Manufacturing
Get the latest news on manufacturing companies, innovation, and economic impact across southeastern Wisconsin.
Industrial park planned west of I-94 in Kenosha
Yet another industrial park development is planned in the I-94 corridor in Kenosha County.
Sensient urges shareholders to reject FrontFour plan
Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. sent a letter to shareholders asking them to reject a hostile board takeover attempt by Greenwich, Conn-based hedge fund FrontFour Master Fund Ltd.
Blackthorne, Lund acquire Columbus manufacturer
Brookfield private equity firm Blackthorne Partners Ltd. and former Trostel Ltd. vice president Ross Lund have acquired Columbus-based Hughes Co. The company will now be called Hughes Equipment Company LLC.
N.Y. company acquires Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals
All of the outstanding shares of Grafton-based Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals Inc. have been acquired by Albany, N.Y.-based Albany Molecular Research Inc. for $38.2 million. AMRI also assumed $2.8 million in liabilities.
Metal-Era expands production department, adds employees
Waukesha-based Metal-Era, Inc., a commercial engineered roof solutions company, announced the addition of a weekend shift to their production department, which is now operating seven days a week.
Schwaab expands production at Milwaukee headquarters
Schwaab, Inc. has announced it has added a third production shift at its company headquarters in Milwaukee.
The company is also adding employees at the Milwaukee facility.
The company is also adding employees at the Milwaukee facility.
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Milwaukee manufacturing sector shows growth in March
Milwaukee-area manufacturing activity rebounded in March after contracting in February, according to a new report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee. The industry has now seen growth in six of the past seven months.
Sensient urges shareholders to reject FrontFour plan
Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. sent a letter to shareholders today asking them to reject a hostile board takeover attempt by Greenwich, Conn-based hedge fund FrontFour Master Fund Ltd.
Metal-Era expands production department, adds employees
Waukesha-based Metal-Era, Inc., a commercial engineered roof solutions company, today announced the addition of a weekend shift to their production department, which is now operating seven days a week.
Wisconsin ranks 35th in job creation
Wisconsin added 31,000 jobs from September 2012 to September 2013, 28,351 of which were in the private sector, according to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
