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Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. announced fiscal first quarter net income of $469 million, or 69 cents per share, up from $359 million, or 52 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $702,000, or 1 cent per share, up from a net loss of $635,000, or 2 cents per share, in the second quarter a year ago.

Glendale-based Strattec Security Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $3.8 million, or $1.09 per share, up from $2.4 million, or 70 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

K&K Screw Products LLC and KKSP Precision Machining LLC have been ordered to pay $80,000 in forfeitures, court costs and surcharges for violating Wisconsin's air pollution control laws at a Pleasant Prairie facility.

St. Francis-based Fontarome Chemical Inc. has filed for receivership.

Manufacturers are bullish about the year ahead, but are more cautious than in 2012, according to a survey conducted recently by The Paranet Group.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has announced it will close its plants in Marengo, Iowa and Pomona, Calif. and eliminate about 200 jobs.

All outside salespeople have “windshield time” – the time you spend behind the wheel, or in some form of transportation, going to and from appointments.

Deborah Fugenschuh has been appointed executive director of Professional Dimensions, a Milwaukee membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women.

Our Next Generation, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that promotes the academic and character development of children living in central city neighborhoods, is in need of at least 25 volunteers to fill tutoring and mentoring roles in its Homework Club.