Manufacturing

Racine-based thermal management product manufacturer Modine Manufacturing Co. has been awarded business supplying round tube plate fin coils to a major North American appliance manufacturer.

MTE Corp. announced it is increasing the capacity of its 44,000-square-foot Menomonee Falls headquarters by 20 percent and investing more than $500,000 in improvements. MTE is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-efficiency electrical power quality solutions for commercial and industrial applications.

An affiliate of STORE Capital, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based real estate investment trust, purchased the 230,000-square-foot Waukesha Foundry building at 1300 Lincoln Ave. in Waukesha for $11.2 million, according to state records.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. is changing its name to EnSync Inc., the company announced today. Additionally, the developer of energy management systems solutions announced the approval of a transaction with Solar Power Inc. that could potentially lead to majority ownership for the China-based company.

These days, the word ‘sustainability’ feels overused. A closer look at what it means for manufacturers, though, points to a strong business case for sustainable practices.

Oak Creek-based pet food manufacturer Stella & Chewy's LLC has voluntarily recalled some of its products after one of its products tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

If you’re not in the communication business now, you soon will be. The Internet of Things (IoT) will see to that.

A key measure of Milwaukee-area manufacturing activity once again indicated contraction in June. The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers Index was below 50 for now the third month in a row, according to the Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing.

A fire occurred at the MillerCoors Milwaukee brewery on June 30 after a grain blower exploded. No one was injured, and production was not affected, according to a company spokesman.

Plymouth-based cheese producer Sargento Foods plans to invest $30 million in the expansion of its plant in Kiel and its technical center in Elkhart Lake.