Manufacturing

Spartan Manufacturing is an enterprise at Superior High School that contracts with local companies to produce a variety of products while teaching students valuable skills in the process. 

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Invent Here, Make Here Act on Tuesday. According to Baldwin’s office, the bipartisan bill would ensure that federally-funded innovations are manufactured in the U.S. and not in adversarial countries.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company Thursday announced a $3 billion expansion at its recently acquired manufacturing facility in Kenosha County.

A recent report from the Badger Institute warned a trade war triggered by tariffs could harm Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector.

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.