A list of Wisconsin's largest corporations. Let them know how you feel...

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http://www.forwardwi.com/forward_docs/uploaded_documents/why_wisconsin/fortune500rankstopwisconsincorporations.pdf

2007 Fortune 500 Custom Rankings of
Wisconsin's Largest Corporations
State
Rank Company Rank
Revenues
($ millions) City
1 Johnson Controls 67 32,413.0 Milwaukee
2 Northwestern Mutual 112 20,726.2 Milwaukee
3 Manpower 131 17,786.5 Milwaukee
4 Kohl's 152 15,544.2 Menomonee Falls
5 American Family Ins. Grp. 338 6,893.1 Madison
6 Harley-Davidson 369 6,185.6 Milwaukee
7 Rockwell Automation 416 5,561.4 Milwaukee
8 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 441 5,127.9 Milwaukee
9 Fiserv 486 4,544.2 Brookfield
10 Wisconsin Energy 525 4,010.7 Milwaukee
11 Bemis 564 3,639.4 Neenah
12 Oshkosh Truck 584 3,427.4 Oshkosh
13 Alliant Energy 587 3,406.0 Madison
14 JohnsonDiversey 628 3,134.4 Sturtevant
15 Manitowoc 662 2,933.3 Manitowoc
16 CUNA Mutual Group 667 2,891.9 Madison
17 Sentry Insurance Group 716 2,625.7 Stevens Point
18 Briggs & Stratton 733 2,542.2 Wauwatosa
19 Snap-On 738 2,522.4 Kenosha
20 Joy Global 767 2,401.7 Milwaukee

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1. I've boycotted Kohl's for about the last 15 years when they refused to

modify their 'store' design to save an ancient grove of trees here.

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2. many of those industries are require skilled labor

one company that is not mentioned is the family owned Menards. the biggest family owned retail building supply company in america.

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4. Many of them have union employees.

[madrchsod]

3. that was weird

[Rabblevox]

5. I just checked. Menards is privately held, so not on the corp list. here's more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menards

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/2011/03/crowds-gather-at-capitol-square.html