Manufacturing

Wisconsin companies that export products or services globally or would like to learn how to export are invited to send executives to attend the Wisconsin International Trade Conference to be held on Tuesday, May 13, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Klement's Sausage Co. is for sale and could be sold as soon as today.

Wisconsin's overall exports were flat at about $23.1 billion in 2013, virtually unchanged from the year before.

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., the Brookfield-based subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd., is in the process of acquiring Mukwonago-based Empire Level.

Two companies in the Village of Jackson in Washington County are planning expansions.

The State of Wisconsin Claims Board will consider a $65.9 million claim filed by Talgo Inc. at its Wednesday, April 30 meeting.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, Inc. today reported first quarter net income of $265.9 million, or $1.21 per share, up from $224.1 million, or 99 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. today reported second quarter net income of $291 million, or 39 cents per share, up significantly from $193 million, or 24 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Caterpillar Inc. today reported first quarter net income of $933 million, or $1.44 per share, up from $880 million, or $1.31 per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

Federal Tool & Engineering LLC plans to move its Cedarburg operations into a building it owns in West Bend.