Industries

West Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering of its common stock held by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC.

Corey Vanderpoel has been named a managing director at Schenck M&A Solutions. He will be responsible for providing M&A advisory services to new and existing clients.

Oconomowoc-based First Bank Financial Centre, in partnership with Ixonia-based COWS Mobile Storage, is building on a collection of supplies totaling nearly 1,500 pounds to benefit victims of deadly tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma in May.
 

Wauwatosa-based WaterStone Bank SSB is adding two new members to its board of directors, expanding the group. Ellen Bartel and Kristine Rappe were appointed to the board on June 21.

The conditions in the local mergers and acquisitions market are ripe for business owners to sell, according to industry experts.

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has weighed in with yet another slice-and-dice of the woes of the metro area. It was meant to be a “conversation starter.”

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.(FBHS), the parent company of Oak Creek-based Master Lock, announced that it has named Terry Horan president of the company's security and storage business.

The front end of the baby boom generation is is facing a crossroads. About 10,000 members of the baby boom generation turn 65 each day, a trend that will continue for the next 16 years, according to the Pew Research Center.

BizTimes Milwaukee received three awards for editorial excellence as one of the best local business publications in the country from the Alliance of Area Business Publications (AABP) over the weekend.

A major investor in Smithfield Foods Inc., the parent company Patrick Cudahy LLC, is trying to pressure the company to explore a breakup of its subsidiaries, rather than pursue a planned takeover by a Chinese meat producer.