Industries

Generac Holdings Inc., a Waukesha-based designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products, today announced it expects strong financial results for the third quarter of 2012, and as a result is raising its outlook for full-year 2012.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced today it will complete its delivery of nearly $1 million in donated generators and pressure washers to an additional 58 American Red Cross chapters nationwide.

Honda Motor Co. Inc. is recalling 573,000 Accords, the second-most popular cars in America, to fix a defective power steering hose that can leak fluid and catch fire.

Cedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals (CHP) has expanded the capacity of its Grafton active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing plant.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. has donated two electric vehicles and its services in developing related curriculum to Pulaski High School in Milwaukee.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $16.5 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $41.4 million, or 55 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

St. Louis-based leading national scrap metal processor Alter Trading Corp. has purchased Miller Compressing Company.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing sector continued to languish this month, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Campbell Soup Company announced Thursday it will close its South Plainfield, N.J., spice plant and consolidate spice production at its Milwaukee plant.
The move makes Milwaukee's spice facility, 500 West Edgerton Ave., the major food manufacturer's only spice operation supplying its U.S. thermal plants.

Waukesha-based generator manufacturer Generac has raised its outlook for 2012 in light of strong financial results it expects for the third quarter.