Industries

After 20 years of serving as president and chief executive officer of the Siebert Lutheran Foundation of Brookfield, Wis., Ron Jones has announced that he will be retiring later this year.

The production rate of Milwaukee-area manufacturers contracted for the second consecutive month in May, according to the latest report by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has announced that Briggs & Stratton Corp. will continue to serve as title sponsor of the Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk through 2017.

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN), a nonprofit dedicated to community development, will accept applications for the Silver City Business Plan Competition through today.

A cohort of Milwaukee businesses is raising funds and collecting donated items this week to provide relief to Moore, Okla. residents impacted by a deadly tornado that tore through the region on Monday, May 20.

The majority of nonprofit organizations in southeastern Wisconsin have recovered from the Great Recession and most expect more donations in 2013 than they received in 2012, according to a new report.

The Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) announced today that its board has approved an expansion plan to lease 45,000 square feet of classroom and lab space for the college’s School of Health Sciences.

Milwaukee-based Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is expanding from its Midwest base and opening a Washington, D.C., office.
Michael Best’s new office will be located at 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW and will focus on the areas of energy, environmental, intellectual property, food and agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

GE Healthcare, the healthcare division of General Electric that has its U.S. headquarters in Waukesha, announced today the acquisition of Unisyn Medical Technologies' Transactional Business, a national provider of comprehensive ultrasound probe repair solutions to biomedical and clinical engineers.

Modine Manufacturing Company, a Racine-based manufacturer of thermal management technology and solutions, today reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $1.6 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $15.8 million, or 33 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.