Ideas

In this blog, I’ve talked at various times about collaboration, risk and technology, but not together in the same thought.

ER Wagner Manufacturing Co. Inc. was established in 1900 after ER Wagner wrote a letter to A.O. Smith in 1899 offering to purchase the baby carriage business from him.

A Milwaukee area firm plans to move its corporate headquarters to a 158,000-square-foot industrial building that MSI General Corp. plans to build in Menomonee Falls.

Amazon, which hired 1,000 employees this spring for its new Kenosha fulfillment center, has revealed it is now hiring for another 1,000 full-time positions.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is providing Kapco Inc. with up to $500,000 in state tax credits over the next three years to support the company’s expansion in Grafton–a project expected to create 100 jobs.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. is changing its name to EnSync Inc., the company announced Thursday. Additionally, the developer of energy management systems solutions announced the approval of a transaction with Solar Power Inc. that could potentially lead to majority ownership for the China-based company.

An affiliate of STORE Capital, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based real estate investment trust, purchased the 230,000-square-foot Waukesha Foundry building at 1300 Lincoln Ave. in Waukesha for $11.2 million, according to state records.

Racine-based thermal management product manufacturer Modine Manufacturing Co. has been awarded business supplying round tube plate fin coils to a major North American appliance manufacturer.

MTE Corp. announced it is increasing the capacity of its 44,000-square-foot Menomonee Falls headquarters by 20 percent and investing more than $500,000 in improvements. MTE is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-efficiency electrical power quality solutions for commercial and industrial applications.

One of the enduring gripes about Wisconsin's startup and scale-up climate has been the lack of enough angel and venture capital.