Industries

Americans for the Arts, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education, has awarded the 2012 Arts Education Award to Milwaukee-based Arts @ Large.

Joe Schick of Quad/Graphics Inc. has some suggestions for how transform the U.S. Postal Service.

Milwaukee School of Engineering students recently designed and installed a new electric motor on the Fondy Food Center’s 1950’s era Allis Chalmers G tractor. The conversion project was funded by Brady Corp. Foundation.

Effective Aug. 1, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp. executive vice president and president of its Access Equipment segment, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of the company.

Former American Idol finalist Danny Gokey will release a new designer eyewear collection and perform at Wisconsin Vision’s Pewaukee location, 2005 Silvernail Road in Pewaukee on Monday, June 11 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Strattec Security Corp. recently received a “Well Deserved” award from UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin in honor of the company’s commitment to helping employees establish healthy lifestyles through a worksite wellness program. Strattec was one of 12 companies in the nation to receive the annual honor.

Glendale-based Weyco Group Inc., a distributor of men's shoes, plans to build a 31,850-square-foot building that will connect its main facilities to an 80,150-square-foot warehouse that the company purchased in December.

The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) in Milwaukee confirmed today it is in talks with Countryside Humane Society regarding a potential acquisition of the Racine-based shelter, but nothing has yet been finalized.

QuadDirect, a division of Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc., is setting new records in direct mail production and distribution savings at its Effingham, Ill., facility following a multimillion-dollar investment in new commingling mailing and inline manufacturing equipment and systems.

Johnson Controls Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, today participated in a signing ceremony in Tianjin, China, to announce a planned $200 million automotive battery plant, pending final approval.