted industry’s best and brightest for decades.
More than 70 international companies, as well as the global headquarters for such companies as Amway, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, and BISSELL are located here. We owe our economic vitality to these companies and their extraordinary ability to integrate and commercialize new materials and technologies. Here you’ll find:
- Companies whose collective median revenue is the highest of any metro area according to Inc. magazine’s “5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies”
- Industry leaders in industrial and workplace design, electrochromics/automotive mirrors, precision metal forming, color recognition technology, engineered plastics, and medical devices
- A growing sustainable business cluster that includes leading corporations like Herman Miller, Haworth, Cascade Engineering, and Steelcase as well as research and technology centers and municipal leaders recognized nationally for adopting sustainable practices
- One of the country’s largest life science developments with more than $1 billion in recent investment. The region is also the country’s 7th largest biopharmaceuticals cluster as well as one of its largest medical device and laboratory equipment centers. Our extensive research infrastructure is anchored by the internationally renowned Van Andel Institute and includes nationally ranked hospitals, a Good Manufacturing Practices lab, a center for Molecular Medicine, and a thriving university research network.
These are just a few reasons West Michigan is at the top of the list for so many firms, but the region’s greatest strength is its people. Professionals from around the globe thrive here and it shows. With a median age of 35 and one-third of our population with college degrees, West Michigan offers a technically adept, young workforce for any employer.
To learn more about our location advantages, contact us or talk to our Business Development team.
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