Industries

Michael Walters has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Wixon, a seasoning manufacturer in St. Francis.

Palermo's Pizza workers will vote July 27 on whether to form a union, the NLRB decided last week.

Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. announced a partnership with Mossy Oak.

Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. unveiled a plan to improve the profit profile of its Watercraft business.

Sanborn Tube Sales of Wisconsin Inc. plans to move from its current facility to a new $4 million, 72,000-square-foot industrial building in Pewaukee.

Bradley Corporation has opened its new Germantown plant, a 190,000-square-foot facility in Germantown Business Park.

Appleton Papers Inc. announced today is discontinuing its proposal to be acquired by Hicks Acquisition Company II Inc., a special purpose acquisition company operated by billionaire Thomas Hicks.

Investment managers are becoming less positive on the U.S. economy and corporate earnings due to the expected negative impact of a recession in Europe and slower growth in China, according to a survey conducted in the second quarter by Northern Trust Bank.

The excessive heat wave took a toll on Milwaukee’s Summerfest, with attendance declining 8.3 percent to 805,437 this year from 878,636 in 2011.

Negotiations between Hearst Television Inc. and Time Warner Cable broke down Thursday night, leaving WISN-Channel 12 to be dropped from the Time Warner channel lineup at midnight.