Six state companies received Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards Feb. 20 for their success in state industry. This was the 32nd annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards, organized by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the advisory firm of Baker Tilly and the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. “Manufacturing is the bedrock of Wisconsin’s economy, making up nearly 20 percent of our economic output and employing one in six workers,” Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of Wisconsin…