Commerce - Notable - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Large or well-known companies with headquarters or major operations in the Milwaukee area; sales figures, where shown, are from hoovers.com

• Allen Bradley: Industrial Control and Automation Products; a unit of Rockwell Automation
• AO Smith: A. O. Smith; Electric motors and water heaters; 2007 sales $2.3 billion
• Assurant: Assurant Health; insurance; unit of Assurant (New York, NY); formerly Fortis Health
• Aurora HC: Aurora Healthcare; Wisconsin health care organization operating hospitals, medical clinics, and pharmacies
• Brady: Brady Corporation; industrial identification and specialty coated products; 2007 sales $.31 billion
• Briggs & Stratton: World's largest producer of 3-31 horsepower air-cooled gasoline engines used in lawn mowers and garden tillers; 2007 sales $2.1 billion; Wauwatosa
• Carson PS: Carson Pirie Scott & Co; operates department stores across the United States including Bergner's, Boston Stores, Carson Pirie Scott, and Herberger's; unit of Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
• Columba-SM: Columbia-St Mary's; healthcare network
• GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare Technologies; diagnostic imaging equipment, magnetic resonance, ultrasound, and computed tomography scanners; units for Information Technologies, Ultrasound and e-Business located at facility in Milwaukee County Research Park in Wauwatosa; unit of General Electric
• Harley: Harley-Davidson; motorcycles; 2007 sales $6.1 billion
• Johnson Ctrls: Johnson Controls; makes car seats, interior systems, and batteries, environmental control systems for commercial buildings; 2007 sales $34.6 billion
• Journal: Journal Communications; publisher of daily Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and weekly, community, and shoppers newspapers; tv and radio stations; printing, direct marketing, telecommunications; 2007 sales $582 million; headquarters Milwaukee; see photo album page
• Joy Global: Manufacturing, servicing, and distributing equipment for surface mining; units P&H Mining Equipment, Joy Mining Machinery; (formerly Harnischfeger); 2007 sales $2.5 billion
• Kohl's: Kohl's department stores; operates hundreds of discount department stores across the United States; 2007 sales $16.4 billion; Menomonee Falls
• Manpower: Provider of temporary employees and services; 2007 sales $20.5 billion; headquarters next to Milwaukee River near the Cherry Street bridge; see photo album page
• Marcus Corp: Owns and franchises motels, hotels, resorts, and movie theaters; 2007 sales $327 million
• M&I: Marshall & Ilsley; banking; Metavente data services; 2006 sales $5. billion
• Masterlock: Locks of all kinds; Oak Creek; unit of Fortune Brands
• MGIC: MGIC Investment Corporation; parent of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp; insures low or no down payment mortgages; 2007 sales $1.6 billion; see photo album page
• Midwest: Midwest Air Group; Midwest Airlines with direct flights from MKE airport; 2006 sales $664 million; Oak Creek; formerly Midwest Express
• Miller Brewing: Miller Brewing Company; Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life, Milwaukee's Best, Red Dog, Sharp's, Olde English, Leinenkugel's, Hamm's, Mickey's, Foster's; 2007 sales $4.8 billion; unit of SABMiller plc
• Northwestern Mutual: insurance and financial; units include Frank Russell Company; 2006 sales $19.7 billion; see photo album page
• Quad/Graphics: Prints catalogs, magazines, books, direct mail, etc; 2006 sales $2 billion; Sussex
• Rockwell: Rockwell Automation; industrial automation; control systems, power systems; 2007 sales $5.0 billion; see photo album page
• Roundy's: Grocery retailer and distributor; Pick 'n Save, Copps Food Center, Rainbow Foods, and Metro Market; 2006 sales $3.6 billion; see photo album page
• Weaton HC: health care
• Wisconsin Energy: Wisconsin Energy Corporation; a holding company with subsidiaries engaged in electric generation; electric, gas, steam and water distribution; pump manufacturing and other non-utility businesses; parent of We Energies; 2007 sales $4.2 billion; see photo album page

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