Development and Training Resources

Any CEO will tell you that a company’s strength rests squarely on the shoulders of its employees. In West Michigan, an extensive network of business development and training resources awaits you. In this highly collaborative region, companies will find the workforce, education, research and funding support they need to discover, commercialize and grow.

“The gains we were realizing using the tools we were using had reached a plateau, so we needed a new, more formal approach. We also did not have the in-house expertise to implement those changes ourselves. (The Right Place/MMTC-West) had the tools and the resources we needed to get us to the next level.”
~Micron Manufacturing Plant Manager Dan Vermeesch

Collaborative Partnerships

R&D tech centers from global corporations and the state’s research universities helped rank Michigan 2nd nationally in total R&D spending, and the state ranks 4th for small tech growth, according to Small Times magazine. In Greater Grand Rapids, synergy between our world-class research and manufacturing sectors has created exciting new business growth. These are just a handful of the resources you will find in West Michigan:

• InnovationWorks
• Next Energy
• Western Michigan University Alternative and Renewable Energy Laboratories
• Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center
• Van Andel Institute
• West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative
• Center for Molecular Medicine
• Core Technology Alliance