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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Shawano logging equipment company could double production with new expansion
WLUK
The company, which makes a variety of logging heavy equipment & attachments, will add nearly 50,000 square-feet to the plant on Industrial Drive.
“The purpose behind the expansion is to increase production capacity, not only for the products that we currently build, but we’re also adding new products through product development. This will give us the space to produce new machines to support the industry ,” said Douglas Morris, vice president of the Forest Machine Business Division of Komatsu, which owns TimberPro...Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
DWD applauds Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry's use of grant
WLUK MANITOWOC -- The state Department of Workforce Development is calling a Manitowoc business a success story. Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry received a $194,000 Wisconsin Fast Forward grant from the DWD last year to create a dedicated training center and curriculum for employees.
DWD Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek toured the company's new training center and foundry Wednesday.
Like other industries in 2021, the foundry faced many challenges with employee recruitment and retention, resulting in its on-time delivery rate dropping from 99.6% to 61% and negatively affecting the industry supply chain. At one point, the turnover rate of new hires in 2021 was at 100% for the company's finishing department... Read More 2> Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
UPward momentum: Refugee employment programs offer pathway to stability and self-sufficiency
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS Asha Hirsi, a refugee from Somalia, stands no more than 5 feet tall, but soon she will be behind the wheel of a big rig earning a commercial driver’s license through a customized truck driver training program at Fox Valley Technical College. Inside the J.J. Keller Transportation Center at FVTC on her first day of training, Hirsi’s eyes gleam. “I can’t wait to get behind the wheel,” she says. “I think it will be very exciting that day.” When you are forced to flee your home country and start over in a foreign land, not much intimidates you, even maneuvering an 80,000-pound semi-truck...Read More 3>
Promoting the Regional Brand
This De Pere firm is a new entry to the annual Wisconsin 75 list of the state's largest private companies. It also won an innovation award
MILWUAKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL De Pere-based construction engineering firm Foth & Van Dyke LLC was just beginning work on a large, complicated project when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020. The company, which does business as Foth, had been hired to provide engineering services on a new $300 million vegetable processing facility that food industry giant Conagra Brands Inc. was developing in Waseca, Minnesota. Foth's 80 or so engineers involved in that project worked from remote locations during the pandemic — a practice made possible through the use of such technology as 3D digital design models and virtual reality headsets, said Chief Executive Officer Randy Homel. ...Encourage Educational Attainment
College campus welcomes Green Bay charter school
WLUK GREEN BAY -- A Green Bay area public charter school is now on the grounds of a college campus. The Northeast Wisconsin School of Innovation moved from Cherry Street in Green Bay to Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Students at the school, grades 7-12, now have more opportunities. What once was the NWTC Agriculture Center now houses 300 NEW School of Innovation students.
The school is proficiency based and measures individual growth rather than grades...
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Casa ALBA Melanie's new Executive Director continues legacy
WBAY GREEN BAY - Casa ALBA Melanie now has a board of directors representing Bolivia, Chile, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The latter, given a voice by the new executive director, Amanda Garcia. “‘Casa’ can actually mean ‘house,’ or it can mean ‘home.’ So for us, it very much means home,” said Amanda Garcia, the executive director of Casa ALBA Melanie. The non-profit has grown to be a resource center, working with over 80 organizations to help Hispanics and other minorities find housing, jobs, education, legal documentation attorneys and more. It was founded in 2011 by Father Ken DeGroot and Sister Melanie Maczka....
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Biggest Viking festival in Midwest gets a new home at UW-Green Bay; 60 demonstrating artists, thousands of visitors expected this weekend
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - The Vikings are coming, and there will be more of them.
The first-time Viking Festival that set up camp last year at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay returns this weekend with a new name, an expanded schedule from one day to two and more than double the demonstrating artists and performers.
Sorry, still no hokey Hollywood horn helmets and definitely none of those purple-clad Vikings from across the Minnesota border who pillaged and plundered the Packers season opener... Read More 7>
Technology and Innovation
Suamico company makes remote-control lawnmowers that cut danger as well as grass
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
SUAMICO – Riding over steep slopes, rough terrain, hazardous landscapes, weeds and tall grass with a lawnmower can be difficult and dangerous.
But a Suamico company is not only bringing a solution, it’s adding jobs and supporting other companies in northeast Wisconsin.
RC Mowers says its machines can make the job easy and safe. The company builds remote-control lawnmowers that can run through every terrain, all day, without a rider. They also are all made in the United States, with headquarters at 2146 E. Deerfield Ave. E.
Michael Brandt, CEO of RC Mowers, is an aerospace engineer who worked for eight years for Lockheed Martin as the director of technical development. He's an expert in interior crash dynamics and worked on a lot of safety certifications and aircraft interior approvals...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Ammo Inc. unveils new facility in Manitowoc
WFRV
MANITOWOC – Ammo Incorporated cut the ribbon on its new manufacturing plant in Manitowoc Thursday.
At 185,000 square feet, the facility became operational two months ago. The company makes products like rifles, handguns, and of course, ammunition. Ammo Inc. produces an average of 1 million bullets per day. With the hunting season approaching, having enough ammunition is an issue facing many ammunition sellers. However, Ammo Inc. Vice President Tod Wagenhals is confident the business can meet the demands saying, “We were able, during some of the tough times, to find products from our competitors, components that we needed such as primers and projectiles. So by doing that, we were able to continue to grow. Read More 9>
Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Women’s Leadership Program features stories of women rising
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY
GREEN BAY -- While women continue to struggle make the first step up to manager, representation of women in corporate America appears to be making progress. Each year, we see more women finding their way up the corporate ladder in spite of the ‘broken rung’.
Laurie Butz is one of those women. She has held senior leadership roles in HR, Organizational Development, Training, Sales Administration, Investments, Insurance Services and Business Development and now serves as President and CEO of Capital Credit Union. On October 4, Laurie invites you to join her at the Ridge Branch of Capital Credit Union in De Pere, where she will share stories from her 34 year leadership journey and discuss challenges she encountered along the way...
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Special Event
Bike the Barn Quilts event part of busy Shawano County weekend
WLUK
SHAWANO COUNTY -- People in Shawano County are gearing up to take a colorful ride along scenic routes in the area. It's part of the 10th anniversary Bike the Barn Quilts event on Saturday. From a Sunburst Cross of Hope to a quilt pattern called Patchwork Heart, the eight-by-eight foot square wooden pieces are built for show. "Probably people are familiar with Shawano County, by being the barn quilt capital of Wisconsin. And we just have presently been painting the 400th barn quilt. So, that will go up in October," said Janis Mathison, Bike the Barn Quilts Chairperson. Mathison designed the Bike the Barn Quilts course. Cyclists can choose one of six routes, ranging from 16 to 70 miles...
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| | | DWD Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek tours Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, September 21, 2022. (WLUK/Don Steffens) story above. |
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