Michigan Businesses in the News

The Detroit Free Press

Locations

• Belle Tire, a tire dealer and windshield replacement and repair company, opened its 82nd store at 2261 N. Telegraph in Monroe. The 9,800-square-foot store features state-of-the-art tire and wheel service equipment in 12 service bays.

• The Auburn Hills CPA, firm of Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling moved its headquarters to downtown Birmingham. The firm is renovating more than 14,000 square feet of space in the building at 355 S. Old Woodward.

• Atlas Oil, a petroleum products distributor and service provider headquartered in Taylor, opened a regional office in Niles. The office will be staffed by 12 Atlas team members in support of new and existing business operations throughout southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. The 2,400-square-foot facility is at 1001 Fulkerson Road.

Partnerships

• Birmingham-based Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel, a real estate broker with 11 offices and more than 400 real estate agents in southeast Michigan, has partnered with Farmington Hills-based Attorneys Title Agency to form Bankers Title Agency. ATA has 18 offices and more than 400 employees statewide.

• Birmingham-based Harris Marketing Group, a sales and marketing firm, partnered with ALTe, an engineering and technology company, to provide public relations services and expertise.

• Better Made Snack Foods is a corporate sponsor of the Detroit Red Wings. The company signed a three-year agreement to provide regular and BBQ-flavored chips to be sold at Joe Louis Arena concession stands for all Red Wings home games and other events at the arena The products are also to be available in all suites.

• Michigan Orthopedic Services, headquartered in Livonia, has added Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan to its list of insurance payers. As of Dec. 1, 2009, MOS is able to provide care to PHPMM patients for their prosthetic and custom foot orthotics needs.