Manufacturing

I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico, observing our excellent operations there. Later, I was a speaker at Walmart's summit on American manufacturing. There, we announced an initiative to increase our lighting share at Walmart and create new manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

Sussex-based manufacturer SussexIM has purchased the North American cosmetic compact business of Albea Group.

Carma Laboratories Inc., the Franklin-based maker of Carmex lip balms and skin care products, announced the introduction of a new fragrance-free healing cream.

Milwaukee-based industrial automation company Rockwell Automation Inc. has taken a $6.7 million order from South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

The overall confidence among manufacturing workers was up almost a point to 51.9 in the second quarter, according to the Randstad Manufacturing Employee Confidence Index.

Kohler Power Systems has started construction on a 100,000-square-foot addition to its Town of Mosel manufacturing plant.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing sector reversed its growth trend by declining in August, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

The “Big Three” American automakers today reported double-digit sales increases of U.S. sales for August.

I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico,...

Milwaukee-based Rexnord today announced it has acquired the assets of LWG Specialised Plumbing Products (LWG) from Hills Holdings Limited.