Manufacturing

The BizTimes Manufacturing Summit will be held Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park.

Area manufacturers saw stock values drop sharply last week in one of the worst stock market showings since October 2008.

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Waukesha Industrial Supply has changed its name to Applied Tooling Technologies to “better reflect its vision, expert staff, innovative tooling technology and increased markets served.”

Over the coming weeks, Gov. Scott Walker and his key economic development cabinet secretaries will hold a series of job creation forums with business leaders in various parts of the state to listen to the concerns of job creators and have a discussion of what the state can do to encourage job growth.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced that the U.S. Treasury Department had approved Wisconsin’s application to participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which was created by President Barack Obama’s first rounds of economic stimulus.

Johnson Outdoors Inc., a Racine-based global outdoor recreation company, announced the temporary closure of its plant and administrative offices in Binghamton, N.Y., due to flooding from heavy rains.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. will invest $100 million to build a start-stop vehicle battery plant in China, a move the automobile battery producer said reflects increasing global demand for environmentally-friendly technology.

President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint H. Fisk Johnson as a member of the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.

The Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC) announced the creation of a new initiative called MiKE (Innovation in Milwaukee), a design, technology and innovation cluster that will serve as a catalytic source for rapid innovation and talent to compete on the world stage.