The Michigan Israel Business Bridge -- a special partnership between Michigan and Israel

Whether you are an Israeli company looking for new customers and business connections in the American market, a Michigan company looking for new technologies and investments in Israel, or an individual who cares about helping Michigan and Israel, the MIBB will provide you with clear benefits.

The Michigan Israel Business Bridge (MIBB) is an independent, not-for-profit, "connector" organization dedicated to promoting a mutually beneficial business partnership between Michigan and Israel. The MIBB helps Israeli companies do business in Michigan and establish facilities here, while also helping Michigan companies identify technologies, business partners, and investment opportunities in Israel.

The MIBB, co-founded by Chuck Newman and Susan Herman, and backed by a successful network of Michigan businesspeople, was established in 2007 and has been thriving ever since.

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By CHARLES CRUMM
Of The Oakland Press

The county's water resource office is starting a nonprofit to promote development of new water technologies for use in Oakland County.

Water Resources Commissioner John P. McCulloch wants to launch pilot projects in Leonard, Ortonville and Farmington Hills to test new technologies to solve different problems.

And he wants to form a nonprofit called H2Opportunities to attract companies to the area and promote new water technologies.

"A lot of auto technology could be adapted to water technology," McCulloch said Thursday in a meeting with The Oakland Press editorial board.

McCulloch is looking at several Israeli companies with water technology expertise to establish a local presence.

One company would use new technology in a pilot project to stop water loss in systems in Farmington Hills and Detroit.

Another would bring alternative wastewater treatment technology to Leonard, and possibly Ortonville, where both villages have experienced failed septic systems and building a wastewater treatment plant is considered too expensive a solution.

Other technologies include membranes that can go into water lines to generate electricity, and technology that injects high levels of oxygen into dead water, such as agricultural or industrial water runoff.

Establishment of the nonprofit, which is essentially a business accelerator, has the support of the governor's office and the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

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(link to Oakland Press article)