Alternative Energy: Companies

Danotek Motion Technologies, Inc. (Danotek) is a clean technology company that develops high efficiency energy conversion systems for the energy and transportation markets. The company has patents pending on several high energy efficiency products: Permanent Magnet (PM) Generators, electronics integrated pumps, variable speed fans, electric vehicle steering systems, for EV/HEV, fuel-cell, wind turbine, and combined heat and power industries.

Danotek recently expanded its operations and relocated to Wayne County from Ann Arbor, MI. Based upon its leading edge technology, Danotek has just been awarded multi-year supply agreements from major wind turbine manufacturers. Its patented application of high efficiency, improved reliability PM generator technology has attracted growing interest from around the world.

Powered by funding from leading venture capital firms as well as the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund, Danotek recently opened its Canton facility to expand production of its highly advanced generators and power electronics systems, as well as to launch the next phase of the company's growth in the alternative energy sector.

(734) 426-5976
8680 N. Haggerty Road
Canton, MI 48187

Air Movement Systems develops a patented air flow system containing a low velocity, vortex (tornado like) column of air that keeps the Heat at Your Feet. This column of air heats the floor where the heat (or BTU's) are retained and reuse again. As you heat the floor with the Air Movement Systems, a Thermal Recovery System, the floor becomes a heat exchanger allowing heat to transfer back into the building from this stored heat, giving you a 30 percent return on your heating bill.

13305 Reeck Road
Southgate, MI 48195

Clean Emission Fluids manufactures fueling and fluid dispensing solutions for the transportation industry, termed FAST for Fluids Affordably Stored.

440 Burroughs St
Suite 312
Detroit, MI 48202

NextCAT is commercializing a series of catalysts for use in biodiesel production, developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University. The NextCAT solution allows producers to lower their overall production costs through savings in not only the incoming feedstock but the process as well through fewer process steps and higher efficiency.

440 Burroughs St
Detroit, MI 48202

Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held, with more than 1,300 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 25-year track record for product design, advanced engineering software, grid computing technologies and enterprise analytics solutions.

1820 Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48083

Ilumisys is a Troy, Michigan-based company focused on next-generation solid-state lighting technology. The company was formed in 2007 as a spinoff venture and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering with initial products based on Altair's intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent light tubes with light-emitting diode (LED) lamps.

Troy, MI 48083

Applied Energy Technology, based in Clinton Township, got its start when the automotive world took a dive recently. A small group of friends who did everything from engineering to manufacturing decided to put their skills to work creating rack systems for solar panels. Today the company employs 12 designers of solar rack systems and another 10 people at a manufacturing plant. It also has a couple of independent contractors and summer interns. It expects to double its staff within the next year on the expectation that the solar industry will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.

22367 Starks Dr
Clinton Township, MI 48036

28838 VanDyke Ave
Warren, MI 48093

1000 Victors Way
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Brighton, MI

Founded in 2001, A123 was born out of research labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was funded initially with a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Energy. Among the companies using A123 batteries, battery systems and technology in the fields of transportation, grid energy storage and portable power are AES, BAE Systems, Better Place, Black and Decker, Cessna, Chrysler, Daimler, Delphi, Duke Energy, General Motors, Google.org, LADWP, Madison Gas and Electric, Magna Steyr, Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines, Proctor and Gamble, Sempra and Volvo Truck.

617-778-5700
3850 Research Park Dr
Suite A
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Born and bred in Ann Arbor, Atwell-Hicks has been around for more than 50 years. And they show no sign of their age. Case in point: A $5 million investment to create alternative energy infrastructure, and along with it, over 100 jobs.

734.994.4000
500 Avis Drive, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48108