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Germantown-based Gehl Foods Inc. has been acquired by Chicago private equity firm Wind Point Partners.

Sheboygan-based Rockline Industries, a private-label manufacturer of consumer wet wipes and coffee filters, was recently awarded the Manufacturer of the Year award by the Sheboygan County Chamber for job creation, community investment and growth.

Chicago-based MillerCoors LLC, which brews much of its beer in Milwaukee, has reached a two-year agreement with Arlington, Texas-based Strike Ten Entertainment to become the “Official Beer Partner of Bowling.”

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. is scheduled to host an Earth Day sustainable business workshop and awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 29.

The Accelity Group, a Milwaukee-based group of business owner-operators, announced it has acquired the Kaukauna manufacturing company Mid Valley Industries LLC.

New Berlin-based ice cream ingredient and inclusion manufacturer Denali Ingredients Inc. is preparing to break ground late this spring on an expansion that would triple the size of its research and development facility at 2400 S. Calhoun Road to 4,000 square feet.

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BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its annual Bravo! Entrepreneur and I.Q. (Innovation Quotient) Awards.

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, Inc. celebrated the neighborhood development progress it has made in the last two decades during its 2015 Executive Breakfast, held March 19 at Alverno College. The event, in its ninth year, highlighted LBWN's 20th anniversary while also calling attention to the nonprofit's pool of stakeholders. LBWN, founded by the School Sisters of St. Francis, has leveraged more than $40 million in neighborhood investments throughout its history. The breakfast event included networking, remarks from community leaders and public officials, and a panel discussion featuring insight from neighborhood residents.