Manufacturing

Global Precision Industries Inc. has moved from a 1,500-square-foot space in Germantown to a 7,000-square-foot facility in Menomonee Falls.

Going forward I plan to occasionally use this blog as a vehicle for sharing professional experiences that hopefully shed light on how to operate in a Next Generation Supply Management world. I understand that experience is usually the best teacher. Hopefully, though, reading about other’s experiences can provide you with enough schooling that you will get “advanced placement” credit from the school-of-hard-knocks.

Data collection and analysis can be used in a variety of ways, but for this column I would like to focus on maintenance. Though maintenance may not seem as exciting as all the other production improvement possibilities, I find maintenance to be an often overlooked aspect of manufacturing which can lead to costly, unscheduled downtime and quickly swamp any incremental gains in production improvements.

Milwaukee-based Prolitec Inc., which manufactures ambient scenting and odor remediation solutions, is providing the technology behind five "scent sculptures" for the United States Pavilion’s “OfficeUS” exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition runs through Nov. 23.

Companies interested in investing in energy efficiency and waste reduction projects can apply for low interest financing by Monday, Dec. 8. The funding is available from the new Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund (CERLF), a program jointly managed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

Milwaukee-based Great Lakes Distillery, Wisconsin's oldest distillery, has announced the release of Rehorst Barrel Reserve Gin, a limited bottling with 400 bottles produced monthly.

Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Euroflex Transmissions Private Ltd. Euroflex serves global original equipment manufacturers from its base in Hyderabad, India, and has annual revenues of approximately $16 million. Closing is anticipated this month.

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Kenosha-based multifacturing company Xten Industries LLC will cease operation of its Kenosha facility and lay off 120 employees, according to a WARN notice filed last week with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Ailing Milwaukee headphone manufacturer Koss Corp. plans to move from the NASDAQ Global Market to the NASDAQ Capital Market to avoid being delisted.