Industries

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music has appointed Gregory Ruffer president and chief executive officer.

A new Milwaukee-based startup company has launched with the mission to make health care more affordable for consumers struggling to manage ongoing medical conditions.

The operators of the volleyball courts and concession stand at Bradford Beach plan to build a 40,000-square-foot indoor volleyball, multi-sport wellness and entertainment facility on a six-acre vacant site, formerly occupied by a U.S. Army Reserve base, in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood.

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has accepted an appointment as chairman of the board of Poliwogg Holdings Inc.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. released data from its 2013 Planning and Progress Study showing that more than six in ten (63 percent) Americans say their financial planning needs improvement; and that the No. 1 obstacle is not having enough time (24 percent).

Road America and announced a five-year partnership that names Lakeside Pepsi Cola as the exclusive provider of carbonated beverages and select non-carbonated beverages served at Road America.

In a story headlined, “The Capital of Water,” the April 15 edition of Forbes magazine takes note of Milwaukee’s ongoing transformation to become the “Silicon Valley of water technology.”

Beloit-based ABC Supply Co. Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Lee Wholesale Supply Inc., a distributor specializing in steep-slope roofing, siding and windows with four locations in the Michigan communities of Livonia, Macomb, New Hudson and Port Huron.

Koppa's Farwell Foods, which operates the iconic Fulbeli Deli and grocery store on Milwaukee’s east side, has been sold to Krishveer LLC.

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.