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The new Wisconsin Technical College System 2012-2013 Guidebook will help the students, as well as recent high school grads and adults wanting to gain additional skills, make a professional move or a complete career change.

A new industrial manufacturing technician apprenticeship program has been added at the Milwaukee Area Technical College campus in Oak Creek.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has signed an agreement to provide advanced Lithium-Ion battery packs for hybrid vehicles to Boston-based XL Hybrids Inc., developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed for commercial fleet use.

For the first time in a decade, Harley-Davidson Motor Company brought its annual dealer meeting to Milwaukee this week, playing host to 4,500 dealers and staff from more than 60 countries for the four-day private event.

Cenveo EPG Kenosha filed notice with the state that it will close its plant in Kenosha and eliminate 103 jobs.

Hartland-based Lake Country Manufacturing plans to move build an 81,295-square-foot plant at 950 Blue Ribbon Circle North in the Pabst Farms development in Oconomowoc. The company plans to complete the project in time to move to Oconomowoc in the first quarter of 2014, relocating from its current location at 510 Cardinal Lane in Hartland.

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corp. a contract for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program's Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase.

Koss Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $931,891, or 13 cents per share, down from $1.8 million, or 24 cents per share, a year ago.

Milwaukee motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has released its 2013 line of models.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago announced today its Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index increased 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted 95.6 in July.