Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce: Ron Wanek defends free enterprise, promotes community stewardship during Manufacturing Hall of Fame induction

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – reestablished the Manufacturing Hall of Fame last month by naming Ron Wanek as the first inductee since the 1970s. Wanek founded Arcadia Furniture in 1970 in the small western Wisconsin town of Arcadia. In 1982, Arcadia Furniture and Ashley Furniture Corp. merged into Ashley Furnitu...