Industries

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc., a diversified global industrial company in the building and automotive industries, today held a signing ceremony with the Shanghai Hongqiao Linkong Economic Zone for its new China corporate headquarters.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has named William Jackson as executive vice president of the company's newly created Corporate Development function.
Jackson will report to vice chairman Alex Molinaroli.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired all of the outstanding equity of G.W. Palmer Logistics, LLC, a non-asset truckload service provider based in Batesville, Ark.

Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland Real Estate Corp. has announced that its joint venture with Dutch pension fund advisor PGGM has acquired a portfolio of three Walmart-anchored shopping centers in the Milwaukee market for a total purchase price of $24.2 million, subject to future earn out payments.

The Marek Group, a Waukesha-based channel sales and marketing firm with commercial printing, fulfillment and direct marketing production, has acquired Publisher's Diversified Mail Service, a 65-year-old Milwaukee-based direct marketing company.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. downgraded Milwaukee-based Brady Corp.'s stock from “outperform” to “neutral” with a price target of $33.00, down from $41.00, after a disappointing quarterly report Thursday.

Sheboygan-based Acuity announced it is open for business in Wyoming and Montana and has begun appointing agents in those states.

A local nonprofit organization announced it has acquired the Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse from the federal government and has plans to restore the 87-year-old structure and make it accessible to the public.

Wisconsin Bank & Trust will host an open house at its new mortgage loan origination office in Brookfield on Tuesday, September 24, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

B.C. Ziegler and Company has announced it will be hiring nine new advisors in the Milwaukee market over the next three years.