Industries

Cargill on Friday shut down its Milwaukee beef harvest facility, which had 600 employees.

Milwaukee-area manufacturers reported continued strong growth during July, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. has hired Shaunna Balady as vice president of corporate development.

Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. today announced that Dick Hobbs, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire in February 2015. He will be replaced by Stephen Rolfs, who currently serves as senior vice president, administration.

There are plenty of underlying factors in the breakup and merger of Journal Communications that won't make its news reports.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today named J. Michael Nauman president, chief executive officer and director, effective immediately.

Following the successful development of the Global Water Center, home to innovation driven by Milwaukee's water cluster, the city is gaining a similar center focused on advancements in the energy, power and control industry.

Two suburban YMCA organizations on Thursday submitted formal offers in federal bankruptcy court to purchase four YMCA centers from the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee. The offers include agreements to honor the terms of all existing membership contracts and retain substantially all existing employees.

Is the merger of Journal Communications Inc. and The E.W. Scripps Company good for Milwaukee?

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co. today unveiled two of its new 2015 motorcycles, the Road Glide and the Road Glide Special.