Construction: General Contractors
a.j. Veneklasen, Inc. is a full-service general contractor and builder headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Today, the family-owned construction company manages projects throughout Michigan and in several surrounding states. They've traveled as far as California to serve their clients.
Government Townships
Nestled near the convergence of the Grand and Thornapple Rivers several miles east of Grand Rapids lies Ada Township. Here, natural scenic beauty mingles with progressive business, excellent medical, educational and cultural facilities to create an ideal place to live, work and play. Ada's scenic beauty includes gently rolling woodland terrain, meandering rivers, lush meadows, several working farmlands, and a historic Village.
Manufacturing
ADAC is a supplier of engineered products to the world automotive industry. Their mission is to continually create customer satisfaction, enabling their business to prosper, thereby providing jobs for their employees and a reasonable return for their shareholders. ADAC is a member of VAST (Vehicle Access Systems Technology), a partnership which operates in the global automotive marketplace to provide products and services to strategic customers. ADAC’s services include Product Design, Product Validation, Product Data Exchange, Structural Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Modal Analysis.
Risk Management / Insurance
With over 125 years combined experience, the Advantage family has built an impressive and extensive client group. Our leadership will help you construct a long term strategic plan with maximum value to both employee and employer by benchmarking your plans, leveraging the market, incorporating consumerism, providing employees real and valuable choices, and managing health and retirement risks. The result is a successful benefits plan that helps our clients meet their financial goals and recruit and retain top talent.
Government Townships
Algoma Township is located in northeast Kent County, approximately six miles north of the City of Grand Rapids. The Township is about 36 square miles in geographical size. Algoma Township is known for its rolling terrain in which courses the Rogue River and several of its tributaries. The 131 Expressway travels through the center of the township, as does the White Pine Trail State Park.
Construction: Mechanical Contractors
Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. is a company of many services. Major departments within their company include heating and cooling, piping, and sheet metal. Their piping experience includes heating, chilled water, steam, process, boiler, sanitary and specialty chemical systems in most of the major industries, institutions and municipalities. A variety of customers choose AMS for the design, fabrication, and installation of HVAC and custom sheet metal products. Allied Mechanical Services list of customers includes Pfizer, Ross Laboratories, Western Michigan University, Albion College and Andrews University.
Government Townships
Alpine Township is located northwest of metropolitan Grand Rapids, Michigan, and encompasses 36 square miles of which about 75% remains prime farm land. Alpine Township's mixture of soils, climate, and terrain make it especially suitable for apple production, among other crops and dairy products. The Township is known as the beginning of "The Ridge" - an area of farmland extending northwest through Ottawa and Kent Counties, east to Belding. "The Ridge" produces 40% of Michigan's apples. Kent County, of which Alpine Township is a part, has the greatest number of apple trees in Michigan.
Manufacturing
Since it began in 1948 Alro Steel Corp. has been a supplier of metals, industrial supplies, and plastic. Some of their services include various methods of metal cutting, customer in-plant training, gage calibration, plastic welding, and waterjet cutting. Their mission is to ensure the long term success of Alro and its people by exceeding their customers’ expectations. By offering their customers convenient online purchasing options and high quality customer service, Alro Steel Corp continues to grow.
Manufacturing
Alternative Engineering has been creating innovative designs and manufacturing custom material handling and automation equipment since it was founded by the owner D. Robert Rodriguez in 1994. The company’s strength is creating cost-saving “alternative” design solutions based on the customer’s general requirements and starting with a fresh approach to the problem. By servicing many markets: automotive, robotics, manufacturing, pressrooms, foundries, food processing and warehousing/distribution; Alternative engineering uses technology developed from one field and has the ability to apply to another.
Manufacturing
American Seating makes seats for sports stadiums, performance halls, educational environments, office interiors and public transportation. Their first product in 1886 was the combined student desk and chair unit, which set American Seating’s history of innovation in motion. Today they serve many major markets such as education, entertainment, sports, transportation, and office spaces. Their latest endeavor is a sustainability product profile. American Seating has compiled all the data on each product to measure its recycled content and recyclability, as well as the contribution it makes towards LEED point acquisition.
Construction: Associations
ASAM is dedicated to helping subcontractors, suppliers and service providers become more successful through information, education, networking and legislative support. ASAM builds relationships with elected officials and government agencies to offer members a voice at the local, state and national levels. Working together, they solve problems, leverage their influence and provide greater visibility, credibility and prestige for their diverse trades. Monthly ASAM meetings empower their clients companies with information about current developments, issues and practices. ASAM is an active, business-oriented organization, with membership that reflects subcontractors of the highest quality.
Energy
AMRA Energy is a privately owned company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their primary goal is to help Michigan companies to compete more effectively in the market place by reducing their energy expenditures to allow more revenue for future growth. All of AMRA’s sales professionals are screened based on a stringent set of requirements. By partnering with companies in various fields of energy expertise, they have researched and strategized various options to provide customers with the most effective current and future solutions.