Manufacturing

HellermannTyton has completed the renovations of its new Milwaukee manufacturing facility but is still having difficulty hiring enough skilled workers to fill it.

Manufacturers are responsible for finding a solution to the skills gap and taking ownership of the future of their industry.

History is littered with the bodies of those who could not agree about what was said vs. what was meant.

Daniel Erschen holds his employees to a high standard and rewards them for it, which has helped his company thrive.

The Port of Milwaukee saw an increase of 34.5 percent in the amount of cargo traveling to and from foreign ports in 2012. The final numbers show 210,406 metric tons of cargo went through either the St. Lawrence Seaway or by the inland river system to overseas ports.

Eight Wisconsin companies were awarded Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards Thursday night.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing sector had a major increase in activity this month, according to the monthly report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. today reported fiscal first quarter net income of $142.1 million, down slightly from $142.5 million in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. announced a net loss of $8.7 million for its fiscal second quarter, an improvement from a $90 million net loss from the previous fiscal second quarter.

Tom O'Reilly has been appointed president of Rockwell Automation Inc.’s Asia Pacific Region.