Manufacturing

Manufacturing has been transformed in the past 25 years. The perception of manufacturing, unfortunately, has not kept pace with the advances in processes, equipment and training.

The Hispanic Chamber of Wisconsin is supporting Palermo’s Pizza in its labor dispute.

Silgan Containers will eliminate 38 jobs at its plant in Menomonee Falls at N90 W14600 Commerce Drive.

September produced a mixed bag of sales results for U.S. automakers, as Chrysler Group LLC posted some of its best sales increases in years, but sales for Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. were mostly flat.

Steele Solutions Inc. has completed construction of a 35,000-square-foot plant addition in Franklin that has significantly boosted its capacity to manufacture mezzanines and other steel structures for use in distribution centers, warehouses, factories and other commercial and military settings throughout the world.

Generac Holdings Inc., a Waukesha-based designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products, today announced it expects strong financial results for the third quarter of 2012, and as a result is raising its outlook for full-year 2012.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced today it will complete its delivery of nearly $1 million in donated generators and pressure washers to an additional 58 American Red Cross chapters nationwide.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $16.5 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $41.4 million, or 55 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

St. Louis-based leading national scrap metal processor Alter Trading Corp. has purchased Miller Compressing Company.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing sector continued to languish this month, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.