Industries

Mariano’s, one of five grocery banners of Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Inc., delivered an emergency relief donation of water to Illinois tornado victims on Tuesday. Coordinated through the State of Illinois Emergency Management (IEMA), a full Mariano’s trailer carrying 1,428 cases of Roundy’s bottled water (34,272 individual bottles) was delivered to Washington, Ill. Tuesday afternoon.

The Racine County Economic Development Corporation announced that RCEDC executive director Gordy Kacala will retire July 31, 2014, after 24 years of service.

Benjamin Engel, owner and president of J.F. Cook Co. Inc., has been elected to serve as the chairman of the board of the Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin (BBB) board of directors.

Riverwest Food Pantry has appointed Vincent Noth executive director.

Area organizations and companies like Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Department Stores have expanded their philanthropic efforts globally to support disaster relief efforts in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan.

The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Southeast Wisconsin has announced plans to launch a new Ways to Work program in Milwaukee to assist families who have poor credit ratings in obtaining low-cost loans to purchase or repair a pre-owned vehicle.

Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport is installing 60 new electronic charging stations throughout the gate-area seating for use by travelers.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with core businesses in the building and automotive industries, announced a multi-year stock share repurchase program and an increase in its quarterly dividend, reflecting the company's confidence in its long-term business prospects.

Everbrite LLC, a Greenfield-based manufacturer of commercial signs, today announced that Thomas Brockley has joined the company as its president.

Rogers, Minn.-based specialty contracting and waste management firm Veit, which has a Milwaukee-area office in New Berlin, will be the project manager for the deconstruction of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s east office building at its downtown Milwaukee corporate headquarters campus.