Kalamazoo, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Industrial design === In 2014, [[Newell Rubbermaid]] established a global product design center in Kalamazoo, consolidating fifteen global design units at a single location within the [[Western Michigan University]] Business Technology and Research Park.<ref>{{cite news |last = Zerelli |first = Ursula |date = March 28, 2013 |title = Newell Rubbermaid consolidating 15 global design units in Kalamazoo with new company strategy |url = http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/03/newell_rubbermaid_consolidatin.html |newspaper = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = February 17, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218001059/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/03/newell_rubbermaid_consolidatin.html |archive-date = February 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Jennings |first = Kathy |date = May 22, 2014 |title = Newell Rubbermaid opens Kalamazoo design center |url = http://swmichigan.secondwavemedia.com/devnews/Newell-Rubbermaid-opens-Kalamazoo-design-center-0522.aspx |newspaper = Southwest Michigan's Second Wave |access-date = February 17, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150218004507/http://swmichigan.secondwavemedia.com/devnews/Newell-Rubbermaid-opens-Kalamazoo-design-center-0522.aspx |archive-date = February 18, 2015 }}</ref> The Business Technology and Research Park is also home to design firm TEKNA Solutions.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2005/03/018.html |title = Firm expands with new BTR Park facility |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = March 7, 2005 |publisher = Western Michigan University |access-date = February 17, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021333/http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2005/03/018.html |archive-date = January 18, 2016 }}</ref> In 2015, Kalamazoo-based landscape design and manufacturing firm [[Landscape Forms, Inc.]], received five National Design Awards.<ref>{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title = Landscape Forms Receives Five National Design Awards |url = http://www.interiorsandsources.com/article-details/articleid/18851/title/landscape-forms-receives-five-national-design-awards.aspx |newspaper = Interiors & Sources: Excellence in Commercial Design |access-date = May 25, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150525184914/http://www.interiorsandsources.com/article-details/articleid/18851/title/landscape-forms-receives-five-national-design-awards.aspx |archive-date = May 25, 2015 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page