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Lake Geneva-based Trostel Ltd. announced that Steven Dyer has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the firm, which manufactures custom seals, precision molded rubber products and custom rubber compounds.

The board of directors of Smithfield Foods Inc., the parent company of Patrick Cudahy LLC, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, which is China's largest meat processing company for $7.1 billion, including the assumption of Smithfield's net debt.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. reported second quarter net income of $181.6 million, or $1.69 per share, down from $213.6 million, or $2.00 per share, in the same period a year ago.

The United Steelworkers said that negotiators for Local 1343, representing about 800 union workers at the Caterpillar Inc. plant in South Milwaukee, have reached a tentative labor agreement with the company.

Gaco Western will hold a grand opening on June 12 for its new 85,000-square-foot expansion in Waukesha. The company,...

National innovation speaker Adam Hartung will host an innovation workshop for manufacturing executives on Wednesday, June 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Country Springs Hotel, 2810 Golf Road in Pewaukee.

Second Chance Partners for Education has changed its name to GPS Education Partners: Navigating Student Success. The Butler-based organization offers an immersive manufacturing learning environment for disengaged high school students.

Wisconsin’s six-month economic forecast ranks 49th in the nation, according to the latest state-by-state analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

There may be few things legislators from both parties agree on these days, but one of them is the need to create more good paying jobs here in Wisconsin. So when a proposal comes around that offers solid prospects of spurring private sector job creation in emerging companies that are helping create our new economy, the public has a right to expect legislators to work together to get it done. Now is that time.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup has released the results of its eighth annual Talent Shortage Survey, revealing 39 percent of U.S. employers are having difficulty finding staff with the right skills, down from 49 percent in 2012.