Industries

Warren, Mich.-based Production Tool Supply Co. has acquired Menomonee Falls-based KM Tool Supply Ltd.

William Nasgovitz, chairman, chief investment officer, and portfolio manager at Heartland Advisors Inc. in Milwaukee, has been quoted in a new book, “The Art of Value Investing: How the World’s Best Investors Beat the Market” by John Heins and Whitney Tilson.

When the North Shore Bank at 4230 W. Oklahoma Ave. in Milwaukee was robbed recently, Alderman Joe Dudzik chased down the suspects.

Sarah Schott has been promoted to executive officer, vice president and chief compliance officer at Northwestern Mutual. She will lead the compliance/best practices department.

Scott Satterwhite, co-founder of the U.S. Value Team at Artisan Partners LP in Milwaukee, has advised the firm he plans to retire in three years. He will continue as a portfolio manager until September 2016.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Baldor Electric Company's generator products division, which is based in Oshkosh.

When Southridge Mall recently announced it would move Milwaukee County Transit System buses from the mall’s parking lot and move bus stops farther from the mall entrances, it was just another domino to fall in the process of making it more difficult for seniors and the disabled to ride and shop safely.

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care has purchased the Manitowoc Surgery Center, 1720 Memorial Drive in Manitowoc, making it part of Aurora Medical Center in Manitowoc County.

Airgas Inc., one of the nation's leading suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases and related products, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of The Encompass Gas Group Inc.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today announced the sudden retirement of president and chief executive officer Frank Jaehnert and the appointment of current senior vice president and chief financial officer Thomas Felmer as interim president and chief executive officer.