Manufacturing

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced today that it will close its Patrick Cudahy dry sausage and bacon plant in Cudahy for two weeks, beginning later this week. Some employees at the plant have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, the company said.

German industrial automation implementation firm Beckhoff Automation LLC plans to open an office this summer at the Global Water Center in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. will cut salaries for most salaried employees in the United States by 10 to 20%, the company announced Wednesday.

Ajita Rajendra plans to retire from his role as executive chairman of Milwaukee-based A.O. Smith Corp. on May 1, the company announced Wednesday.

American Friction Welding has relocated its operations from the town of Brookfield to a new facility at 505 Northview Road in Waukesha.

Twin Disc’s products generally allow it to continue operating, but Batten said it is challenging to be productive with uncertainty from a number of sources.

An employee from Quad/Graphics’ West Allis facility passed away on April 8 from COVID-19, the Sussex-based company said in a statement Monday.

Angelic Bakehouse saw sales increase by 70% in March and would have sold even more bread if it could have kept up with customer demand.

In a normal year, this would be a slower part of the year for residential products at Waukesha-based generator maker Generac Holdings Inc.

Nearly 70% of the 580 employees working in Wisconsin for Foxconn and its subsidiaries at the end of 2019 started their current positions in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a BizTimes review of data the company submitted to state officials.