Manufacturing

Harley-Davidson has been working for years to attract younger and more diverse riders to motorcycling. While those efforts are showing signs of progress, the company’s chief executive officer says changing trends in when major life events happen for people are creating new challenges for the company.

Executives at Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. are now expecting an organic sales decline in the company’s fourth quarter prompted by global uncertainty around trade and tariffs, although the dip may be temporary.

Joel Quadracci said he expected the U.S. Department of Justice to take a close look at his company’s proposed acquisition of Chicago-based LSC Communications. After all, the combination of the two largest players in any industry is going to draw regulatory scrutiny.

Fair Oaks Farms LLC plans to expand its presence in LakeView Corporate Park in Pleasant Prairie by occupying a 56,000-square-foot building for dry storage and warehousing.

Harley-Davidson Inc. received regulatory approval during the second quarter to ship the majority of its motorcycles for Europe from a new facility in Thailand, allowing it to avoid a higher tariff levied in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Oak Creek-based Superior Die Set Corp. has named Martin Girga as chief executive officer, replacing co-owner and co-chairman Frank Janiszewski.

Cedarburg-based Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corp. is expanding its operations with a third plant near its existing operations.

Peter Rathmann President and CEO, Allis Tool & Machine Co. “Sustaining culture change is easy once you have the right people...

Harken Inc. sells, leases back its Pewaukee headquarters

Look out over the production floor at Banker Wire’s new Mukwonago facility, and it seems that a large portion...