Manufacturing

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at a Workforce Development Program to be presented by the Waukesha County Business Alliance on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

Cudahy-based Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a subsidiary of Handy & Harman Ltd., announced it has acquired Inmet Metal Processing Plant Ltd. of Gliwice, Poland.

Palermo Villa Inc. and Voces de la Frontera, the activist group advocating for some of the company's employees, are both assessing National Labor Relations Board Milwaukee regional director Irving Gottschalk's initial verbal rulings on complaints that the firm violated labor laws.

Judie Taylor, president of Dueco Inc., announced the growing company is adding a second shift of production at its truck body manufacturing shop in Waukesha.

Rockwell Automation has been awarded a $21.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the operation of machinery control systems on its Navy and Coast Guard surface ships.

When Polyfab Corp. lost its biggest customer last year, the company had to figure out how to make up for a loss of 36 percent of its business.

Judie Taylor, president of Dueco Inc., announced today the growing company is adding a second shift of production at its truck body manufacturing shop in Waukesha.

Cudahy-based Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a subsidiary of Handy & Harman Ltd., announced today it has acquired Inmet Metal Processing Plant Ltd. of Gliwice, Poland.

Blackthorne Partners Ltd., a Mequon-based private equity firm, announced it has acquired Berlon Industries, a Hustisford-based manufacturer of buckets and attachments for skid loaders, telehandlers and compact utility tractors.

Grafton-based Kapco Inc., which is projecting 20-percent annual sales growth in each of the next several years, is launching a new initiative to expand its vendor base and augment its growth.