Manufacturing

As Harley-Davidson works towards the spinoff and merger of its LiveWire brand into a separate, publicly-traded company, new securities filings show a significant portion of revenue related to the new entity has come from the sale of electric balance bicycles for kids, not the electric motorcycles Harley has invested millions in developing.

Mequon-based manufacturer Super Steel LLC announced that Stephan Achs has been appointed the new CEO of the company.

Cedarburg-based eTEK Precision Manufacturing will move from its current location at N37 W5677 Hamilton Road to the building at N143 W6437 Pioneer Road, which is the current location of Scot Pump.

A new gathering spot that could include a brewery, beer garden, dog park and food truck park is planned in the Havenwoods neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northwest side.

Sales in Harley-Davidson’s motorcycle segment have been sliding for years. The decline started after the company nearly reached $5.6 billion in 2014 and sales were down nearly a billion dollars by 2019.

Racine-based R&B Grinding, LLC has been acquired by Willis & Smith Capital, a Plano, Texas-based private equity firm. The transaction closed on Feb. 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Chippewa Falls-based Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company announced today that Dick Leinenkugel will retire as president at the end of the year.

Gleason Redi-Mix LLC is seeking approvals to operate a heavy manufacturing facility at an existing building in Milwaukee. An application was submitted to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals on Dec. 13, 2021. A special use is being requested by the company to operate out of a building located at 4111 W. Mill Road.

Denmark-based Oterra, LLC plans to move into an industrial building in Mount Pleasant that previously had been occupied by Foxconn on a temporary basis, prior to the construction of its campus in the village.

There were a number of things for executives at Racine-based Twin Disc Inc. to be happy about in the company’s latest earnings report.