Manufacturing

Drought conditions that resulted in lower lawn mower sales prompted Briggs & Stratton Corp. to report a fiscal first quarter net loss of $13.2 million, excluding additional restructuring charges.

The southeastern Wisconsin industrial real estate market is in better shape than it has been in years, according to data from the latest Xceligent and Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW) market report.

Milwaukee-based global color, flavor and fragrance manufacturer Sensient Technologies Inc. announced it will build a new facility in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Snap-on Inc. today reported third quarter net earnings of $74.1 million, or $1.26 per share, up from $67.8 million, or $1.16 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Drought conditions that resulted in lower lawn mower sales prompted Briggs & Stratton Corp. to report a fiscal first quarter net loss of $13.2 million, excluding additional restructuring charges.

Newsweek, which is printed by Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc., will become an online-only publication next year, ending 80 years as a printed magazine.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the automotive business assets of A123 Systems Inc., a Waltham, Mass., company that filed for bankruptcy protection today.

The AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research today released a new report that questions whether Milwaukee-based Palermo Villa Inc. has lived up to its commitments to create family-supporting jobs after receiving $26 million in government subsidies.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co. Ltd.

MillerCoors, the Milwaukee Bucks and the BMO Harris Bradley Center announced a 10-year sponsorship renewal that maintains the brewer's status as the team's exclusive beer sponsor and a major supporter of the arena.