Corporate Detroit articles from April 1992

Corporate Detroit archives from April 1992

Homing in on Bloomingham. (Dennis Eynon of Eynon Co. builds homes in Bloomfield Hills, Detroit)
April 1, 1992... Dennis Eynon doesn't just want to build. He wants to produce and direct. When he was 25, Dennis Eynon had the audacity to tell a general that he wasn't being fulfilled in the military. Here he was -- a fresh-faced kid from Bloomfield Hills,...

Altair dares to tackle new software niches. (Altair Engineering Inc. of Troy) (Company Profile)
April 1, 1992... Nice guys don't always finish last -- and sometimes a moment or two of kindness can lead to new product lines and financial success. Altair Engineering, Inc. of Troy does engineering consulting for a wide range of clients, including the Big...

Sign business is floating sky-high. (Graphic Concepts Inc.) (Company Profile)
April 1, 1992... Joe Rupp's business is floating all over the United States. It hummed quietly over the Pacific Ocean and California, recently took in Daytona Beach and the rest of Florida, and was last seen winging its way over Lake Erie and Ohio. Rupp, 50,...

Company measures bounce in bad checks and the economy. (Telecheck Michigan Inc.)
April 1, 1992... Officially, Arthur Nitzsche runs a Michigan business that guarantees consumers' checks and identifies potential deadbeats. But his operation and others like it are an economic indicator that can measure consumer spending patterns and...

Imagine a revolution. (software company makes multimedia software for Unix workstations)(includes related article on computer technology) (Cover Story)
April 1, 1992... A small Ann Arbor software company may change the way we entertain, educate and create. Can it become the digital Disney? The year is 1985: Steven Jobs, the brash boy genius and enfant terrible who helped launch the personal computer...

Northern exposure. (Grand Traverse Resort's financial viability)
April 1, 1992... At the Grand Traverse Resort, Paul Nine has been trying to hit out of the rough. It was a clear Monday morning last June, and the Jack Nicklaus "Bear" course at the Grand Traverse Resort near Traverse City was spotted with golfers -- some...

Room at the inn. (Detroit's hotel industry) (Industry Overview)
April 1, 1992... A cure for the ailing hospitality industry: The CEO as salesperson. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca's recent "call to arms" at the Economic Club of Detroit set off a chain reaction among consumers of manufactured products throughout the country....