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Johnson Investment Services, a division of Racine-based Johnson Bank, has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management.

Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on Inc. has acquired Challenger Lifts Inc. for about $38 million in cash.

Readers of the BizTimes Manufacturing Weekly are invited to attend the ninth annual BizExpo.

SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company reported first quarter net income of $271.9 million for Chicago-based MillerCoors LLC, a decrease of 1.2 percent compared to the 2012 first quarter.

AptarGroup Inc., a dispenser manufacturing company based in Crystal Lake, Ill., announced it will invest $50 million in its Mukwonago manufacturing facility.

MRPC, a Butler-based single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on May 14 for a 15,000-square-foot addition to its 85,000-square-foot facility at 13161 W. Glendale Ave.

The Governor's Export Achievement Awards were announced last week at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. has launched the Koss Fit Series, a new product line of earphones designed for women, by women.

When Marie Moody rescued her dog Chewy from an animal shelter in California, he was very sick. A holistic vet in Los Angeles told her to try feeding him a raw food diet.