Banking & Finance

Milwaukee-based Wipfli LLP has launched a weekly newsletter, Manufacturing Tomorrow, that will include innovation and technology news, ideas and analysis focused on the manufacturing industry.

“Wisconsin banks are strong, stable and ready to lend” and “are in the best position in years to serve Wisconsin's consumers and improve the state's economy.” That's the latest assessment from the Wisconsin Bankers Association.

Beginning Nov. 1, Wisconsin became the 14th U.S. state in which online retailer Amazon collects state sales taxes.

Waukesha Metal Products announced today it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of Mexico-based Revstone Fabrication San Luis Potosi S de RL de CV.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has strengthened its commitment to the Central and South American automotive battery market by acquiring 90 percent ownership of Colombian battery supplier MAC.

Sikich LLP, a Naperville, Ill.-based accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm, has named Tom Luken, partner-in-charge of the Milwaukee office, chief operating officer.

Veritas Steel LLC announced today it has acquired certain assets of PDM Bridge LLC, a steel fabricator with plants in Wausau and Eau Claire.

ARI Network Services, a Milwaukee-based provider of website, software and data solutions, has acquired Duo Web Solutions, a New Berlin provider of social media and online marketing services for the powersports industry.

Wauwatosa-based Zywave Inc., a provider of insurance and financial planning software solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Insurance Solutions Division to Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.