Manufacturing

A key measure of Milwaukee-area manufacturing indicated further contraction in September. The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers Index was below 50 for the sixth consecutive month, according to the Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing.

Joy Global Surface Mining Inc. announced today it will temporarily close an operating unit its Milwaukee facility and lay off 113 workers beginning Nov. 30.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co. is currently hiring for 100 temporary seasonal positions that will begin on Nov. 16.

Gourmet Foods International has purchased a 35,216-square-foot building in Kenosha from 58th Place LLC. Gourmet Foods International is an Atlanta-based...

GE Power & Water has announced it will stop manufacturing gas engines in Waukesha and lay off 350 manufacturing workers there.

The board of directors of Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has appointed Simon Davis as vice president, chief human resources officer for the company.

Three tenants for the 18-story office tower Irgens is building at 833 E. Michigan St. in downtown Milwaukee were...

Johnson Controls CEO Alex Molinaroli is renovating his Brewer’s Hill home to the tune of $680,000. Molinaroli filed a building permit...

Wisconsin added 6,516 industrial jobs from July 2014 to July 2015, representing an increase of 1.1 percent. This is the fourth consecutive year manufacturing employment increased in Wisconsin.