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LITTLE CHUTE – When Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group began evaluating Northeast Wisconsin as a potential investment market, Director of Industrial Investments Todd Battle said the region felt strikingly familiar. Battle said the similarity wasn’t rooted in the Fox Valley and Green Bay area’s economic makeup compared to Madison’s technology- and life sciences-driven market. Instead, he…
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GREEN BAY – For patients, Adam Cherry – president of Cherry Optical Lab – said getting glasses is fairly straightforward: an eye exam, followed by pickup a week or two later. Behind the scenes, however, Adam said Cherry Optical Lab operates a highly detailed manufacturing process, producing thousands of custom lenses daily, each built to…
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KAUKAUNA – Gerard Machine, LLC – a Kaukauna-based precision manufacturer specializing in Swiss CNC machining – is under new ownership. Local business owners Ben Bertram and Eric Stankevitz said they officially acquired the company from founders Nick Gerard and Dan Wynboom April 27. As part of the transition, Bertram said Nick will remain with the…
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SHAWANO – One of Marion Body Works’ largest investments to date is now up and running in Shawano. Zach Brockdorf, the facility’s senior director of operations, said the company’s new, fully automated bonded sheet and post wall assembly system and automated floor assembly gantry system introduce innovative firsts to commercial truck-body manufacturing. “From a safety…