Bemis paying $1.2B for Alcan Packaging assets: Bemis Co., whose clear plastic packages hold everything from batteries to burgers, said late Sunday it is paying $1.2 billion for the global packaging business of Rio Tinto PLC. Peshtigo aerospace firm to lay off 90 employees: DeCrane Aircraft Seating Co. plans to temporarily lay off 90 employees at its Peshtigo plant by late summer. The layoffs are expected to occur between Aug. 31 and Sept. 11, according to a mass layoff notice filed Monday with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Patrick Cudahy fire ‘devastating,’ exec says: A state of emergency was declared for the city of Cudahy after a stubborn blaze at Patrick Cudahy Inc. forced a shutdown of the massive meat processing plant and of neighboring employers and led to a mandatory evacuation of heavily populated portions of the city. Ground broken for Premier Meats in Vernon County : Three longtime friends broke ground Monday on a nearly $2 million meat processing and retail business near Viroqua that is expected to employ 12 to 20 people in an area battered by factory layoffs and closings. Oshkosh upgraded on “game changer” of a deal: Oshkosh Corp.’s win of a contract to build new blast resistant, off-road vehicles for ground forces in Afghanistan is a “game changer” for the industrial vehicle and truck body maker, an analyst said Monday as he upgraded his rating on the company’s stock.
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