Industries

The Milwaukee area manufacturing industry started growing again in June, following two months of contraction, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Paul Jones, executive chairman of Milwaukee-based A. O. Smith Corp., has been named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Midwest.

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. plans to acquire Johan Walter Berg AB, a marine control and propulsion manufacturer based in Ockero Islands, Sweden.

The Port of Milwaukee helped export a massive Joy Global Inc. mining shovel to Manzanillo, Mexico last week.

Fisher Barton Blades Inc. plans to move its mower blade manufacturing operations to a larger facility in Watertown.
 

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Waukesha State Bank announced that its board of directors promoted Paula Brierton to president of its payroll services division, Payroll Complete.

The membership of Brew City Redevelopment Group LLC, which includes an investors group led by Best Place owner Jim Haertel and another group that includes Wauwatosa accountant Daniel Glaser, has entered into an agreement that settles a legal battle between the two groups, Haertel announced.

Milwaukee-based Rishi Tea needs additional space and could move to another location in the city or expand at its current location, co-owner and vice president of sales Benjamin Harrison said.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing industry started growing again in June, following two months of contraction, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.