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Shedding light on dark matter: Grand Rapids native Jacob Bourjaily gives insight into invisible particles and neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed limit
Jacob Bourjaily stood before an audience of about 100 people who had come to hear him at the Schuler Books and Music store on 28th Street last Saturday and struggled a bit to shed some light on the...
When to watch for waterspouts in metro Grand Rapids
Late summer and fall are the most likely times in metro Grand Rapids to catch an awesome natural phenomenon without risking life or limb -- waterspouts over Lake Michigan. With the right...
Hay bales ignite like a bomb from spontaneous combustion
Jack Fisk knew he had a huge problem on his hands last Tuesday when bales of hay in his barn  that were smoldering from spontaneous combustion suddenly ignited "just like a bomb going off" as...
Space age building blocks form catenary arch
A catenary arch is a remarkable thing -- just think of the grandeur of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the tallest man-made monument in the United States. And it all started with observations from...
Grand Rapids area grade schoolers help prove how Native Americans made maple sugar
Grade schoolers in Grand Rapids, Mich. helped a research team to figure out the historically accurate way that Native Americans may have made maple sugar from tree sap, and the findings may change...
Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty turns tables on Grand Rapids makers
National TED lecturer and MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty turned the tables on a crowd of creatives who braved tornado warnings last night to hear his talk at GRid70 in Grand Rapids on the...

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X-Rite Incorporated (NASDAQ:XRIT), Grand Rapids, Michigan

Developed and implemented a number of product launches over the past three years for new families of color measurement instruments and new services. Work included developing news releases, case studies, sales literature, and white papers on the new instruments. The campaigns resulted in front page stories in influential trade publications and far-reaching exposure in online publications and websites around the world.

Fairmount Minerals Inc., Chardon, Ohio

Wrote and distributed news releases on use of FlexSand product for athletics fields in Los Angeles and New York City that resulted in a full-length feature story in USA Today, as well as widespread coverage in trade publications, blogs and websites that cover education and athletic issues.

Gill Industries, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Identified media and wrote and distributed news releases that outlined Gill's purchase of a large plant in Mexico, described a mechanism that cut the costs of manufacturing new head rests used in cars and minivans, and announced the ramp up of an automated production line to make chassis for small utility vehicles.