R&D/Headquarters

The Kalamazoo Region is home to an array of corporate headquarters and R&D facilities giving our existing industry companies their competitive edge.
 

Stryker Headquarters in Portage, Michigan
Stryker Headquarters in Portage, Michigan

Our community’s commitment to business excellence, research and discovery legacy, academic institutions, top-notch business support services and quality of life make the Kalamazoo Region the ideal location for corporate headquarters and research and development activity.
 

 

First Facts:

  • Twenty Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered or physically present:
    • AT&T
    • Abbott
    • American Greetings
    • Covance
    • Cytec Industries
    • Dana
    • Eaton
    • Flowserve
    • Graphic Packaging
    • Kellogg
    • Medtronic
    • OneWest Bank
    • Parker Hannifin
    • Pfizer
    • PNC Financial Services Group
    • State Farm
    • Stryker
    • Target
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    • Whirlpool
  • Business support services including patent assistance, human resource support and financial expertise
  • Non-union environment
  • Four-year and two-year colleges and universities offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in all major fields:
    • Western Michigan University, one of Michigan’s four research institutions
    • Kalamazoo College, one of the nation’s top liberal arts institutions
    • Kalamazoo Valley Community College offering some of the nation’s most specialized training programs
  • Diverse industrial supplier base
  • Readily available and easily accessible public warehousing and contract distribution services
  • Workforce training
  • Over 45,000 college students locally
  • More than 220,000 college students within a 75-mile radius
  • Regional workforce totaling 408,026 at all levels of skill, experience, education and pay range
  • Public and private schools offering some of the most advanced secondary coursework in the nation
    • Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center
    • International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
  • Excellent quality of life
  • Low cost of living
  • The Kalamazoo Promise offering a free scholarship to all graduates of the Kalamazoo Public School system
  • Strategic midpoint location between Chicago and Detroit lies within:
    • 54% of the nation’s manufacturers
    • 48% of all national retail sales
    • 54% of the nation’s business payroll
    • 65% of Canada’s Gross National Product

First Links: