Industries

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that members of Local 1343 ratified a new, six year contract at Caterpillar Inc.’s South Milwaukee plant.

City of Milwaukee officials today announced that they have reached a tentative agreement with L&R Group of Companies, the Los Angeles based owner of WallyPark, for the development of the former Wyndham Hotel site at 4747 S. Howell Ave.

After a national search for its new chief executive officer, the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee has selected Julie Tolan to lead the nonprofit organization.

Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the craft and import division of MillerCoors, has purchased property behind its 10th Street brewery in Milwaukee.

Telkonet Inc., a Wauwatosa-based intelligent energy management provider, today announced it has been granted a $2.0 million traditional business credit line from San Jose, Calif.-based Bridgebank.

Regent Michael Falbo of Franklin was elected president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and Regent Regina Millner of Madison was elected to serve as vice president of the board.

A judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the final sale of Waukesha's Golden Guernsey Dairy LLC to Morton Grove, Ill.-based Lifeway Foods Inc.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans announced that its membership approved an extension of its common bond, allowing it to serve more Christians.

U.S. regulators last week filed suit against U.S. Bank for allegedly facilitating the embezzlement of customer funds by the jailed founder of Peregrine Financial Group Inc., the collapsed futures brokerage.
 

Curtis Industries, a Milwaukee-based division of Powers Holdings, announced it has acquired Tri-Mag, Inc., which manufactures standard and customized power supplies.