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16 | I NSIGH T • S e p t e m b e r 2 0 15 w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m the development facility will house a new engineering and technical center, industrial design studio, model shop and prototyping lab and a complete state-of-the-art validation and testing center. It will become the company's hub for research and product development, testing and product validation of outdoor power equipment including Sno-ro machines, mowing equipment and outdoor chore products for both consumer and professional use under the Ariens and Gravely brands. » THE NORTHWOODS Florence, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto Counties Bellin Health opens new Oconto Falls clinic Bellin Health opened its new Oconto Falls clinic in August. e 9,000-square foot facility on Highland Drive replaces the Main Street clinic, and took about six months to build from groundbreaking to completion. e provider used the same design as its new Algoma facility, which has proven popular with staff and patients alike. e new facility offers internal medicine, family practice services, physicals, employment- and school- related services, behavioral health and other clinical services. New services added include mobile unit mammography, bone densitometry and physical therapy. » WEST CENTRAL Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, Marquette, Green Lake Counties New ownership for Alliance Laundry Systems Alliance Laundry Systems announced that BDT Capital Partners acquired a majority interest in the company from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. OTTP is expected to retain a minority interest in Alliance following the completion of the transaction. "Our management team will hold a significant ownership stake following the transaction and is excited by the new partnership with BDT," says Mike Schoeb, president and CEO of Alliance. "is partnership will allow us to accelerate the execution of our proven growth strategy, continue to invest in new and innovative products of exceptional quality and strengthen the value we bring to our premier distribution partners." Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity group of OTTP, acquired Alliance in January 2005. During its ownership, Alliance expanded operations to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and successfully entered new segments and served new end markets. Boston private-equity firm Bain Capital created Alliance in 2003 aer purchasing what was then the commercial laundry equipment manufacturing business of Raytheon for $358 million. e company's profits and revenues have grown steadily, including a 37 percent jump in gross profit to $230.2 million last year, over 2013. Revenue last year was $726.3 million. Most of Alliance's 2,730 employees and its manufacturing facilities are located in Ripon. It also has facilities in China and the Czech Republic. Completion of the transaction is expected in the third quarter of 2015. » THE LAKESHORE Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Counties A record-setting event e 2015 PGA Championship enjoyed all-time highs for success before the first shot was ever played at Whistling Straights. Even before the players found their way to the first hole, the tournament earned the title of highest-grossing PGA Championship in its 97-year history for ticketing and corporate sales, breaking the record set in 2004, when the event was also held at Whistling Straights. e overall economic impact for Kohler and Sheboygan County is expected to top $100 million based on the tournament's history. is is the third time the course has played host to the PGA Championship since 2004. at experience helped prepare the greater Sheboygan business community for this year's event. New digester debuts at Sheboygan Falls dairy Digested Organics will construct its first fully Integrated Manure Management System at the Majestic Meadows Dairy in Sheboygan Falls. e IMMS will process 20,000 gallons of manure per day, harvesting energy through biogas generation, concentrating nutrients for more targeted crop use and reclaiming clean water for farm use and surface water discharge. Digested Organic's IMMS is a fully integrated and scalable manure treatment system, combining a high efficiency/low residence time anaerobic digester that concentrates nutrients into 30 percent of the original manure volume while recovering about 70 percent of the original volume as clean water suitable as drinking water for the animals, washing and flushing on the farm or direct discharge to local waterways with the appropriate state permit. Send business news updates and photos to edit@insightonbusiness.com. REGIONAL ROUNDUP " This partnership will allow us to accelerate the execution of our proven growth strategy, continue to invest in new and innovative products of exceptional quality and strengthen the value we bring to our premier distribution partners." – Mike Schoeb, president and CEO of Alliance Laundry Systems