Ashley Smart

Milwaukee Public Schools students are getting a crash course on the increasingly popular esports industry, as well as IT training, thanks to funding from the MPS Foundation.

Portland-based startup Radious is embracing the changing world of work and providing both workers and companies with a bevy of remote working options. The company, founded during the summer of 2020, allows users to rent different types of workspaces.

Milwaukee-based startup Bright Cellars, a monthly wine subscription service, has named Joe Megibow as its new chief executive officer.

Mequon-based Charter Steel announced Wednesday the appointment of Tom Marry as president of the company. Charter Steel is a division of Charter Manufacturing that produces wire rod and special bar quality products.

Pleasant Prairie-based Fair Oaks Foods is once again expanding, this time with the construction of a new fully cooked bacon facility in Davenport, Iowa.

A little over a month since Waukesha-based Husco International, Inc. announced it had been awarded a $113 million yearly contract, the largest in the manufacturer’s history, the company has now announced that contract is cancelled.

Oconomowoc-based Sentry Equipment, a global provider of representative sampling and analysis technologies, has acquired West Jordan, Utah-based Rebuild-it Service Group (RSG). RSG is a rebuilder and installer of clarifier drives and thickeners for municipal wastewater treatment applications.

Genesee Depot-based Century Springs, a bottled water and filtration service company with a co-packing warehouse located in Wauwatosa, has begun production of Alkaline88 water. Alkaline 88 is a product of Scottsdale, Arizona-based The Alkaline Water Company Inc. The company is the largest independent alkaline water producer in the country. Century Springs and The Alkaline Water Company officially entered into a co-packing agreement at the start of the year.

Almost a year since Glendale-based Clarios announced and then quickly postponed plans for an initial public offering (IPO), the car battery maker has revived those plans.

Greendale-based The Kinetic Co., Inc. has been acquired by Live Ventures Inc., a Las Vegas-based diversified holding company.

Leadership: Toby Thomas, founder, president and CEO; Bill Belias, chief technology officer and founder; Charles Christopher, chief marketing officer and founder Headquarters: Kenosha What it does: Manufactures packaging...

After first announcing plans for an automated grocery and home-delivery facility in Pleasant Prairie in November of 2019, Kroger Co.’s new fulfillment center officially opened this week.