Manufacturing

Get the latest news on manufacturing companies, innovation, and economic impact across southeastern Wisconsin.

GE Healthcare to produce ventilators ‘around the clock’

Chicago-based GE Healthcare last week said it would increase its output of medical equipment including CTs, ultrasound devices, mobile X-ray systems, patient monitors and ventilators in an effort to help combat the coronavirus.

Sub-Zero, Wolf to lay off more than 1,000 workers temporarily due to coronavirus

Fitchburg-based Sub-Zero Group Inc. notified state officials this week that it plans to temporarily cease operations and lay off...

Third Space Brewing was expanding, then coronavirus hit

Third Space Brewing has a tradition in its Milwaukee taproom. Every Friday at 5:45 p.m., the company’s brewmaster gets...

SC Johnson increases value of its commitment to fight COVID-19 to $5 million

Racine-based SC Johnson announced today that it is increasing its efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic by committing $5 million in products and cash to “support urgent public needs and those on the front lines.”

Harley-Davidson halting U.S. production after positive coronavirus test

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. will temporarily suspend production at its three U.S. manufacturing facilities after an employee at its Pilgrim...

Harley investor helped push CEO out and now wants its directors on board

Impala Asset Management, which owns around 2% of Harley-Davidson’s stock, has nominated former NASCAR president Brent Dewar and The YES Network founder Leo Hinery Jr. to be directors of the Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker.

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Harley-Davidson paid $2.3 million in severance to execs last year, including fired brand president

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. paid out $2.3 million in severance to top executives who left the company last year.

SC Johnson donates $1 million to emergency fund in response to COVID-19

SC Johnson pledged $1 million to the CDC Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund, which is designed to bolster domestic and global public health infrastructure related to the COVID-19 pandemic.