Manufacturing

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, will stop manufacturing lead-acid batteries at its Kangqiao plant in Shanghai, China.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards.

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. today announced the start of its annual Rediscover America national sale, the company's largest sale of the year.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Miller Compressing Co. in Milwaukee with two willful safety violations for allowing employees to perform maintenance on a shredder without first isolating the machine’s energy source.

Actuant Corp. has announced that it expects to report a non-cash pre-tax asset impairment charge of approximately $60 million in its fourth quarter operating results.

With winter just around the corner, Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. has unveiled two new snow blower engines.

Waukesha County Technical College will host ISO Basics: Is Your Organization Ready? on Friday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 a.m....

Top Floor Technologies has moved to the Security Insurance Building at 2725 S. Moorland Road in New Berlin.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc., a designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products, has announced the appointment of Tim Sullivan as a member of its board of directors.

Joy Global Inc. has announced that Michael Olsen, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on Feb. 1, 2013.