Manufacturing

Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers on Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin after the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar contract with a Marinette shipbuilder.

Under the newest revision to Foxconn’s contract with the state, Foxconn could earn up to $96 million in state tax credits through 2029.

The new site could be Rockwell’s largest manufacturing campus in the world.

Wisconsin manufacturers are more confident about the economy than they’ve been since 2021, despite nearly three-quarters saying they’ve been affected by tariffs.

The Great Recession and other declines in manufacturing led to factory closures, and in the years since, local leaders have been working through what to do with the vacant properties.

New job numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor paint a stark picture of America’s job market — and a University of Wisconsin-Madison economist said he expects upcoming Wisconsin jobs numbers to show a similar trend in manufacturing jobs.

The state of Wisconsin is offering up to $100 million in performance-based tax incentives to support pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s $4 billion investment in Kenosha County, Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday.

Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems unveiled the company’s newest and largest manufacturing facility in Wisconsin on Thursday in Beaver Dam. 

A new Microsoft artificial intelligence lab on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus could help 270 Wisconsin businesses by the end of the decade.