Manufacturing

Leominster, Mass.-based PFERD Inc. announced it plans to consolidate its staff and operations, including brush production, distribution, and sales and marketing, at its 100,000-square-foot Milwaukee facility. The move is scheduled to be completed by the early third quarter of 2015, around the same time the Massachusetts location will close.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. today reported it has acquired French hard rock mining company Montabert S.A.S. from Doosan Holding France S.A.S. for about $124 million.

Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that he will lead a business development mission to Canada in June.

Kewaskum-based Regal Ware Inc. is embarking on an exciting new model to export its West Bend Cookware to China.

Racine-based SC Johnson has been named one of the top 50 most reputable consumer companies in the U.S. by the 2015 RepTrak 100 study.

I once had a plant manager tell me his factory had implemented Six Sigma, but there was not a single statistical process control chart. How is that possible?

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. reported fiscal third quarter net income of $17.2 million, or 33 cents per share, down from $24.1 million, or 39 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $32.5 million, or 34 cents per share, down from $39.9 million, or 38 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Wauwatosa-based outdoor power equipment manufacturer Briggs & Stratton Corp. recently acquired all the outstanding shares of Billy Goat Industries Inc., a manufacturer of specialty turf equipment, for about $26 million in cash.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. plans to change its name to EnSync Inc., according to a proxy statement recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.