Industries
Malls, stores and restaurants are closing early
Several southeastern Wisconsin shopping centers, grocery stores and fitness centers are closing early today for the safety of their employees and customers as the temperatures plummet dangerously low again tonight.
Gener8tor launches winter program
Wisconsin-based startup accelerator Gener8tor has kicked off its Winter 2014 Program with five companies planning to advance their businesses.
Suzy’s Cream Cheesecakes considers move to Oak Creek
Suzy’s Cream Cheesecakes Inc., a producer of cheesecakes and other desserts, is considering plans to move from St. Francis to Oak Creek.
K.G. Stevens buys former Boelter HQ
New Berlin-based K.G. Stevens Inc., a fabricator and installer of countertops, recently purchased the former headquarters of The Boelter Companies, a 127,400-square-foot industrial facility at 11100 Silver Spring Road, Milwaukee, according to state records.
CEOs optimistic about 2014
Sixty-five percent of Wisconsin chief executive officers expect moderate state economic growth in the first half of the year, according to a recent survey by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
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Paranet surveying area manufacturers
The Paranet Group, a Milwaukee-based manufacturing development organization, is polling area manufacturers about the past year in its 2013 End of Year Manufacturing Survey.
Brady appoints Miller to CTO
Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. has named John Miller senior vice president and chief technology officer.
Super Steel promotes leaders
Milwaukee-based Super Steel LLC has shifted several leaders within the contract manufacturing company to support its ongoing business growth.
Charting a new direction: Wandell kicks Harley back into gear
Keith Wandell, new to his position as chief executive officer and president of Harley-Davidson Inc. in 2009, faced horrendous business conditions. After 20 years of unbridled success, H-D's business landscape shifted as the recession moved into high gear. Credit became virtually impossible to secure from conventional lenders; bike foreclosures were at an all time high; residual value, a hallmark of the Harley-Davidson brand, plummeted from 85 percent to 60 percent.
