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Two Kalamazoo businessmen named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young

Posted on Jan 23, 2012

Two Kalamazoo businessmen named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young

By Alex Nixon | Kalamazoo Gazette

KALAMAZOO — Kalexsyn Inc. co-founders David Zimmermann and Robert Gadwood 
have been named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young.

Zimmermann and Gadwood, who formed Kalexsyn in 2003 after Pfizer Inc. purchased Pharmacia Corp., received the award in the technology category for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio region, according to a press release from the company.

Zimmermann is Kalexsyn’s CEO and Gadwood is the company’s president and chief scientific officer.

The award, “which recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses,” according to the release, was presented at an event in Dearborn on June 10.

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Conferences and Events

Posted on Dec 30, 2011

Conferences and Events

March 25-29, 2012:  Kalexsyn to attend and exhibit at Spring American Chemical Society Conference (Booth #721) in San Diego, CA

March 18-22, 2012:  Kalexsyn CEO to attend BioEurope Spring in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

February 26-29, 2012:  Kalexsyn CEO to attend Biopartnering North America in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

February 20-24, 2012:  Kalexsyn to attend and exhibit at Molecular Medicine Triconference (Booth #322) in San Francisco, CA

February 14-17, 2012:  Kalexsyn to attend and exhibit at Informex (Booth #2130) in New Orleans, LA.

October 31- November 2, 2011 Kalexsyn CEO to attend BIO Europe Fall Conference in Dusseldorf, Germany

August 28-September 1, 2011 Kalexsyn CEO to attend; Kalexsyn to exhibit at American Chemical Society Fall Conference in Denver, CO

June 27-30, 2011 Kalexsyn CEO to attend International BIO Conference in Washington, D.C.

May 3-5, 2011 Kalexsyn CEO to attend ChemSpec USA in Philadelphia, PA

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Secret Champions

Posted on Sep 20, 2009

Sunday, September 20, 2009
Text by Steffan Heuer (translated)

Small businesses in the USA? Do they exist? Sure. Thriving and developing – they are the backbone of the economy, even in the US – but the rules of the game are completely different than in Germany. For example: Kalamazoo, Michigan “The weather is to blame for our company”, says Bill Main and wipes the sweat off his forehead. It gets very hot in the green lowlands of Michigan during summer time. Hard to believe that there is so much snow in winter – so much so that horticulture companies have to let

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