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Established in 1982, Presort Services is a direct marketing company with automated mail-handling technology. With a location in Lansing, Mich., it operates one of the largest mailing houses in Michigan outside of Detroit. The company offers a variety of custom software solutions, including custom programming, data processing, and software and database development. Presort Services utilizes 2-D barcodes that make use of the vertical dimension to increase data capacity. With another facility in Grand Rapids, Mich., it strives to ensure uninterrupted services during power outages, natural disasters and other business contingencies. The company was the first presort bureau in Michigan to be certified as a quality mailing partner under the U.S. Postal Service s mail preparation total quality management (MPTQM) program.

ZF Technologies supplies automobile computer components to original equipment manufacturers throughout the world. Customers include General Motors, Daimler Chrysler and other suppliers. With nearly 200 employees at its location in Northville, Mich., it is one of numerous divisions of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a German-based automotive company. With more than 54,000 employees at 125 production companies worldwide, ZF Friedrichshafen AG is among the leading automotive suppliers in the world and is based in Friedrichshafen, Germany.