Press tooling maker Wilson Tool International, White Bear Lake, Minn., has been named Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Alliance, for exemplifying lean manufacturing practices while sharing knowledge with fellow manufacturers. www.wilsontool.com; www.mfrall.com.
Knuth Machine Tools
USA, Lincolnshire, Ill., has moved to a new location in Lincolnshire, consolidating three buildings into a single 60,000square-foot facility. www.knuth-usa.comJoint partners Fred Ratermann and John Bornhorst have acquired AirRam Inc. The South Carolina company was established in 1965 to produce a line of pneumatic presses, primarily for roll-forming lines. Now, under the name AirRam Press Co. Ltd., the company has been relocated to Covington, Ohio and expanded to serve a broader market focusing on general stamping needs, including piercing, blanking, forming, cutoff, coining and other operations, www.airram.com
Cinetic Landis Grinding Corp., a maker of precision grinding systems, has announced the planned relocation of its headquarters and manufacturing/assembly facility to Hagerstown, Md., approximately 15 miles away from its current headquarters in Waynesboro, Pa. www.landis-us.com