Major League Sports, Office Furniture, And...Tom Selleck? Inside Promethient's Big Year
By Craig Manning | July 2, 2026
Promethient, the Traverse City startup whose heated and cooled seats were implemented as a premium seating option at Comerica Park last spring, has had a big year. In addition to the Detroit Tigers launch, Promethient’s technology has now proliferated to multiple other major league sports parks throughout the United States, and even garnered on-the-air praise from actor Tom Selleck. Now, Promethient is marking a new milestone: the launch of an office furniture subsidiary, with manufacturing potentially centered right here in northern Michigan.
Founded locally in 2017, Promethient specializes in what it calls “human-scaled climate control.” The company’s flagship product, trademarked under the name Thermavance, combines graphene – a one-atom-thick layer …
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