Automation Alley is launching a new accelerator targeting Southeast Michigan's advanced manufacturing firms.
The 7Cs Program, as it is being called, will assist firms that are beyond the idea stage and can get to commercialization within the next 12 to 24 months. But what is most exciting about the program is that it promises to connect participating firms with their first customer. Already Automation Alley has the chief innovation officers of more than two dozen tier-one suppliers in Michigan signed on to review the participants when they are ready.
Image: GLENN TRIEST The first test company in Automation Alley's new accelerator for advanced manufacturing businesses is IMX Cosmetics LLC. Founder Julie Bartholomew already has found a customer interested in installing her automated cosmetics customization machine in department stores.
