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BUSINESS REPORT Michigan develop scientific processes and Michigan feedstocks for commercial cellulosic ethanol production. Other significant alternative energy announcements in Michigan include Swedish-based Chemrec AB and OhioJOB TRAINING FOR A STRONGER MICHIGAN This year, $791,680 in Economic Development Job Training (EDJT) grants have been made available to upgrade the skills of 1,525 workers employed by 11 companies in Berrien, Cass, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kent, Muskegon, Oakland, Ontonagon and Ottawa counties. Through the EDJT program, employees will receive training in advanced manufacturing applications as defined by each company’s products and needs. EDJT grants and training will be provided to companies such as American Products ($162,500 for 200 current workers and 125 new hires) and Whirlpool Corporation ($110,000 for 39 current employees and 35 new hires). Since 1994, more than $348 million in EDJT grants has helped train over 613,000 Michigan workers. based NewPage Corporation’s partnership to possibly build a renewable biomass-based fuels plant, and United Solar Ovonic LLC’s second expansion—a 202,000-square-foot solar cell manufacturing facility set to open in 2008. Statement of Ownership Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S. Code 3685) GRANTS FOR GROWTH A $120,000 state grant increase to Oscoda Charter Township, MI will support the expansion of Seissenschmidt Group. The township will use the funding to help finance the rehabilitation of a building at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base for the new North American headquarters of the German automotive supplier. The grant is being made available by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation with funds provided by the federal Community Development Block Grant program. The project is expected to create 30 jobs over the next two years, double what was projected when the township’s original grant for $120,000 was approved in April. In the city of Kingsford, MI, a $200,000 state grant will help pay for new roads and a water/sewer system. The upgrades are needed for a new engineering and support facility for Oldenburg Group Inc., a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of engineered heavy equipment and architectural lighting. The $2.5 million expansion will create 25 new jobs within the next two years. The city of Kingsford will contribute an additional $441,000 to support the project. 1. Title of publication: Business Facilities 2. Publication number: 0746-0023 3. Filing date: October 12, 2007 4. Issue frequency: Monthly 5. Number of issues published annually: 12 6. Annual subscription price: $0 or $52/year non-qualified 7. Location of known office of publication: 44 Apple St., Suite 3, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 — Contact person: Bill MacRae, 732-842-7433 8. Location of headquarters of general business offices of the publisher: same as #7 9. Name and addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor: Publisher:Ted Coene; Editor in Chief: Karim Khan; Managing Editor: Michelle Janowitz; all addresses same as #7 10. Owner: Edgar T. Coene; Susan L. Coene; Ted Coene; all addresses same as #7 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgages, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1% of More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None 12. Tax Status for nonprofit organizations: Not applicable/Has not changed during preceding 12 months 13. Publication title: Business Facilities 14. Issue date for circulation data below: September 2007 15. Extent and nature of circulation (Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months / Number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date): A. Total number of copies printed (net press run): 44,722 / 45,450 B. Legitimate paid and/or requested distribution (by mail and outside the mail): (1) Outside county paid/requested mail subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541: 44,235 / 44.706; (2) In-county paid/requested mail subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541: 0 / 0; (3) Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors, counter sales, and other paid or requested distribution outside USPS®: 8 / 0; (4) Requested copies distributed by other mail classes through the USPS: 0 / 0 (C) Total paid and/or requested circulation (sum of 15b parts 1, 2, 3, and 4): 44,126 / 44,526 (D) Nonrequested distribution (by mail and outside the mail): (1) Outside county nonrequested copies as stated on PS Form 3541: 0 / 0; (2) In-county nonrequested copies states on PS Form 3541: 0 / 0; (3) Nonrequested copies distributed through the USPS by other classes of mail: 0 / 0; (4) Nonrequested copies distributed outside the mail: 21 / 0 (E) Total nonrequested distribution (sum of 15d (1), (2), and (3)): 31 / 0 (F) Total distribution (sum of 15c and e): 44,274 / 44,706 (G) Copies not distributed: 448 / 744 (H) Total (sum of 15f and g): 44,722 / 45,450 (I) Percent paid and/or requested circulation (15c divided by f times 100: 99.93% / 100% 16. Publication of Statement of Ownership for a Requester Publication is required and will be printed in the November 2007 issue of this publication. 17. Signature and title of editor, publisher, business manager, or owner: Ted Coene, Owner October 10, 2007 54 NOVEMBER 2007

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Business Facilities - November 2007 Contents First Words Snapshots Metro Spotlight: Indianapolis Region, Indiana Georgia's Pursuit of Industry Extreme Technology Sites A Tennessee Trifecta A Watershed Moment for Philly Metro Spotlight: Mexico-Texas Border Region High Tech and Aerospace Heat up in Arizona Meeting the Information Technology Challenge IEDC Announces 2007 Winners Corporate Moves: Alabama Northeast Arkansas Scores Major Investments Corporate Moves: Virginia Metro Spotlight: Martinsville-Henry County, VA Renewable Michigan Advertiser Index Ask the Expert

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