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Wisconsin could be a global manufacturing hub for electric vehicle production, but more skilled workers, training needed
The report from WEDC, found the state needs to address a number of challenges including "below-average productivity" and skilled worker shortages, to make the transition.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation setting the framework for the region
Despite the strain that the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic put on local businesses of any size, Wisconsin has been able to weather the financial fallout and land firmly on a sound financial footing for the first quarter of 2023.
Five businesses named as finalists in Wisconsin’s Main Street Place-Makeover Contest
One lucky winner will receive design assistance and up to $5,000 in outdoor space enhancements from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) annual Main Street Place-Makeover Contest.
Five businesses named as finalists in Wisconsin’s Main Street Place-Makeover Contest
One lucky winner will receive design assistance and up to $5,000 in outdoor space enhancements.
WEDC report shows Wisconsin manufacturers will benefit from strategic investments in expanded EV supply chain
The report concludes that for Wisconsin to stay competitive as the world transitions from internal combustion engines (ICEs) to electric vehicles and electrically powered technologies, the sector must keep pace and reinvent itself to become part of the growing EV supply chain.
New London Company Receives $22,000 Grant to Address Worker Shortage
A New London manufacturing facility is the first company to receive the Wisconsin Automation Implementation Grant.
Celebrating 10 years of Small Business Academy
The Lieutenant Governor’s Small Business Academy was created to support minority and female entrepreneurs and small business owners. What began as a single, half-day workshop in Milwaukee has grown into a week-long event bringing together more than 600 individuals and businesses from across the state of Wisconsin.
Microsoft may buy 315 acres in Mount Pleasant for $1 billion data center development
Microsoft is looking to enter an agreement to purchase 315 acres of land in Mount Pleasant for $50 million.
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