Industries

A new model of health care delivery is being developed which is designed to address health care costs and quality. The new model that is receiving considerable attention in the health care industry utilizes Accountable Care Organizations.

The Milwaukee office of Baker Tilly Capital, LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm and subsidiary of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, has completed the sale of Milwaukee-based Nature's Protein Inc. to J. Strickland Company of Olive Branch, Miss.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp., a developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 31.6 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of 38 cents per share.

Pewaukee-based PJs Plumbing Company Inc. has acquired J.D. Wilson Plumbing LLC of Merton.

First Business Financial Services Inc. was recently ranked as the 15th top-performing mid-sized public bank in the country.

The Wisconsin Mortgage Bankers Association has named seven new leaders to its board of directors and leadership team for 2012-2013.

Plano Molding Company of Plano, Ill. has acquired Frabill Inc. of Jackson. Corporate Financial Advisors of Milwaukee represented Frabill in the transaction.

American Pasteurization Company, a Milwaukee food toll processor, has partnered with Livermore, Calif.-based The National Food Lab, a food and beverage consulting and testing company, to expand its capabilities.

Bolstered by strong crop prices and record-low interest rates, agricultural land values are soaring across the Upper Midwest.

Mequon logistics company Bridge Holdings LLC has purchased a 152,800-square-foot industrial building at 5700 W. Bender Court in Milwaukee for $3.4 million.