Industries

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. announced the start of its annual Rediscover America national sales event, the company's largest sale of the year.

Laughlin Constable, an independent brand communications and digital marketing agency, named industry veteran Mathieu Lignel president, a new position, effective Oct. 1.

Although the U.S. government appears to be on the brink of shutting down, Wisconsin's health care marketplace is ready for Tuesday's Affordable Care Act rollout, according to Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel.

Faith Technologies in Menasha will host a Job Fair on Wednesday, October 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Smithfield Foods Inc., the parent company of Patrick Cudahy Inc., announced that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the acquisition of the company by Shuanghui International Holdings Limited of China.

Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire privately held Barkell Limited, a manufacturer of custom built air handling units located in Consett (County Durham), United Kingdom.

Pereles Bros. Inc., a Milwaukee-based plastic injection molding company, has been was purchased through an equity buyout by business partners Steve Iram and Jim Gannon.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls has completed the $700 million sale of its HomeLink business to Zeeland, Mich.-based Gentex Corporation. The deal was announced in July.

BizTimes Media’s 2013 Manufacturing Summit will fuse concepts of design with innovation strategies in manufacturing in a panel event centered on the creative problem-solving process of design thinking.

Milwaukee’s manufacturing industry saw a significant increase in activity in September, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.