Manufacturing

The ship is the fifteenth to be delivered to the Navy by the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette.

The Johnson Level & Tool manufacturing plant in Mequon will close next year, resulting in 45 people losing their jobs.

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz said a Kamala Harris presidency would support Wisconsin unions and bolster the state’s manufacturing sector by building upon recent federal investments.

ALCOM LLC plans to shut down operations at the Hartford facility on Jan. 12, 2025.

An Oak Creek spice plant will close later this year — just three years after the manufacturing facility was purchased by an out-of-state firm.

Wisconsin manufacturers are less pessimistic than they were two years ago, and most still feel confident in their own businesses. But they still face major challenges when it comes to finding and keeping workers.

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.