Manufacturing
Get the latest news on manufacturing companies, innovation, and economic impact across southeastern Wisconsin.
Women discuss role in manufacturing
Milwaukee played host to the second annual Women in Manufacturing conference last week, attracting women from all over the country who work in the manufacturing industry to the Pfister Hotel.
Rexnord reports robust quarter
Rexnord Corp. today reported fiscal second quarter net income of $19.2 million, or 19 cents per share, up from $4.5 million, or 6 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Magnetek hires Chinese distributor
Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. today announced it is expanding international distribution of its radio control products in China.
ZBB Energy’s net loss widens
ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced a fiscal first quarter net loss of $2.9 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or 5 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Impairments pile up on Modine
Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. today reported a fiscal second quarter net loss of $12.0 million, or 26 cents per share, compared with net earnings of $1.4 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Low snowfalls clip sales at Douglas Dynamics
Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics Inc., the North American leader in the design, manufacture and sale of snow and ice control equipment for light trucks, announced third quarter net income of $2.3 million, or 10 cents per share, down from $4.0 million, or 18 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
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Briggs & Stratton to acquire Brazilian company
Briggs & Stratton Corp. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Companhia Caetano Branco of Brazil for approximately $60 million, subject to post-closing adjustments.
Rockwell caps record fiscal year
Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. today reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $195.2 million, or $1.38 per share, down from $201.8 million, or $1.39 per share, in the same period a year ago.
Talgo files lawsuit against state
Talgo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin, alleging the state violated the commitments in a contract and has not paid for two high-speed trains that are sitting idle in the company's Milwaukee plant.
Briggs & Stratton provides generators to help New Yorkers vote
Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. has responded to Hurricane Sandy by providing powerless Long Island, N.Y., residents with hundreds of portable generators to power polling stations on Election Day.