Industries

MGS Mfg. Group Inc. will host an educational seminar for about 20 Waukesha County Technical College students on Tuesday, March 5, at its Germantown facility.

The Port of Milwaukee reported a 34.5 percent increase in foreign cargo traffic in 2012.
More than 210,000 metric tons of cargo traveled to and from Milwaukee via the St. Lawrence Seaway or the inland river system to overseas ports.

Milwaukee industrial machining company Busch Precision Inc. has hired seven new employees so far this year.

Jim Jung has been named vice president at Trico Corporation. He is also now a company stockholder.

The telegram from President John F. Kennedy to University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was both eerie and visionary.

The Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship in Marquette University’s College of Business Administration today announced it is accepting applications for ImpactNext, the center’s new business model challenge.

Above the Clouds Inc., a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization providing free arts education programs for at-risk youth and families, will expand the scope of its services thanks to a two-year $80,000 grant from the Helen Bader Foundation.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc., the Madison-based parent company of Anchor Bank, announced a fiscal third quarter net loss of $15.1 million, or 71 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $15.3 million, or 72 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.

Gus Hernandez Jr. has been appointed senior vice president and commercial banking manager for Johnson Bank’s Milwaukee region.

Regal Beloit Corp. today announced it has completed the acquisition of the RAM motor business previously owned by Schneider Electric.