Manufacturing

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.(FBHS), the parent company of Oak Creek-based Master Lock, announced that it has named Terry Horan president of the company's security and storage business.

Racine-based Twin Disc Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected John Batten, 47, to the position of president and chief executive officer, succeeding his father, Michael Batten, 73, who wil retire effective Dec. 31.

Milwaukee-based Rishi Tea needs additional space and could move to another location in the city or expand at its current location, co-owner and vice president of sales Benjamin Harrison said.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing industry started growing again in June, following two months of contraction, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Paul Jones, executive chairman of Milwaukee-based A. O. Smith Corp., has been named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Midwest.

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. plans to acquire Johan Walter Berg AB, a marine control and propulsion manufacturer based in Ockero Islands, Sweden.

The Port of Milwaukee helped export a massive Joy Global Inc. mining shovel to Manzanillo, Mexico last week.

Fisher Barton Blades Inc. plans to move its mower blade manufacturing operations to a larger facility in Watertown.
 

The Milwaukee area manufacturing industry started growing again in June, following two months of contraction, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has weighed in with yet another slice-and-dice of the woes of the metro area. It was meant to be a “conversation starter.”