The Fox Cities Chamber announced the winners of the 2015 Business Awards: Menasha Corporation, Business of the Year, manufacturing, large employer; Alpha-Prime, Business of the Year, manufacturing, small employer; McClone, Business of the Year, service, large employer; Midwest Restoration, Business of the Year, service, small employer; R3NEW, Rising Star, manufacturing; Nutritional Healing, Rising Star, service; Green Gecko Inc., Rising Star, wholesale/ retail; AeroInnovate, Company Innovation; Fox Valley Technical College, Exemplary Marketing and/or Performance, large employer; SOAR Fox Cities, Exemplary Marketing and/or Performance, small employer; Innovative Services Inc., Corporate Citizen/Corporate Leadership, large employer; and Stellar Blue Technologies, Corporate Citizen/ Corporate Leadership, small employer.
Silver Lake College and Lakeshore Technical College signed an agreement guaranteeing admission to Silver Lake’s bachelor of science in nursing completion program to students earning an associate degree in nursing at Lakeshore Technical College and 15 other technical colleges in the state. Silver Lake College also announced it was adopting the Work College model for its students, the first Catholic institution to do so.
ThedaCare announced several ongoing results and changes to its sustainability programs, including: recouping $1.9 million energy efficiency investment; receiving a VHA Sustainability Excellent Award for a program to recycle single-use plastics used in the health care network’s operating room; and the addition of Maggie Hintz-Polzin, recently named sustainability coordinator at ThedaCare, where she will work system wide to collect, develop and report on ideas for a more sustainable health care network.
Kohler Power Systems and Bay City Electric Works, Poway, Calif., signed a distribution agreement, making Bay City Electric Works the distributor and service provider for Kohler Power Systems throughout most of California and Nevada.
Catalpa Health launched a new program of day treatment for clients in grades 7-12 who are dealing with anxiety, depression and other treatable mental health disorders.
Keller, Planners, Architects, Builders announced six new projects: a 16,250-square-foot office and tool & die shop for Swenson Tool & Die; a service area expansion and parts addition as well as a 12,000-square- foot storage building for Riesterer & Schnell, Inc.; a 13,000-square-foot corporate headquarters for P.D.C. Electrical Contractors and A-1 Electric, a division of Precision Drive & Control, Inc.; a 7,700-square- foot addition for Wagner RV; and a 28,162-square-foot addition for Multicircuits.
5G Benefits, located its operation at 5111 Green Valley Road, Oshkosh.
Prevea Health announced leadership coaching services that include executive coaching, leadership assessment tools, group leadership development and conflict resolution. The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons granted three-year accreditation with commendation to the cancer program at HSHS St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center. The center and Green Bay Oncology announced a partnership allowing the two organizations to work more closely with Prevea Health to improve overall care.
BrandDirections, a branding, communications and packaging design agency in Neenah, has re-adopted the Neenah Animal Shelter as its pro bono client for 2015.
Cadence Inc., broke ground on a $5 million, 62,000-square-foot building at 1425 S. Neenah Ave., Sturgeon Bay. The new facility will expand production capacity and add new technologies to support company growth. The company expects to create 50 new jobs.
First Bank Financial Centre opened a mortgage lending office in Green Bay.
Miron Construction Co., Inc. is partnering with Eppstein Uhen Architects and Rettler Corporation on renovations at Lake Mills High School in Lake Mills. The project is expected to be completed at the end of August.
Swenson Tool & Die will relocate from Washington County to the Village of Campbellsport Industrial Park. The relocation and new production facility will add 21 to 29 jobs in the Campbellsport area.
The Village of Hobart created a new logo and tagline, “Greatness is Growing,” as part of its marketing strategy to position overall Hobart as the suburb of choice in the greater Green Bay area.
The Advance Business & Manufacturing Center announced the graduation of three tenants from its business incubation program: Care Wisconsin, Lakeland Care District and Cats Anonymous Inc.
Stellar Blue Technologies launched six custom websites for companies; Dura-Fibre LLC, Sign Country, Extreme Customs, TYRI Lights, Camp Lakotah, and the Southwest Women’s Center.
Neenah Paper Inc. has chosen Bayland Buildings Inc., as the general contractor for a building expansion at its Appleton mill location.
Holy Family Memorial received the Exceeding Patient Expectations Award from Avatar Solutions, a health care patient satisfaction survey company that assesses quality of care. Holy Family Memorial health network has been named to Modern Healthcare Magazine’s list of the top performing health care systems in the country.
Voith Paper was recognized by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for its recognition and acknowledgment of the importance of hiring members of the National Guard and Army Reserve.
The Wisconsin Technical College System presented its “Futuremakers Partner” award to Georgia-Pacific.
BEI Services and ENX Magazine selected Marco as an Office Technology Service Excellence award recipient.
Progress Lakeshore announced several regional business awards during its fourth annual Excellence in Economic Development Awards Breakfast, including Amerequip, Kiel, Corporate Investment Award; Two Rivers Clothing Company, The Rising Star Award; Ironwood Plastics, Two Rivers, Neighborhood Development Award; and Greg Buckley, city manager of Two Rivers, Accelerator of the Year.
A.C.E. Building Service completed an interior renovation project for Schenck SC in Manitowoc in conjunction with 100 Maritime LLC.
Touchmark received the Town of Menasha Business of the Year award for 2014.
The Green Bay Packers recognized participants from the fourth session of the Packers Mentor-Protégé Program at a reception in the Lambeau Field Atrium: KI and Cisco Distributing; Score and Rose Publications; Lindquist Machine and Wieber Machine; Amerilux International and Machine Plus; and R.R. Donnelley and Donlon Enterprises. Machine Plus was named most valuable protégé. The company’s mentor in the program, Amerilux International, was named most valuable mentor.
The Greater Green Bay Chamber announced the recipients of its 2015 Business Recognition Awards: O’Connor Connective, Entrepreneurial Award; Great Lakes Calcium Corp., Growth Award; Brown County Oral Health Partnership, Special Accomplishment Award; and Northern Electric Inc., Cornerstone Award.
Temperature Systems Inc., Green Bay, presented the 2014 Tempstar Top Sales Award to Black-Haak Heating, Appleton.
Three Northeast Wisconsin companies were finalists for the Governor’s Export Achievement Award: PoppingFUN Inc., of Neenah; Wisconsin Spice Inc., of Berlin; and Zimbal Mink, of Sheboygan Falls.
The Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce announced Enstrom Helicopter Corporation as the recipient of the Business-of-the-Year award sponsored by Michigan Works.
Effie Worldwide, Inc. selected Miller Electric Mfg. Co. as a North American Effie Finalist. The Effie Awards are widely seen as the preeminent award program in the industry, recognizing the highest level of achievement in marketing communication.
The Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin named Sure–Dry Basement Systems Inc. the winner of this year’s Torch Award for Business Ethics and Integrity in the 11-50 employee category.
Candeo Creative received the Brand Ambassador Award from the Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The Jim Olson Auto Group was named Door County Industry of the Year, and The Lautenbach Family, owners of Orchard Country Winery & Market, received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Door County Economic Development Corporation.
4imprint Inc. was selected by Great Rated! as one of its People’s Picks: 10 Great Workplaces in Advertising and Marketing.
Bemis Company Inc. won a 2015 DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation, receiving a Silver Award in the enhanced user experience category for the BelGioioso resealable provolone cheese package.
Future Neenah recognized the following businesses at its annual gala: Miron Construction Co., Inc., Consolidated Construction Co. Inc., and Nordon Business Environments received the Building a Better Future Award; Stellar Blue Technologies won the Innovator Award; Scanlan Studios won the Downtown Business of the Year Award; and Shellattés won the Friend of Neenah Award.
Blue Door Consulting LLC earned five Silver Awards of Distinction from the International Academy of the Visual Arts for the following projects: print, corporate logo: Wisconsin Aerospace Consortium; print brochure, business-to-business, Fedco Batteries; websites, consumer goods, Service Litho-Print Inc.; online advertising and marketing, content marketing/social, 4imprint amplify app; and online advertising and marketing, content marketing/social, ThedaCare/Waupaca CHAT Drug Drop.
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College received a $5,000 donation from Districts Mutual Insurance.
An annual golf outing fundraiser held by the Wisconsin Fox
Valley Sheet Metal Contractors Association contributed $4,000 to local charities, including: Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay, Calvary Chapel- Caneille-Haiti, Cerebral Palsy of Green Bay, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, House of Hope-Green Bay, New Community Shelter, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Old Glory Honor Flight, Paul’s Pantry-Green Bay, St. Joe’s Food Pantry-Appleton and Salvation Army-Fox Cities.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation awarded Goodwill Grows a $20,000 Champions for Healthy Kids grant from the General Mills Foundation.
