Industries

BizTimes Media LLC today unveiled the inaugural edition of “WisconsinBiz,” a special magazine and website to promote Wisconsin as a place to do business.

The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation said that it has closed on a $628,750 loan to Jonco Industries, which plans to redevelop the former Eaton Corp. building at 4201 N. 27th St. in Milwaukee.

L&M Corrugated Container Corp. plans to move its Zion, Ill. operations to a 99,838-square-foot building that it plans to purchase in Pleasant Prairie.

Northern Gear LLC, a manufacturer of machined parts, plans to move from Franklin to a 98,000-square-foot facility that it plans to build along Moorland Road in Muskego.

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. announced Thursday it is planning to lay off 250 to 300 employees in South Milwaukee by June.

Milwaukee-area manufacturing growth slowed considerably in March, according to the monthly report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Waukesha County Technical College will host “The New Global Reality – Exporting for Growth” on Thursday, April 18, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Center for Business Performance Solutions, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee.

Waukesha-based Cardiac Science Corp. has sold its diagnostic cardiology product line to Milwaukee-based Mortara Instrument Inc.

My wife Michelle and I built our house about 12 years ago now. One of the things that appealed to me at the time about building new was not having the unexpected cost of home repairs that older houses can stick you with. (The other thing that appealed to me was that Michelle told me, “We are building new.”)

In a 1960s anti-war song the lyrics stated, “Where have all the flowers gone?” Today we sing “Where have all the Twinkies gone?”