Your Wisconsin Incorporation- Industry and Entertainment
by: Howard Giske
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Wisconsin is a fairly large state with a population of about 5.5 million. Its capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. Wisconsin is known for it milk and cheese production and also its many state parks and forests. There should be some ideas here for your Wisconsin Incorporation.
Wisconsin produces the most cheese in the United States. Wisconsin also produces oats, potatoes, cherries, maple syrup, and sweet corn. Food processing is a big industry in Wisconsin as well with companies including Oscar Mayer, and a large Kraft Foods facility. Also in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are the headquarters and major production facilities of Miller Brewery, a major beer producer.
Wisconsin is also home to several transportation equipment and machinery manufacturers. Major Wisconsin companies in these categories include the Kohler Company, Rockwell Automation, Johnson Controls, Oshkosh Truck, and Harley-Davidson. Wisconsin also ranks first in the production of paper products. Leading companies in paper production include Kimberly-Clark and Georgia-Pacific. Kimberly-Clark has a large filtration products plant in Neenah, Wisconsin. Georgia-Pacific employs over 3,000 people in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Facilities there include two paper mills, a converting process and paper processing plant. About 95-percent of products, including tissues, wipes and napkins are made with recycled products. Health care devices and software is a growing sector of the state's economy with companies in the business including GE Healthcare, Epic Systems, and TomoTherapy.
Tourism is also a major industry in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Dells is an area of water parks and theme parks that has become a major attraction. It is located northwest of Madison, the capital and attracts millions each year. Other attractions include the mile-long Lost Canyon Tour, which is a deep canyon that visitors ride through on a horse drawn carriage
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Milwaukee is a medium sized city is south-eastern Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan, with
a population of almost 600,000, and two million people in its metropolitan area. It is
sometimes known as the brew city. Fortune 500 companies in Milwaukee include Johnson Controls, Northwestern Mutual, Kohl's, Harley-Davidson, Rockwell Automation, and MGIC Investments Milwaukee also has a large number of financial service firms, particularly those specializing in mutual funds and a large number of publishing companies. To this day, a fairly high percentage, over 20% of the workforce is in the manufacturing sector. Milwaukee is also home to the Pottawatomie bingo casino, and its Northern Lights Theatre is known for its sensational Las Vegas style shows. The University Hill neighborhood, also known as Avenues West, is the home of Marquette University.
The capital, Madison has over 500,000 people in its metropolitan area, and is located in the south-central portion of the state. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a huge campus with 41,000 students. Many hi-tech and bio-technology companies are located here and take advantage of facilities offered by the University of Wisconsin. The TomoTherapy Corporation is headquartered here, and uses a unique combination of Cat-scan and radiation to treat diseases such as cancer. Ravel Software is a computer game software company based in Madison that is known for its games such as Star Wars Jedi Knights, and Quake 4. This is another example of Wisconsin’s flair for science and entertainment.
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