Industries

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Concept Machine Tool, a machine tool distributor with offices in Delafield and Minneapolis, has been appointed the exclusive distributor of Shigiya Machinery Works for Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Racine-based SC Johnson has acquired HomeBrands A.S. from Unilever CR, spol. s r.o., the Czech subsidiary of multinational consumer product manufacturer Unilever N.V.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has leased the second of two warehouses in Pewaukee that were formerly occupied by American TV & Appliance and plans to move its commingling operations there from New Berlin.

Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer Joy Global Inc. reported first quarter net income of $23.6 million, or 24 cents per share, down from $48.9 million, or 48 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of engine-powered equipment and tools, announced that it is releasing a new product line of clean water and semi-trash pumps that will provide homeowners with solutions to basement floods and emergency cleanups.

CNH Industrial America LLC has announced it will lay off about 100 full-time employees from its Mount Pleasant manufacturing facility.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. may be in talks to sell its Global Workplace Solutions arm to major global commercial real estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. for more than $1 billion.

Milwaukee-based Mortara Instrument Inc. plans to build a 60,000-square-foot warehouse building at 8585 W. Bradley Road in Milwaukee, near its corporate headquarters at 7865 N. 86th St.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc.’s Center for The Connected Enterprise is scheduled to present on smart manufacturing at the International Pharmaceutical Expo (INTERPHEX), a premier pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing event taking place from April 21-23 in New York City.