"Karmann Manufacturing is an excellent example of the high-tech automotive work already being done here in Michigan," Granholm said. "If the Republican-led Legislature will act on my economic plan, we can create more well-paying jobs like these in communities throughout the state."

Granholm said facilities like the new manufacturing plant being opened today are evidence that Michigan is poised to be a leader in tomorrow's technology. Granholm's Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow initiative features five parts:

• Creating 72,000 high-wage jobs by investing $2 billion to establish Michigan as a global center of research in new technology and emerging industries;
• Creating 36,000 jobs over three years and accelerating $800 million in critical state infrastructure projects;
• Giving children in school and adults in the workforce greater access to higher education;
• Furthering the Michigan Opportunity Partnership, which aims to cut unemployment by rapidly filling 90,000 job vacancies that exist in the state today;
• Furthering the Michigan Jobs & Investment Act, the administration's plan to make business taxes in Michigan more attractive for job providers. The MJIA would restructure business taxes in Michigan, cutting the existing Single Business Tax rate by 37% for those businesses that pay it.