Business & Tech

Centare Named To Top Waukesha Businesses List

A Brookfield-based business was listed on the BizTimes and the Waukesha County Business Alliance top 10 business list, according to a story on the BizTimes.

Power Test topped the list and Brookfield-based Centare, was also named to the list.

Judges chose the businesses based on how well they performed financially, their customer service, relationship with employees and community involvement. Waukesha based businesses AriesMetal-Era, Stier Construction, and Walter USA were also named to the list.

Power Test designs and makes dynamometers, heavy equipment testing systems, related data acquisition, control systems and custom engineered testing machines. John Petelinsek, started the company in the 1970s and John's son, Alan Petelinsek, has been the president of the company since 1999.

According to the BizTimes:
"The support network here is essential to a manufacturing business," Petelinsek said. "We have access to industrial steel, engineers, machinists, software designers, transportation, the airport hub and the political structure in place to support manufacturing. It's where we want to be."

Power Test, based in Sussex
Aries, based in Waukesha
Centare, based in Brookfield
Metal-Era, based in Waukesha 
Stier Construction, based in Waukesha
Walter USA, based Waukesha


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