Business Detroit articles from December 1990

Business Detroit archives from December 1990

Unlikely invention builds a business. (Reid Manufacturing) (Frontrunners)
December 1, 1990... Make a better widget, mousetrap, anything -- and the world will beat a path to your door, business folklore says. In the case of the late Harry Cothery, the celebrated item was a better tool to remove windshields. "What really got us...

Business answers some taxing questions. (Spotlight)
December 1, 1990... Michigan business leaders say they are willing to help rescue the federal deficit -- under certain conditions -- by raising corporate taxes. But at the same time, they are not willing to make the same gesture toward the Michigan state...

Back from bankruptcy. (Van Horn's)
December 1, 1990... Late in 1988, Van Horn's began one of the most highly publicized bankruptcies in Detroit history. The venerable men's clothing chain had long been a fixture at area shopping centers. It sold its first suit in Detroit at Harper and Chalmers...

Hang in there. (Fall Arrest Systems) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Ann Arbor's Unistrut Corp., a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of non-residential construction materials, has developed a new subsidiary with a new product. The subsidiary, called Fall Arrest Systems, will design, engineer, distribute,...

Damn fine coffee. (Cadillac Coffee Co.) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Cadillac Coffee has introduced its new line of chemical-free 100 percent Columbian imported specialty decaffeinated coffee. "Our whole bean and pre-ground chemical free decaf coffees are processed using a unique sparkling water method," says...

Water wonderland. (Century Rain Aid) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Okay, it's visualization time. Picture this: The sun is shining, it's 75 comfortable degrees, the grass is as green as a golf course, and you're surveying your 200-acre estate while your golden retriever waits obediently at your side. So we...

On tap. (Wickman Corp.) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Tap-Life is a highly adhesive paste produced by Wickman Corp. of Oak Park for precision tapping and cutting of virtually any metal. It is made of unreactive organic and inorganic materials to ensure that it's safe to handle (operators often...

Easy access. (C.M. Smillie Co.) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Inspired by an injury suffered by his elderly mother, Charles Smillie Ill, engineer and president of the C.M. Smillie Group of Cos., developed an electric-powered Trunklift that recently won the Easter Seal Society's Invention of the Year...

Stop, thief. (SCAT Systems) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... SCAT Systems of Dearborn has unveiled its solenoid-controlled automobile anti-theft system. A completely passive system, it is designed to foil the experienced car theif as well as the amateur joy-rider. The device works on any vehicle in...

Stick 'em up. (Sealant Equipment and Engineering) (Made in Michigan)
December 1, 1990... Sealant Equipment & Engineering in Oak Park has introduced a series of "See-Bead" equipment as a means of dispensing precise beads of adhesives or sealant materials. Beads can be uniformly applied directly to a customer's part when properly...

Chip off the ol' muffin. (Ridley's) (Made in Michigan )
December 1, 1990... If there is one thing we're suckers for in this office, it is food. Entice us with enough gastronomical goodies and all journalistic restraint goes by the wayside. (Come on, we're just kidding.) So when a press package arrived from...

Auburn Hills demand falls short. (Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan) (Properties)
December 1, 1990... The demand for office space in the Auburn Hills area in Oakland Country has become "soft, but decent" because an expected spillover from Troy never materialized, says real estate consultant Joel Feldman. "The real estate boom that was...

Real estate dollar volume tallied. (Properties)
December 1, 1990... The dollar volume generated in southeast Michigan from commercial, industrial, and agricultural (CIA) real estate sales in teh first seven months of this year was $373,114,908, according to Amerestate, publisher of the Real Estate PACE...

Mini-cottages have arrived. (American House Retirement Residences) (Properties)
December 1, 1990... There may be a housing crisis looming for the burgeoning population of elderly Americans, and a Bloomfield Hills man believes leansable, portable mini-cottages are the answer. J. Robrt Gillette's company, American House Retirement...

Trerice Tosto is the new name. (Properties)
December 1, 1990... The Byron W. Trerice Co. in Birmingham has been renamed Trerice Tosto. Byron Trerice Jr. remains chairman and chief executive officer and Leo Tosto, who has been with the firm for 16 years as president and chief operating officer, will also...

Suzanne Gilbert. (People)
December 1, 1990... At Lintas:Campbell-Ewald in Warren, Suzanne Gilbert was promoted to executive vice president/chief financial and administrative officer.

Jim Dale. (People)
December 1, 1990... At W.B. Doner & Co. in Southfield, Herb Fried, chairman and chief executive officer, is now primarily based out of the Detroit office, and Jim Dale, based in Baltimore, Md., was named president and chief operating officer, Barry Levine was...

Barry Levine. (People)
December 1, 1990... At W.B. Doner & Co. in Southfield, Herb Fried, chairman and chief executive officer, is now primarily based out of the Detroit office, and Jim Dale, based in Baltimore, Md., was named president and chief oprating officer, Barry Levine was...

William Houser. (People)
December 1, 1990... William Houser was appointed president and chief executive officer of the MLX Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Group in Troy.

Ulf Seastrom. (People)
December 1, 1990... Ulf Seastrom was named president and chief executive officer of Selective Electronic (Selcom) in Southfield.

Kennard Kinzler. (People)
December 1, 1990... Kennard Kinzler was named president of The Crown Group in Warren.

Robert Oswald. (People)
December 1, 1990... Robert Oswald was named president of the Robert Bosch Corp.'s Automotive Group in Farmington Hills.

Charles Housley. (People)
December 1, 1990... Charles Housley was appointed chief executive officer at Michigan Health Care Corp. in Detroit.

Amy Zavier. (People)
December 1, 1990... Amy Zavier was named chief financial officer and Sue Comer was named human resources manager.

Thomas Goldenbogen. (People)
December 1, 1990... Thomas Goldenbogen was named chief financial officer at Samaritan Health Center in Detroit.