Industries

Eva’s Bridal Center in Oak Creek recently received a Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Small Business Guarantee (SBG) on a loan totaling $100,000.

U.S. Bank and The Brewery Works, Inc., the developers of downtown Milwaukee’s Schlitz Park office complex, announced that they have closed on financing for the renovation of the project’s signature RiverCenter Building and three other office buildings on the Schlitz Park campus.

Thomas Bolger, chief executive officer of Johnson Financial Group and Racine-based Johnson Bank, and Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairman of the board, announced that the previously announced Johnson family investment of $235 million in the company has been approved by the Federal Reserve Bank.

The Wisconsin chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth held the final round of its annual ACG Cup competition on Saturday.

Manufacturing resources

Cleveland-based Action Industries announced that it has recently expanded its operations to include a 45,000-square-foot warehouse facility in Franklin. Intended to lower shipping times and costs, the facility provides a logistical advantage for Action Industries when distributing its products across the Midwest.

Cincinnati-based AdvancePierre Foods and Sheboygan Falls.-based Johnsonville Sausage have formed a strategic alliance, leveraging AdvancePierre Foods’ foodservice organization and distribution system to deliver Johnsonville Sausage to foodservice customers across the United States.

Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $2.9 million, or 30 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.2 million, or 13 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Snap-on Inc. reported fourth quarter net earnings of $74.3 million, or $1.27 per share, up from $57.9 million, or 99 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Harley-Davidson Inc. will celebrate 110 years of motorcycles and riding experiences with an array of global events and activities in 2013.