Manufacturing

Wixon, a St. Francis flavorings manufacturer, will host its 20th annual Wixon Open on Saturday, July 14 at 7:30 a.m. at the Bristol Oaks Country Club in Bristol.

Johnson Controls Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, participated in a signing ceremony in Tianjin, China, to announce a planned $200 million automotive battery plant, pending final approval.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.

The board of directors of Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. authorized the company to expend up to an additional $1 billion to repurchase shares of the company's common stock.

Joe Schick of Quad/Graphics Inc. has some suggestions for how transform the U.S. Postal Service.

Effective Aug. 1, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp. executive vice president and president of its Access Equipment segment, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of the company.

QuadDirect, a division of Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc., is setting new records in direct mail production and distribution savings at its Effingham, Ill., facility following a multimillion-dollar investment in new commingling mailing and inline manufacturing equipment and systems.

Johnson Controls Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, today participated in a signing ceremony in Tianjin, China, to announce a planned $200 million automotive battery plant, pending final approval.

Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire privately held Geofinity Manufacturing of Surrey, British Columbia.

Accurate Specialties Inc. will invest $4.5 million to expand its Waukesha facility and add a new Vertical Turning Center.