Manufacturing

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. is considering a potential asset sale that could cover $195 million in maturing debt while also allowing the company is simplify its business and increase its focus on power application.

Brothers Nicholas and Michael Rivecca have completed the purchase from Brian Ganos of the entire ownership interest in Riv/Crete Ready Mix, according to a Wednesday announcement.

Eastek Automated Circuit Technologies (EACT) LLC plans to eliminate 36 jobs at its printed circuit board assembly and electro-mechanical facility in Menomonee Falls, the company said in a WARN notice to state and local officials.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to sell its Omaha packaging plant for $40 million to  Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International while also continuing investments in other packaging operations.

Chief executive officer Matt Levatich acknowledged during Harley-Davidson’s earnings call Tuesday that the company is far from where it was before the Great Recession, but he also said Harley is not the same company it was three years ago.

The nearly six-week strike at General Motors by UAW workers last fall cost Milwaukee-based Strattec Security Corp. around $7 million in sales during the company’s second quarter.

The vertically integrated manufacturing facility that Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. plans to build in West Bend will be located in a new business park the city is developing. The facility could have 100 employees by 2025.

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. will continue its rapid expansion in the Milwaukee area with a new vertically integrated manufacturing plant in West Bend.

Vernon Hills, Illinois-based Rust-Oleum is expanding its presence in Kenosha County with the lease of 102,000 square feet of...

It doesn’t necessarily look like it from Maple Road, but MGS is creating a health care center of excellence...