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The expansion ties in to Wisconsin’s growing promise as a critical manufacturing hub in the nation’s quickly expanding energy future, which was detailed in a recent WEDC report.

Attend a panel featuring biohealth industry leaders on Monday, May 1, or stop by booth 607 anytime to meet the Wisconsin economic development team.

Salm Partners is part of a Wisconsin food and beverage industry that boasts more than 3,700 companies employing more than 107,000 workers.

Niche Cocoa's decision to locate its facility in the Milwaukee suburb of Franklin marks the largest food and beverage investment by an African-based company in U.S. history.

The company recently won a federal contract to support manufacturing of lateral flow membranes used in rapid diagnostic test kits, including for COVID-19, at its Sheboygan location.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine has undertaken an expansion and shipyard improvements in Marinette and Sturgeon Bay that will solidify the company as a shipbuilding powerhouse.

Wisconsin produces more than 90% of all ginseng produced in the U.S., and exported more than $19 million worth of ginseng last year.

Wisconsin farmers have been growing ginseng for more than a century, and in fact, ginseng grown in Wisconsin accounts for more than 90% of all ginseng produced in the U.S.--with central Wisconsin at the epicenter due to its cool summers, long winter, clean water and virgin soil, and Marathon County producing 95% of Wisconsin’s crop.

The Canada-based company is the largest dairy cooperative in North America, and one of the top 20 worldwide; the new manufacturing facility is its second-largest investment in U.S. operations.

The company, part of Japan-based IRIS Ohyama Inc., is raising its production capacity to 70 million disposable face masks per month to supply customers in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Visit our virtual booth to discover why companies in vital industries are choosing Wisconsin as their entry point into North American markets.

With the pandemic causing a drastic drop in travel and limits on in-person gatherings, events of all kinds have been forced to go online. Reducing health risk by holding meetings virtually has come with some trade-offs—but also some unexpected advantages.