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*Note: this list includes joint-ventures based in Michigan, subsidiaries of Michigan-based companies also located in Michigan, and companies based in Michigan currently owned or controlled by private equity, venture capital, or other similar entities. Below is a separate list of outside companies with a significant presence in Michigan.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners (Indianapolis) Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (Michigan City) CNO Financial Group ; Cummins ; DirectBuy (Merrillville) Do It Best ; Elevance Health (Indianapolis) Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis) Elwood Staffing ; Emmis Corporation (Indianapolis) Finish Line, Inc. (Indianapolis)
The MGT product is a genetically-modified yeast which produces enzymes and improves ethanol production in the corn-based fuel ethanol production process. At that time the company announced that it had entered into a multi-year exclusive partnership with Lallemand Specialties, Inc. to manufacture and distribute the MGT product in North America.
Kar's Nuts, originally located in Detroit, was incorporated in 1939 from a business that had been distributing nut and snack items throughout Michigan since 1933. [1] After World War II, the company moved to Ferndale, Michigan and soon began distributing their products nationwide. In 2004, the company moved back to Madison Heights.
Dean Foods was founded by Samuel E. Dean Sr., who owned an evaporated milk processing facility in Franklin Park, Illinois, in the 1920s. [8] After purchasing other Illinois dairy plants Dean developed the enterprise "from a small regional dairy into a diversified food company".
Its first plant was built in Imlay City, Michigan. The business rapidly expanded in the post-war years, corresponding with growth in per capita pickle consumption. [4] A child-bearing stork was introduced as a mascot in 1974, merging the stork baby mythology with the notion that pregnant women have an above average appetite for pickles. Vlasic ...
Livestock in the state included 78,000 sheep, a million cattle, a million hogs, and more than three million chickens. Livestock products accounted for 38% of the value of agricultural products while crops accounted for the majority. Michigan is the leading U.S. producer of tart cherries, blueberries, pickling cucumbers, navy beans and petunias.
At the time of acquisition, the chain had 44 locations (23 corporate and 21 franchisee owned), in three states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. [10] In 2004, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was then sold to STEN Corporation, which also owns the Burger Time chain. [11] Burger Time was sold to BTND, LLC, [12] which owns the Hot ...