Eric Decker

In the year since the Wisconsin chapter of the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI) began holding quarterly events, the chapter has seen significant growth and continuing demand for its programming.

Although he sold the company he built five years ago, Richard Strong is still working as hard as he ever did in the financial world.

In the five years since Wells Fargo & Company completed its acquisition of Menomonee Falls-based Strong Financial Corp, many of Strong's former executives and employees have moved on to take prominent positions with other high-profile financial service firms in Milwaukee.

Rite-Hite Co. LLC 8900 N. Arbon Dr., Milwaukee Industry: Dock lifts and safety systems, related industrial products Employees: About 250 in Milwaukee, about...

The products made at Hartford-based Broan-NuTone LLC have been installed into about 90 percent of the homes in the United States, helping ventilate bathrooms, kitchens, attics and other spaces. Broan-NuTone also designs and builds products that help clean, decorate and organize homes.

Clifton Gunderson LLP's wealth management division, founded about 10 years ago, has seen significant growth since it began and has rebounded nicely from the recession.

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp is one of the most iconic men's fashion brands in the country. Bankers, attorneys, accountants, Wall Street...

Pleasant Prairie-based LMI Packaging Solutions' products are featured in grocery stores, cafeterias and convenience stores throughout the Midwest and around the country. While many consumers have seen their products countless times, almost no one knows who made them or where they were made.

Many structures in Wisconsin, and in other states, have been built using systems and components designed and built by Waukesha-based The Spancrete Group Inc.

Something big is brewing on South Second Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood, where a nondescript concrete block building will be transformed from an eyesore into an anchor destination for the neighborhood this spring.

Waste water and sewerage is a subject that people don't like to think about. In fact, almost all sewer and waste water lines are buried underground, where they remain out of sight and out of mind most of the time.

The manufacturing industry has never had a glamorous public image, and to most people, it is not considered a "green" business category.