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George Bureau, vice president of consulting services for WMEP, said that split shows an "uneven" recovery. "We have some manufacturers that are actually too busy that are having challenge(s) getting product out the door, and some that are OK, and ... a few that aren't doing so well," Bureau said. Twenty percent said business was up "somewhat," while 14% reported business being up "significantly." Only 5% said business had picked up "greatly." Sixteen percent of respondents said their business was about the same as past years. The results were released Thursday at WMEP's Manufacturing Matter...

47% in state say business is down, 40% say its gone up. //end headline wrapper ?> Excavator. (Pixabay License). Nearly half of Wisconsin manufacturers say their business remains down, according to new survey results released Thursday by Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) Manufacturing Solutions, a not-for-profit manufacturing consulting firm that caters to small and midsize manufacturers across the state. The survey found 22 percent of manufacturers reported their business down “significantly” compared to a normal year, and 17 percent said business was still “down ...