Industries

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter net earnings of $58.3 million, or 78 cents per share, up from a net loss of $16.5 million, or 22 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Robert Arzbaecher, the outgoing chief executive officer of Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp., and Glen Hackmann, managing director, general counsel and secretary of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., will be co-chairs of the 2014 fund drive for the United Performing Arts Fund of Greater Milwaukee.

Scan-Pac Mfg. Inc. has purchased another manufacturing facility adjacent to its headquarters in Menomonee Falls and plans to expand its business.

Mary Isbister, president at Mequon-based GenMet, will be the next chair of the Council of Small Business Executives board of directors.

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

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has awarded the Melvin Lurie Prize to Strattec Security Corporation and United Steelworkers 2-232.

The 2013 Wisconsin Manufacturing & Technology Show will be held Tuesday, October 8 through Thursday, October 10 at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.

Although millions of Americans who tried to navigate through the launch of Affordable Care Act exchange website became bogged down because of the overwhelming traffic and could not complete their health insurance applications this week, Alex Bustamante was among the folks who managed to cross the Obamacare goal line.

Roundy's Inc., the Milwaukee-based parent company of Pick n’ Save grocery stores, today announced it will work closely with its suppliers to phase out the use of pig gestation crates from its supply chain by 2022.

Lisle, Ill.-based KONE Inc. announced today the acquisition of TSR Elevator Company Inc., an independently-owned elevator company in Green Bay.