Manufacturing

Soy sauce manufacturer Kikkoman Foods is planning an $800 million expansion in Wisconsin that could create 83 new jobs over the next 12 years.

The Case tractor factory in Mount Pleasant has cut about a third of its workforce. The United Auto Workers local that represents workers there has been informed more cuts are coming.

A Madison ice cream company is facing nearly $150,000 in OSHA fines, after a federal investigation into workers being exposed to anhydrous ammonia.

Wisconsin-based sausage manufacturer Johnsonville announced Wednesday it will close its Meadowside plant in Sheboygan County. The closure comes after the company acquired co-manufacturer Salm Partners. The Sheboygan County plant employees 390 workers and will close by the end of the year. Johnsonville’s Countryside and Riverside manufacturing facilities will remain operational. In a press release, Johnsonville…

At the beginning of this year, Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed spending more than $100 million to address pollution from so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS. Months later, Republican lawmakers called for even more money, voting to create a $125 million trust fund to address PFAS contamination as part of the current two-year budget, which Evers…

In her role as executive director of the Platteville Business Incubator, Kate Koziol said she learned there are no mistakes in the entrepreneurial world. “There’s just ideas that didn’t execute well,” Koziol says. “And you can retool it or refine it. You can always learn from something.” But, she added, rural entrepreneurs may sometimes feel…

This year, Medicare will start negotiating lower prescription drug prices. But one Wisconsin insurance broker says people will have to wait a few years to see prices go down. The first 10 drugs to be made more affordable are widely used to treat blood clots, heart conditions, diabetes, kidney disease, arthritis and blood cancer. These…

A new study of factories in Wisconsin and elsewhere raises fresh questions about whether increasing automation is actually putting laborers out of work. Manufacturers that use many robots tend to have more employees than facilities without robotics, according to researchers at New York University, Stanford University and the U.S. Census Bureau. “Factories that adopt robots…

Wisconsin discharges thousands of incarcerated people each year. A package of bills in the state Legislature aims to expand the amount of assistance those people receive while making the transition out of prison. At the state Department of Corrections, Ray Woodruff oversees existing efforts to provide reentry assistance. The agency promoted him to the role…

When Alex Peters walks through manufacturer KI’s Green Bay plant, he sees a lot of potential for how artificial intelligence could enhance the company’s machines. The northeast Wisconsin company produces furniture for offices and schools. KI manufactured its first product, a metal folding chair, in 1941, and moved to Wisconsin from Illinois four years later.…