Heard one too many stories about Michigan firms being gobbled up by out-of-state corporations? Then listen to the story of Trubiquity, a Rochester Hills-company that has just acquired four firms around the world and is looking to expand.
The software firm formerly known as Autoweb changed its name when it more than tripled its size by purchasing German and Wixom companies over the last year. The new name is a combination of the words truly and ubiquitous because the company "wanted to be truly everywhere and truly ubiquitous," according to Mimi Miles, vice president of marketing for the company.
Trubiquity processes automation and data management solutions for the automotive, aerospace and consumer goods industries.
The firm's expansion has more than doubled its workforce to 110 employees. It's also looking to open a data center in 2009 in Asia, but plans to keep its nerve center in Metro Detroit.
As the company absorbs this growth is plans to do a little expanding of its at-home workforce within the next year or two.
"We're hiring all of the time," Miles says.
Source: Mimi Miles, vice president of marketing for Trubiquity
Writer: Jon Zemke
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