Manufacturing

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today reported fiscal second quarter net earnings of $16.4 million, or 31 cents per share, up sharply from a net loss of $8.7 million, or 17 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Mayville Engineering Company Inc. announced today that Steve Fisher has been elected to its board of directors.

Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. reported a fiscal second quarter net loss of $3.4 million, or 47 cents per share, down dramatically from net income of $338,688, or 5 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

MillerCoors LLC reported fourth quarter net income of $239.9 million, up from $172.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Milwaukee-based Sprecher Brewing Company will release the 2014 batch of “Beyond” Braggot, a style of mead made with honey and barley malt, on Feb. 24.

Important issues and the latest trends for the manufacturing sector will be examined later this month when the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership hosts the 17th annual “Manufacturing Matters!” conference at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Super Steel LLC today announced plans to hold multiple job fairs to attract 30 new welders.

S.C. Johnson has announced it is closing the Minneapolis home office of The Caldrea Company, which it acquired in 2008.
Forty people will lose their jobs, and The Caldrea Company's brands – Caldrea and Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day – will be integrated with SC Johnson's Home Cleaning business in Racine.

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson has announced the first round of funding in Wisconsin Fast Forward, a $15 million worker training grant program that launched this year.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $48.5 million, or 69 cents per share, up from $28.3 million, or 41 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2012.