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• Special Edition: Inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit a Success, Attracts More than 400 Industry Leaders

  Starting with a keynote address from Governor Rick Snyder and concluding with a meet-and-greet with the state’s new automotive adviser, Nigel Francis, MICHauto’s inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit was a resounding success. The daylong event held at the newly renovated Cobo …

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• MICHauto emerges as economic development force for state auto industry (with video)

  Detroit Free Press: September 24, 2013

  One of the first things Sandy Baruah noticed about Michigan before he was named CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber in 2010 was the lack of a unified voice for the state’s automotive industry.

  “There wasn’t one organization in Michigan speaking on behalf of Michigan, and other states had these very organized delegations,” said Baruah, who worked in the Bush administration when General Motors and Chrysler hit rock bottom in the fall of 2008.

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