Vehicles and equipment
- Motorcycles
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson has a manufacturing facility in Menomonee Falls, which produces engines and transmissions for Harley motorcycles. - Mining equipment
Komatsu Mining Corp. produces huge mining equipment at its plant in the Harbor District in Milwaukee. - Agricultural equipment
Amsterdam, Netherlands-based CNH Industrial has several facilities in Racine County and produces agricultural equipment including tractors and combines. - Snow plows
Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics makes work truck attachments and equipment, including snow plows.
Food and beverages
A large number of companies in southeastern Wisconsin make a wide variety of food and beverage products. Including:
- Sausages
Sheboygan County-based Johnsonville makes many types of sausages including their iconic bratwurst. Other sausage producers in the region include Sheboygan-based Old Wisconsin Sausage, Milwaukee-based Klement Sausage Co. Inc. and Milwaukee-based Usinger’s. - Frozen pizza
Milwaukee-based Palermo Villa Inc. makes several pizza brands including Palermo’s, Screamin’ Sicilian, Urban Pie Pizza Co. and Connie’s Pizza. - Cheese
Wisconsin is known for cheese production and the Plymouth area in western Sheboygan County is a hotbed for major cheese product companies, including Sargento, Sartori and Masters Gallery Foods. - Soda
Glendale-based Sprecher makes craft sodas in a variety of flavors, including its iconic root beer. Jolly Good Soda is based in Random Lake. - Lemonade
Milwaukee-based King Juice Company makes a variety of flavors of Calypso branded lemonade. -
Juice
Glendale-based Juiced! Cold-Pressed Juicery started in 2012 as a mobile juice cart and has developed into a growing brand of healthy beverages. The company uses locally sourced ingredients whenever possible and highlights the work of Milwaukee artist Reginald Baylor on its packaging. Wisconsin is home to hundreds of food and beverage entrepreneurs with growing businesses.
Household products
Many of the products made by Racine-based SC Johnson are produced at the company’s Waxdale facility in Mount Pleasant. This is the company’s largest global manufacturing site. Workers there make millions of cases of products each year, including popular brands like Glade, OFF!, Windex, Raid, and Scrubbing Bubbles.
Pet food
Several companies in southeastern Wisconsin produce pet food including Oak Creek-based Stella & Chewy’s, Mequon-based Fromm Family Pet Food and St. Louis-based Nestlé Purina Petcare Company, which has a plant in Jefferson.
Tools
Brookfield-based Milwaukee Tool makes cutting pliers, screwdrivers and other products at its West Bend plant. Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on Inc. has 15 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., including plants in Kenosha and Milwaukee, which produces sockets, extension bars, pliers, and screwdriver blades and bits. The Kenosha plant produces hand-held electronic diagnostic tools for the computer systems used in most modern cars and heavy-duty vehicles.
Medical equipment
GE HealthCare has manufacturing facilities in Waukesha and West Milwaukee. The Chicago-based company’s Wisconsin plants produce medical equipment including MRI, CT and PET systems.
American flags
Oak Creek-based Eder Flag makes flags and flagpoles, including American flags.
Kitchen and bathroom fixtures
Kohler Co. makes sinks, bathtubs and toilets, including luxury products, at its plant in the Village of Kohler.
Pool cues
Menomonee Falls-based McDermott Cue Mfg. LLC makes pool cues.