Industries

Milwaukee-based manufacturer Sellars Absorbent Materials has raised about $1.05 million in equity from three investors.

Milwaukee-based software startup Forj announced Thursday the completion of a $15 million Series A funding round. Following the close of the funding round, Forj also announced the acquisition of Madison-based Web Courseworks, a learning management system.

Milwaukee College Prep has named Alfred Keith as its next chief executive officer, effective in July.

A bronze gear manufacturer owned by Watertown-based Fisher-Barton Group Inc. is planning a 56,000-square-foot expansion of its Waukesha facility.

Los Angeles-based salad restaurant chain Sweetgreen plans to open a location in the Wauwatosa Village area.

Prairie du Sac-based Culver Franchising System Inc. has promoted Julie Fussner to the newly created role of chief marketing officer.

More than a dozen affordable housing focused organizations and governmental entities in southeastern Wisconsin, will split more than $580,000 in Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Foundation grants to help house low-income and homeless individuals in the region.

Trevose, Pennsylvania-based S. Walter Packaging Group, parent company of New Berlin-based Letterhead Press Inc., has acquired Elk Grove, Illinois-based Pulver Packaging. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

GE HealthCare marked the completion of its spin-off from General Electric by ringing the opening bell for the Nasdaq stock exchange Wednesday from the production floor of its facility in Waukesha.

Mequon-based Charter Manufacturing announced Wednesday the appointment of Tom Marry, president of Charter Steel, to the role of president and chief operating officer of Charter Manufacturing.