Lansing (WWJ) -- Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm plans to leave Monday for a trade trip to Germany and Belgium.
She plans to talk with leaders of high-tech companies she thinks can help Michigan move toward gaining jobs in green technology and alternative fuels.
“We are working hard to become the renewable energy capital of the world, and we are targeting high-tech companies from across the globe that can help us claim that title,” Granholm said.
“No other state is making the kind of investments we are in growing green technologies and industries, and our efforts are really causing national and international companies to consider investing and locating in Michigan. These investment missions help us make our case and seal deals.”
Granholm’s previous investment missions to Germany, Austria, Japan, Sweden, and the Middle East resulted in 45 companies announcing over $955.8 million in new investment and more than 10,890 jobs created and retained.
Officials from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and NextEnergy will accompany Granholm on the mission, her eighth overseas trade trip.
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