Aeroflex/INMET Pledges 47 New Jobs

Aeroflex/INMET, a Scio Township, MI- based affiliate of Aeroflex, announced today that it will use state-approved tax credits to move jobs from its affiliated New Jersey facility to the Michigan site. Aeroflex/INMET says it will create 47 new jobs in the Ann Arbor, MI area over the next five years and spend more than $3 million in capital investments. Aeroflex/INMET manufactures RF, microwave, and wireless components.

Author: Howard Lovy

Howard Lovy is a veteran journalist who has focused primarily on technology, science and innovation during the past decade. In 2001, he helped launch Small Times Magazine, a nanotech publication based in Ann Arbor, MI, where he built the freelance team and worked closely with writers to set the tone and style for an emerging sector that had never before been covered from a business perspective. Lovy's work at Small Times, and on one of the first nanotechnology-themed blogs, helped him earn a reputation for making complex subjects understandable, interesting, and even entertaining for a broad audience. It also earned him the 2004 Prize in Communication from the Foresight Institute, a nanotech think tank. In his freelance work, Lovy covers nanotechnology in addition to technological innovation in Michigan with an emphasis on efforts to survive and retool in the state's post-automotive age. Lovy's work has appeared in many publications, including Wired News, Salon.com, the Wall Street Journal, The Detroit News, The Scientist, the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report, Michigan Messenger, and the Ann Arbor Chronicle.