Manufacturing

The 240-acre site on Janesville’s south side has seen no redevelopment since the automaker closed its doors in 2009. Now, city ownership could allow for federal grant funding and a new master plan.

More than half of Wisconsin counties had fewer jobs in 2023 than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is spearheading an effort to help more workers in the upper Midwest gain skills for green jobs that support manufacturing.

Students at UW-Eau Claire are working on a U.S. Department of Defense contract to develop an environmentally-friendly, anti-corrosive pigment that can be mixed into paint used on military equipment.

Patients at a Milwaukee pharmacy are feeling the shortage of Ozempic and other medications used to treat type 2 diabetes, which have been in short supply since 2022.

Roughly 1,700 workers will be affected by temporary layoffs at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, as the company responds to a declining demand.

“In addition to the facts and the figures, it’s the stories of these people who found a way to to change and adapt and and continue to live their lives beyond the closing of (the Uniroyal plant),” said B.J. Hollars, one of the production partners of the film.

Harley-Davidson, Wisconsin’s iconic motorcycle maker, will receive an $89 million grant to expand a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania for electric motorcycle production.

A decline in demand for recreational boats is driving Mercury Marine, a boat parts manufacturer in Fond du Lac County, to prepare to cut 300 positions this summer, according to a spokesperson.

Microsoft and the UW-Milwaukee Connected Services Institute are joining forces to open a Co-Innovation Lab this fall, which is expected to provide AI solutions to Wisconsin manufacturers and other businesses.