Manufacturing

Lake Geneva-based Trostel Ltd. today announced that Jay Longbottom has been appointed chief executive officer of the firm, which manufactures custom seals, precision molded rubber products and custom rubber compounds.

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The recent joint celebration between company management and union labor at Master Lock Company’s Milwaukee plant harkened back to a previous generation. Read more in a Milwaukee Biz Blog by BizTimes executive editor Steve Jagler.

The Marquette University College of Business Administration’s Center for Supply Chain Management and the Wisconsin Procurement Institute on Tuesday, March 27, will present a two-part, daylong series of presentations and panel discussions focusing on how Wisconsin and northern Illinois firms can tap into federal contract opportunities.

The Northwestern Mutual Foundation announced nearly $700,000 in grants to 14 Milwaukee-area nonprofits that provide job training, business development and access to crucial community resources.

Electronic Technologies International (ETI), through its Fort Atkinson-based subsidiary American Cable & Harness LLC (ACH), has acquired the assets of CMK Enterprises, Inc. and Calmer Industries LLC of Eagle, Wis.

ELMA Americas announced an expansion of its Optima EPS operations with the acquisition of Stantron broadcast cabinets and APW Mayville datacenter cabinets from Mayville Products Corp. of Mayville, Wis.

Dispensing Dynamics International Inc. (DDI) announced it has acquired The Colman Group Inc., which does business as San Jamar-Chef Revival in Elkhorn.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. reported fiscal second quarter gross profit of $10.5 million or 74 cents per share, up from $8.5 million, or 44 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce will present a conference devoted to improving education in Milwaukee on Wednesday, March 14.