Company with Paw Paw roots grows with Apple

A company that got its start in Oshtemo Township west of Kalamazoo and still has 30 employees and company operations in Paw Paw is growing right along with the popularity of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.

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“Michigan is cheap and easy to start a company,” said Ross Howe, the company’s vice president of marketing and new business development.

Howe said mStation Audio was founded by Daniel Huang, now the company’s CEO, and Shawn Dougherty, who serves as chief operations officer. Huang, Dougherty and Howe are originally from Southwest Michigan.

The company acquired mophie in 2006, took its name and made the transition to designing and manufacturing cases and accessories for the iPhone, which launched in 2007.

Since then the company has taken off, growing its sales by triple-digit percentages in recent years.

In 2009, sales increased by more then 600 percent, compared to 2008, Howe said. This year, the company is projecting a sales increase of more than 200 percent.

To find out more about the company’s relationship with Apple Inc., read the rest of the story.

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette