Manufacturing

The Wisconsin Sign Association Inc. has given Milwaukee-based Sign Effectz Inc. a first place award for the neon sign it designed, built and installed for Divino’s Restaurant in Milwaukee.

LTL Freight Services, a Milwaukee-based shipping logistics company, has changed its name to Global Freight Source.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has elected Raymond L. Conner to its board of directors.

Waukesha County Technical College helped Waukesha-based Superior Crane Corp. achieve its ISO-9001;2008 certification, and has featured the process in a video on its homepage.

GPS Education Partners has opened the program’s first education center in the City of Milwaukee, at Strattec Security Corporation.

The community of Port Washington released a collective sigh of relief with the recent announcement that Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. will be sold to a private equity firm that is committing to keep the company's headquarters, its employees, its production and its leadership team intact.

Everbrite LLC, a Greenfield-based manufacturer of commercial signs, today announced that Thomas Brockley has joined the company as its president.

Kim Nichols, Racine Metal-Fab chief executive officer and owner, was recently honored with the Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce (RAMAC) Business Person of the Year Award.

Rol-Tec, a Green Bay-based manufacturer of precision rubber-covered rollers and related products located, is investing between $850,000 and $1 million to equip its facility with new laser engraving equipment.