Great Lakes Industrial Knife

Great Lakes Industrial Knife was founded in 1981 by Ron and Stacy Kara and was acquired by industrial knife and blade manufacturer American Cutting Edge in 2022. Great Lakes Industrial Knife has a long-standing reputation for outstanding quality for custom manufacturing and sharpening industrial machine knives for a variety of industries including plastics, paper, printing, packaging, and metalworking industries. Our 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing, and regrinding facility is home to an experienced staff of professionals who are dedicated to the Great Lakes’ vision, mission, and core values. Through the collective efforts of our dedicated employees, loyal customers, and suppliers we are continually working to achieve our vision of “Cutting the Way to a Better World.”. Great Lakes Industrial Knife manufactures Pelletizer Knives for all machine makes and models including Beringer, Gala, Conair, Rieter/Automatik, Ikegai and Cumberland as well as many more. Great Lakes Industrial Knife is recognized throughout the Plastics Industry as a leading manufacturer of high quality Granulator and Pelletizer knives. Great Lakes Industrial Knife Company provides exceptional quality machine knife sharpening. Our state-of-the-art regrind service center is home to many German engineered precision CNC grinders.