Manufacturing

Ottomotores S.A. de C.V, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems Inc., recently announced the appointment of Ricardo Navarro as managing director.

Milwaukee-based private equity fund Generation Growth Capital, Inc., has sold Quality Assembly & Logistics, LLC to the company’s president and chief executive officer, Guy Meyerhofer.

How are you preparing to make 2015 your most successful and profitable year? If you doubt this is possible, consider the current business environment. Markets are strong, the price of oil and many other commodities has eased off and unemployment remains well below previous years. The market is ripe with opportunity for any company that can clearly articulate and offer significant value to their customers and clients.

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The theme of the 2015 Manufacturing Matters! Conference scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26 is "The Changing Landscape of Manufacturing."

Manufacturing activity in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in December was not as robust as in November; however, it still remained high, according to a new report.

Let's see, there's summer, fall, winter, spring, and uh, jolly. For the uninformed, the jolly season started around Thanksgiving and goes all the way until Christmas. Or what used to be called Christmas. Now it’s called the holiday season to make certain that no one is offended.

Ottomotores S.A. de C.V, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems Inc. announced today the appointment of Ricardo Navarro as managing director.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. is stepping down operations immediately at its Dickson, Tenn., plant. All production is expected to wrap up on or before March 12, 2015.

The landscape of manufacturing in America has undergone more significant changes than many of us in the industry care to remember. The recent past has been particularly painful, with economic downturns driving manufacturing overseas to take advantage of lower labor costs, and a generally depressed level of manufacturing activity becoming the norm.