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— With job losses pegged in the thousands, it’s been a brutal year for Wisconsin manufacturers.
No one knows that better than Todd Stuart, executive director of the Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, which represents many of those battered companies.
“It’s really been the kitchen sink this past year,” Stuart says. “Just about every (member) company has had some major layoffs, with the automotive sector being particularly bleak. And there’s not much light at the end of the tunnel there. “
While Stuart is convinced the economy will improve by 2010, he says Wisconsin is at a crossroads with many businesses now in what he calls “survival mode.”
Because his members are some of the largest power consumers in Wisconsin, he says it’s the state’s energy and environmental policies that will determine if manufacturing jobs return and ultimately guide Wisconsin’s economy for decades.
In the second half of the year, after the state budget has been put to bed, the next big issue before the Legislature will be the global warming package.
Stuart says unless cost-containment measures are strengthened or added to that package, it could spell trouble for the struggling manufacturing economy.
See more in a new WisBusiness interview with Stuart: http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=155452
— T-Shirt International Inc. provided notice to the state that it is closing locations in Oak Creek and in Franklin in June. The closing affects 94 workers.
See the state filing: http://www.wisbusiness.com/1008/090414TSI.pdf
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T-Shirt International to lay off 94: T-Shirt International Inc. plans to temporarily shut down its factories in Oak Creek and Franklin, resulting in a total of 94 layoffs.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/04/13/daily26.html
Three state breweries make largest list: Making the Boulder, Colo.-based Brewers Association’s latest big-breweries list from Wisconsin is MillerCoors at No. 2. MillerCoors is a joint venture formed last year by Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. and Golden, Colo.-based Coors Brewing Co. The Minhas brewery in Monroe, which brews Huber, Rhinelander and Mountain Crest brands, ranked No. 14 and New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, whose brands include Spotted Cow, Fat Squirrel and Uff-da, ranked No. 32.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/04/13/daily23.html
Oshkosh-based investment group buys Olsen’s Mill: A Green Lake County judge on Tuesday ordered the sale of Olsen’s Mill Inc. to a group led by C.R. Meyer and Sons President Phil Martini.
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