Manufacturing

A federal agency recently cited Grafton-based Kapco Inc. with eight safety violations following a February incident that led to the amputation of a portion of an employee's finger. A similar incident happened one year earlier on the same spot welding machine.

Milwaukee-based snowplow manufacturer Douglas Dynamics Inc. reported second quarter net income of $13.1 million, or 57 cents per share, down from $14.6 million, or 64 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2014.

Franklin-based manufacturer Allis-Roller LLC recently reduced its workforce from 100 employees to 50.

Experts say Manitowoc County's agriculture industry remains on solid footing and has an increasingly positive outlook thanks to export growth and strong local infrastructure.

Sub-Zero Group, maker of the upscale Sub-Zero and Wolf kitchen appliances, will build a $62 million addition onto one of its Fitchburg plants and plans to hire 300 employees over the next three years.

A key measure of Milwaukee-area manufacturing activity indicated a slight improvement in July, although it continued to be in negative territory for the fourth straight month.

Milwaukee-based Jason Industries Inc. today reported a second quarter net loss of $865,000, or 7 cents lost per share, compared with net income of $5.2 million, or $5,237 per share, for its predecessor company in the second quarter of 2014.

A federal agency on Thursday cited Milwaukee manufacturer D.R. Diedrich & Co. with one willful and 18 serious safety violations following an employee’s death in February.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. today reported fiscal third quarter net income of $206.1 million, or $1.52 per share, up from $199.7 million, or $1.43 per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

About 73 percent of Wisconsin manufacturers surveyed in a new report say they do not source components to foreign manufacturers.