Come July 27, 17 employees in Opp will be without a job after Thursday's announcement that the Ariens Company would close its manufacturing operation in the city.

When 30-year-old entrepreneur Lincoln Jore was in college, he started looking for ways to build better power tools. What resulted was a new gasless motor technology so versatile that it's used in everything from hedge trimmers to wind turbines. His tech uses copper-etched conductors embedded into a multilayer circuit board stator, which, when coupled with permanent magnets, allows for high torque at extremely high efficiencies. Recently, he founded CORE Outdoor Power to apply this technology to outdoor power equipment, creating a line that is powerful, noiseless, and emission-free. Read more: What Drives CORE's Quiet Gasless Motors - Popular Mechanics Follow us: @PopMech on Twitter | popularmechanics on Facebook Visit us at PopularMechanics.com

Lessiter Publications is pleased to announce the addition of Jamie Lara to its Ag Division as a Media Sales Representative.

Case-New Holland, through its Case Construction Equipment brand, has helped install 500 new vegetable gardens in the yards of Milwaukee residents.

Tractor/farm implement maker Kubota Manufacturing of America Corp. has bestowed its Kaizen Award for 2013 on OTR Wheel Engineering Inc. for continual improvement. The award recognizes OTR Wheel's years of hard work and improvements in supporting Kubota's Gainesville manufacturing operation, the Rome, Ga.-based tire/wheel assembly supplier said.

Mahindra USA, the number one selling tractor in the world based on volume, is proud to announce that Mahindra Tractors will return as the primary associate partner with DJ Kennington and the #17 Dodge team in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the 2013 season as they seek another series championship together. 2012 was a record setting year for both Kennington & Mahindra and both parties look forward to more of this kind of success.

B3C Fuel Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly products and solutions for ethanol- and biofuel-related problems, said HSI, a division of Hydraulic Source, is the exclusive distributor of B3C's core line of fuel solution products in Canad

Kohler Co. will add more than 300 jobs in southeastern Wisconsin over the next three years, the company announced Wednesday morning.

The Toro Co. has submitted plans to the city of Bloomington to expand its corporate headquarters with a 75,000-square-foot, three-story addition. The expansion is slated for the north side of Toro's existing 1952-built, single-story headquarters near the intersection of Lyndale Avenue South and 82nd Street West, according to Larry Lee, Bloomington's director of community development.

STIHL Inc. Names Steve Meriam as Director of Sales