Manufacturing

Campbell Soup Company announced Thursday it will close its South Plainfield, N.J., spice plant and consolidate spice production at its Milwaukee plant.
The move makes Milwaukee's spice facility, 500 West Edgerton Ave., the major food manufacturer's only spice operation supplying its U.S. thermal plants.

Waukesha-based generator manufacturer Generac has raised its outlook for 2012 in light of strong financial results it expects for the third quarter.

Wisconsin has joined a national campaign called Dream It. Do It. that aims to get high school students interested in manufacturing.

The electronics that are installed in a car or truck have cables that need to be fastened to the undercarriage. Data centers, being built in ever-growing numbers, need wire and cable bundling and enclosures.

As the economic and political situations seem to become more uncertain, Wisconsin companies are wondering about the near-term outlook.

Consumers may take packaging for granted, but it is used in a wide variety of industries to hold and sell products.

The formation of the Wisconsin Business Alliance was announced Thursday at events attended by local business owners in Shorewood, Janesville and Madison.

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

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. announced today it has expanded and extended its agreement with Gannett Co. Inc. to print copies of USA Weekend, a Sunday magazine inserted into more than 700 newspapers.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. today 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.