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August 2012  

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Ford Event Group Photo 2012
L-R: Carla Preston, Grace Lee, Ron Shahani, Jeff Welman, Raj Nair, Suk-Kyu Koh, Dr. Jenny Lin & Jimmy Hsiao 

Successful Partnership Event with Ford Motor Company  

Ford Motor Company and APACC hosted a Leadership Excellence Networking event on July 26, 2012 for APACC members.  Attendees had the opportunity to learn about Ford Motor Company forecast in product development and expansion in Asia from Raj Nair, Group Vice President of Global Product Development, Jeff Wellman, Executive Director of Non-Production Purchasing and Dr. Jenny Lin, Chief Economist of Ford Motor Company. Click here to see the event photos.

 

 

Janny Lu at Tiffany & Co. Workshop 2012
Ms. Janny Lu (third person from the left) with
Tiffany & Co. sales team
APACC Chinese Culture, Celebration Jewelry Workshop

The Important of Knowing Your Customers' Needs

By Bo Peng, APACC Intern (edited by Denise Yee Grim)

To assist Tiffany & Co. to better serve their Chinese customers and reach out to the Chinese community, APACC hosted a Chinese culture and business etiquette workshop focusing on jewelry on July 29, 2012. Ms. Janny Lu, APACC Advisory Board Member, gave her presentation to 14 sales professionals of Tiffany & Co. Read on...

 

Members' Business Profiles

  
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is doing all they can to create a stronger, healthier Michigan.  They offer health care solutions tailored to fit your lifestyle and your specific health goals. Beyond health coverage, you can count on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to provide impactful community initiatives and leadership in improving health care. And they do this for everyone in Michigan. We are all in this together.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has fulfilled their unique, nonprofit mission for more than 70 years. Michigan is their home, and it is their priority and responsibility to improve the health of Michigan's people, communities, economy and health care system.

For more information, please visit www.Mibluetalent.com

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Genesee Packaging is located in Flint, MI and is an established minority industrial company which has been in business for 32 years.  They provide the following products and services to the government and industry: packaging, preservation services, labeling (barcode & RFID) services, light assembly, kitting, sequencing, and warehousing and distribution services. 

Genesee Packaging manufactures custom and standard corrugated cartons including, packaging engineering CAD/CAM designs and rapid proto-typing, distribution of various packaging commodities.   They've also created a patented design for Battery Cell/Alternative Energy Packaging and are an authorized 3M distributor.  All products and services offered by the company are delivered just-in-time to meet customer demands.   

For more information, please visit www.genpackaging.com 

  

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A Forbes Four Star and AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, MGM Grand Detroit is the city's first and only downtown hotel, gaming, and entertainment destination built from the ground up. The hotel features 400 chic and stylish guest rooms, including nine rooftop VIP suites and 56 opulent corner suites.  

 

Guests can enjoy three signature restaurants by two of the world's preeminent celebrity chefs: Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina; in-room dining by Puck in addition to casual restaurants; lounges, including a relaxed piano-style bar; high-energy nightlife; the only resort-style spa in southeast Michigan; and 30,000 square feet of meeting space capable of hosting everything from large corporate events to intimate black-tie engagements.  

 

MGM Grand Detroit is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International™. For more information, visit www.mgmgranddetroit.com or call toll free at (888) 646-3387

 

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Rickman Enterprise Group is a Veteran and Certified Minority Owned Enterprise headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. They are industry specialists providing customer-specific services to Diverse Industries, including Facilities Efficiency Management, Environmental and Industrial Services.  

 

Rickman customers encompass many diverse national industry sectors of Aerospace, Defense, Government, Education, Healthcare, Automotive and Transportation and their commitment to Health & Safety, Environmental Stewardship and Quality is evident with their compliance to ISO9001 and ISO14001.

 

Rickman's mission is to provide their customers first-class services utilizing new and innovative technologies and equipment that is sensitive to, and responsible toward, the preservation of our environment. They are confident that they will fulfill their goals by optimizing their resources with the finest people in the industry.

For more information, please visit www.rickmanenterprise.com 

2012 Corporate Sponsors
Signature SponsorDTE Energy
                        
Diamond Sponsors: Chrysler Group LLC, Comerica Bank, Ford Motor Company,
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eneral Motors Company, Honda of America Manufacturing, Kroger Company,
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aturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing N.A., Inc. 

 

Jade SponsorsAcro Service Corporation, Chrysan Industries, Inc., Delphi Corporation, DENSO International America, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Dow Automotive Systems, Faurecia, Logic Solutions, PNC Bank, Roy Smith Company, and Visteon Corporation  


APACC Mission
To facilitate business relationships among Asian and U.S. based companies and to promote the economic advancement of Asian Pacific Americans