What started out of a 2-car garage from the home of Roy and Arlene Kannenberg with the single purchase of a lathe for Roy to make snowmobile parts in his spare time back in 1976. Those parts were initially never made until 30 years later, as word of mouth spread quickly that Roy had purchased the lathe and before it was ever delivered he had orders coming in from local companies to make core pins…. and RAM Tool was formed.

Roy continued to work part-time at night and on weekends for 3 years before he out grew the garage and required additional space, equipment and personnel. Roy moved his operations to a manufacturing site in Cedarburg in 1979, quit his full-time job, and RAM Tool became incorporated. Core pins were now only a small fraction of the business.

In 1995 RAM Tool had once again outgrown its current home and relocated its business to the Grafton Corporate Park. When making the move, they tripled their space and doubled their workforce.

In mid 2005 RAM diversified their company and went into prototype tooling and custom machining as well.

RAM Tool has continued to grow and evolve through the years to keep up with the demands of customers, completing 4 additions at their current location to operate out of a state of the art 80,000 sq. ft. facility.

Roy & Arlene’s son, Mike grew up with the business and had been a part of the family business from the very beginning, from pushing a broom in the early years, to serving his apprenticeship as a tool & die maker to leading the company. Their daughter, Michelle joined the family business in 1989 after gaining financial background in the banking industry. Now with the family’s third generation contributing to the business, RAM Tool is prepared to be an industry leader for decades to come.

Today RAM Tool is steered by it’s Executive Team of Michelle, Michael, and Dennis along with their Management Team, which have a combined 190 years of experience.