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Strattec Security Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $2.4 million, or 70 cents per share, up from $1.5 million, or 47 cents per share, for the same period a year ago.

Many manufacturers struggle to maintain their competitive positions in regional and global markets that are changing faster than ever.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has promoted two employees to senior executive positions.

Waukesha-based crane manufacturer Superior Crane Corp. is preparing to ship two 320,000 pound cranes to a major steel mill in Arkansas.

The Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board hosted a job fair Friday for workers displaced when the Golden Guernsey dairy processing facility in Waukesha closed suddenly this month.

The president has held up the Keystone XL Pipeline for far too long. This week, the Governor of Nebraska dismantled the last possible obstruction to this project that would spur the creation of thousands of jobs and improve our nation’s energy security. It is time for the President to put politics aside and place our national interest first.

In the past couple of years, BizTimes has heard many company leaders lament that what business hates more than anything else is uncertainty.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores Inc. announced Tuesday that it is making a $2 million donation to Discovery World, the science museum located on the downtown Milwaukee lakefront.

Wisconsin Feeding America food banks have formed the Wisconsin Association of Feeding America Food Banks, a new association that will support and enhance the work of Feeding America food banks in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward has been named one of America's Top 12 ArtPlaces 2013 by ArtPlace, an initiative comprised of national and regional organizations, federal agencies and banks dedicated to the funding and development of art.