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Artisan Partners wins two Lipper Awards
Milwaukee-based Artisan Partners has received two 2015 Lipper U.S. Fund Awards for its Artisan Global Value Fund.
Bank Mutual introduces new digital banking platform
Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. has launched Business Edge Online, a new digital banking platform that has improved business banking functions and a new business mobile app for iOS and Android.
Some SC Johnson products banned in Russia
Russia's consumer protection watchdog has banned some SC Johnson household cleaning products that were made in the Ukraine, according to a report from The Moscow Times on Friday.
Made in Milwaukee: Precision Screw Thread expands capabilities with Echo Aerospace
Some of Precision Screw Thread Corp.'s thread rolled and thread ground solutions are used in aircraft engines, on the International Space Station and in exoskeletons.
Best Practices: It’s all in the numbers – KPI best practices
Forbes recently published its list of the top billionaires in the world. (Gee whiz, did not find my name on that list.) Fantasy sports leagues could not survive without statistics. How one evaluates performance of professional baseball has been forever altered by what is known as Sabermetrics. Every week the top performing theater movies and TV shows are shared in order of popularity. We are inundated with TV commercials extolling the miles per gallon a car can achieve or the tonnage a truck can pull.
Steele Solutions announces new CEO, president
Franklin-based Steele Solutions Inc. recently announced that Mike Thelen has transitioned from company president to chief executive officer and chairman of the board. Co-owner Kevin O’Neill will replace Thelen as president.
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Johnson Controls competitor targets Wandell to be chairman
Keith Wandell, who will retire as president and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson Inc., plans to return to the battery business by accepting the appointment of chairman of the board of Exide Technologies.
Blackthorne Partners acquires Milwaukee fireplace door manufacturer
Milwaukee-based fireplace door manufacturer Design Specialties Inc. has been acquired by Brookfield private equity firm Blackthorne Partners Ltd. and Michael Draves.
Johnson Controls sells WorkPlace Solutions for $1.5 billion
Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. confirmed it has reached an agreement to sell its Global WorkPlace Solutions business to the CBRE Group for $1.5 billion.
Manufacturers picked up the pace in March
Manufacturing activity in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois saw an uptick in growth in March, according to a new report.
