Manufacturing

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Mount Kisco, New York-based private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. LLC has agreed to acquire Pleasant Prairie-based PPC Industries Inc.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. recently reported fourth quarter net income of $136.9 million, or $1.38 per share, up from $26.8 million, or 25 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is seeking Wisconsin companies to take part in a global trade venture in Mexico in March.

The final shipment of steel for 2014 arrived on Dec. 15 in the Port of Milwaukee, bringing the year's total volume of steel shipments to 179,000 metric tons, the second highest annual steel tonnage since 1970, according to port spokesman Jeff Fleming.

Cambridge Major Laboratories Inc., a supplier of comprehensive pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services, is investing more than $20 million in its Germantown plant.

Wisconsin companies that have achieved success in exporting are encouraged to apply for the 2015 Governor's Export Achievement Award.

Manufacturers are increasingly positive as 2014 comes to a close, with 83 percent expecting revenue growth next year, up from 64 percent of manufacturers who anticipated growth in 2014, according to the recently released ASQ 2015 Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

Pratt Industries, America's leading 100 percent recycled paper-packaging company, announced today it will begin construction on a new $52 million corrugated box factory in Beloit next spring, a project expected to create 140 new jobs.

DHL Express has added a new Milwaukee flight that departs from General Mitchell International Airport at 11:30 daily.