Manufacturing

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on March 18 joined four other U.S. senators to introduce bipartisan legislation that would designate 25 national universities as “Manufacturing Universities.”

Waukesha-based Miro Tool & Mfg., a manufacturer specializing in metal stamping, fabrication and machining, recently advanced its manufacturing service capabilities with the purchase of a Mitsubishi eX Series 2D CO2 laser.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has been awarded an $8.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to do energy savings performance work at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam near Honolulu.

From your alarm clock to your treadmill and from your car to your lawnmower, there is a good chance Exacto Spring Corp. played a role in it.

I’ll admit it. The title of this article might seem a bit provocative. After all, using leverage to impose your will on people close to you isn’t something that most people would consider, is it? Please bear with me, though, and I think you’ll see that the title does a pretty good job of tying this discussion to that from my previous “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” column in which the use of leverage in supply management was analyzed.

Gov. Scott Walker signed the right-to-work bill on March 9 at water meter manufacturer Badger Meter Inc.'s Brown Deer headquarters.

Among the world’s most ethical companies are a handful of companies anchored in southeastern Wisconsin.

Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $13 million, or 58 cents per share, up from $8.4 million, or 38 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $33.8 million, compared with net income of $373,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013.