Manufacturing

Milwaukee-based Pflow Industries Inc. has purchased a 26,000-square-foot building across the street to make room for growth.

Glendale-based global manufacturer Johnson Controls Inc. recently held a fiscal 2015 forecast and mid-term financial outlook in which it predicted record profits in fiscal 2015.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to close its direct marketing plant in Atlanta, Ga., in early 2015.

Sheboygan Falls-based sausage manufacturer Johnsonville Sausage has opened its first retail store, in Naples, Fla.

Racine-based outdoor recreation equipment manufacturer Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $786,000, compared with a net loss of $3.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2013.

One of the reasons lean is powerful as a management philosophy is that it brings together various and often diverse stakeholders, empowering them to collectively effect change. It achieves this by validating or dispelling past beliefs, piercing cultural boundaries within the organization and creating a common vision among employees regardless of tenure, knowledge or experience.

Milwaukee-based Busch Precision Inc. is hosting tours for area Milwaukee Public Schools as part of its involvement with the Council of Small Business Executives’ “Be the Spark” campaign.

Sheboygan Falls-based sausage manufacturer Johnsonville Sausage has opened its first retail store, in Naples, Fla.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to close its direct marketing plant in Atlanta, Ga., in early 2015.

Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire Manchester, Iowa-based Henderson for about $95 million.