BUSINESS NEWS

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.

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Joint 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

MachineTools.com, a West Bloomfield, Mich.-based business-to-business online marketplace, now offers users the ability to upload and show videos of machines for sale. The company also announces three new international offices in Mexico, India and China.

Sheet-metal fabricator R&M Manufacturing, Saint Louis Park, Minn., has acquired Die Products Co., a privately owned stamping and tooling company located in Fridley, Minn. www. rmmco.com; www.dieproducts.com

Duggen Mfg., a stamping and welding services provider in Shelby Township, Mich., has established the Unified Pattern Division, a new wholly owned subsidiary specializing in rapid prototyping of patterns and castings, www. unifiedpattern.com

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. announced that it has redesigned its Web site. The site offers additional information about Siemens' CNCs, motors and drives, as well as support software and training, www.siemenscnc.com

Whirlpool Corp. has said it will eliminate more than 700 jobs at two Tennessee plants. The appliance giant is phasing out the manufacturing of dehumidifiers and air purifiers at its plant in La Vergne, outside Nashville. It's also relocating the manufacturing of its freestanding cooking ranges at its Cleveland, Tenn., plant to facilities in Oklahoma and Mexico, www.whirl pool.com