Manufacturing

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.

MillerCoors LLC reported fourth quarter net income of $239.9 million, up from $172.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Fourth quarter revenue was $1.8 billion, up from $1.7 billion in the same period a year ago.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. today announced it has opened a new manufacturing plant in Queretaro, Mexico.
The new 100,000 square foot plant will produce molded polyurethane foam for automotive seats.

Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. today 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.

Menomonee Falls-based Connected Technology Solutions, an interactive kiosk design and creative marketing company, has signed a new agreement with Reston, Va.-based QuadraMed Corporation.

Nercon Engineering & Manufacturing will end manufacturing in Oshkosh and consolidate production of its conveyor systems in a newer plant in Oconto.

New Richmond is getting a new brewery and, according to the brewer, it has Minnesota's laws to thank for it.