Industries

The Governor's Export Achievement Awards were announced last week at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. has launched the Koss Fit Series, a new product line of earphones designed for women, by women.

When Marie Moody rescued her dog Chewy from an animal shelter in California, he was very sick. A holistic vet in Los Angeles told her to try feeding him a raw food diet.

Negotiations between Caterpillar Inc. and United Steelworkers Local 1343 have stalled in South Milwaukee.

Aside from city founders Solomon Juneau, Byron Kilbourn and George Walker, few people, if any, have had more impact on Milwaukee than entrepreneur, community advocate and philanthropist Michael J. Cudahy.

“Creativity is about thinking up new things. Innovation is about doing new things,” is a Theodore Levitt quote found in “ON Innovation,” a new book written by Terry Jones. Jones likes this definition of innovation the most because not many people know how to innovate their ideas and turn them into real products.

Milwaukee-based Community Care Inc. (CCI) announced that Kenneth Munson, former regional director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, has been named chief executive officer.

This year’s Milwaukee Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, held on May 4 at Veterans Park, raised $500,000 toward the fight against breast cancer through the generosity of more than 7,000 walkers.

Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Inc., which operates Pick ‘n Save grocery stores throughout Wisconsin, reported first quarter adjusted net income of $8.6 million, or 19 cents per share, down from $10.6 million, or 28 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.