Manufacturing

London-based professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP has named Aaron Jagdfeld as winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Award for the manufacturing category in the Upper Midwest.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp., a leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, said it has completed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 31.6 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of 38 cents per share.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. today reported fiscal third quarter net earnings of $34.4 million, or 45 cents per share, down from $36.4 million, or 49 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

American Pasteurization Company, a Milwaukee food toll processor, has partnered with Livermore, Calif.-based The National Food Lab, a food and beverage consulting and testing company, to expand its capabilities.

Julie Graverson has been promoted to general manager-Wisconsin converting at National Tissue Company LLC in Cudahy.

The Jor-Mac Company, a Lomira-based metal fabricator, has appointed Kelly Sayles as president.

Koss Corp., the Milwaukee-based inventor of world's first stereophone in 1958, said today it has revolutionized the design of the in-ear stereophone with the release of the Koss Interlocking in-ear stereophones.

Dorner Mfg. Corp. has partnered with Incline Equity Partners of Pittsburgh to assist in its growth plans. Rich Ryan, former COO of Dorner, has also been named the CEO of the company.

Milwaukee Area Technical College graduated 12 dislocated workers from an accelerated bilingual CNC program last week.

Dozens of plant workers at Milwaukee-based Palermo's Pizza are on strike and say the company has engaged in union-busting tactics as employees tried to form a union, according to Voces De La Frontera, an immigrant rights group and low wage worker center that is working with the Palermo's employees. The workers walked off the job 15 days ago.