The Company AFW Foundry, Inc. will not be trucking 1,920 tons of sand per year to the landfill as a result of its participation in the Wisconsin Profitable Sustainability Initiative (PSI). In addition, the company has achieved significant savings in […]
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AFW Reaps Big Savings and Environmental Benefits
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- June 23, 2011
- Author: WMEP
Ball Corporation Makes a Cost-Savings Change
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- June 23, 2011
- Author: WMEP
The Company Ball Corporation’s facility in DeForest manufactures metal cans in various sizes for Midwestern fruit and vegetable packers. This facility was the original site of the Oconomowoc Canning Company and today employs approximately 100 people. Ball Corporation has a […]
ACH Foam Technologies Finds Energy Savings
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- June 03, 2011
- Author: WMEP
For more than four decades, ACH Foam Technologies in Fond du Lac has been an industry leader in providing expanded polystyrene (EPS) products for the construction, geotechnical and packaging industries. The company’s focus on sustainability is reflected in environmentally friendly products that […]
Lanair focus on marketing, employee culture pays big dividends
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- April 11, 2011
- Author: WMEP
Lanair focus on marketing and employee culture pays big dividends In October of 2009 when Barry Brandt purchased the family-owned and operated Lanair Products, LLC of Janesville, he knew he had a winner. The popularity of the company’s waste oil […]
Marsh Electronics Surges with Enterprise Business Transformation
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- January 11, 2011
- Author: WMEP
Enterprise Business Transformation (EBT) Prepares Marsh Electronics for Post-Recession Growth In early 2009, Marsh Electronics of Milwaukee was feeling the full effects of the recession. Like many distributors and assembly firms, Marsh Electronics went in survival mode – instituting layoffs, […]
Bock Rethinks its Business and Fires Up Growth
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- December 29, 2010
- Author: WMEP
For 77 years, Bock Water Heaters Inc., has thrived as an employee-owned company with plants in Princeton (subsidiary, Tank Technology, Inc.) and Madison and employs 90. Bock has manufactured branded, oil-fired water heaters for homes. “We are the market leader […]
Strategic Planning Sets Course for Bachhuber
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- December 22, 2010
- Author: WMEP
Strategic Business Planning and Lean Reveal Profit Bachhuber Manufacturing Corp., a Mayville company employing 25, is a contract manufacturer and maker of press automation equipment. The Issue They wanted to grow their press business while maintaining the contract side and […]
Fox Valley Metal Tech: Lean Achieves 64% Reduction in Cycle Time
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- August 24, 2010
- Author: WMEP
Fox Valley Metal Tech Accelerates Turn-Around Time 64% John West, president of Fox Valley Metal Tech, was enthusiastic when his customer, a major defense contractor, asked him to participate in WMEP’s Accelerate program. Over the past few years, the company […]
Dutchland Plastics Corporation: Strategic Planning Promotes Growth & Efficiency
- Business Outcome: Cost and Efficiency
- August 24, 2010
- Author: WMEP
Dutchland Plastics Spurs Growth Strategic planning builds a solid foundation for growth Dutchland Plastics Corporation, based in Oostburg, Wisconsin, was established in 1967 and continues today as a family-owned business with 200 employees and revenue of $25 million annually. The […]
