RIDGID® Experience Goes Global: European Guests Visit Elyria, Ohio Headquarters—Participants from eight countries received a behind-the-scenes tour during the three-day trip to Elyria, Ohio. RIDGID®, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, recently hosted the first RIDGID Experience Europe Edition 2023, an all-expenses-paid, three-day VIP trip to the company headquarters in Elyria, Ohio. The event Read more
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RIDGID® Experience Goes Global: European Guests Visit Elyria, Ohio Headquarters—Participants from eight countries received a behind-the-scenes tour during the three-day trip to Elyria, Ohio.
RIDGID®, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, recently hosted the first RIDGID Experience Europe Edition 2023, an all-expenses-paid, three-day VIP trip to the company headquarters in Elyria, Ohio. The event welcomed a total of nine trade professionals from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom.
RIDGID Experience Europe included exclusive opportunities and team building events that highlighted the brand’s commitment to the trades. Hands-on experiences included a factory tour that invited each guest to build their own iconic RIDGID customized pipe wrench, and time in the research test lab working with innovations in the product development pipeline. “Our guests got a sneak peek at what’s coming from RIDGID, and we loved hearing their opinions on how these tools can help them maximize their time on jobsites,” said Michael Lucas, marketing manager RIDGID Europe. “Getting this global perspective is so important and hearing it in person is really special to our teams.”
The trip was modeled after the North American RIDGID Experience now heading into its seventh year in2024.RIDGID selected attendees from a pool of hundreds of professional tradespeople.
“Our annual RIDGID Experience event is a highlight of our year, and being able to bring some of Europe’s biggest RIDGID fans to our headquarters for a similar experience was a thrill for us,” said Becky Brotherton, director of brand and engagement marketing, RIDGID for Emerson. “RIDGID tools are used on jobsites around the world, but there’s something special about stepping on the manufacturing floor and talking with the people who make them. Our guests are always impressed with how much pride goes into manufacturing the tools they use every day.”
Emerson’s professional tools business, which includes RIDGID as well as the Greenlee® and Klauke® brands, provides the industry’s broadest portfolio of advanced, reliable tools and technologies for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades globally.
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Elyria, Ohio—RIDGID, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, hosted its second annual “We Love STEM Day” in June for 38 students in grades three through eight. The event was designed to support local schools and engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It also helped RIDGID demonstrate the role these vital subjects Read more
Elyria, Ohio—RIDGID, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, hosted its second annual “We Love STEM Day” in June for 38 students in grades three through eight. The event was designed to support local schools and engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It also helped RIDGID demonstrate the role these vital subjects play in manufacturing.
“It was wonderful to see the energy and excitement the students had for learning — and to hear their questions about manufacturing and the way STEM is used in the work we do,” said Rose Hitchens, event chair, “We Love STEM Day” and chapter lead, RIDGID Women’s Impact Network for Emerson. “Engaging students at an early age in STEM education helps to encourage a love of learning in these subjects. It also helps foster the next generation of creators, innovators and inventors.”
Students participated in a variety of hands-on activities that strengthened their problem-solving skills, including building a flashlight and testing different methods of creating a strong and lightweight pasta tower.
RIDGID is a proud supporter of local programs and education-based initiatives throughout Lorain County, including Elyria school makerspaces that reinforce STEM learning. The company also partners with current and future trade professionals and regularly invests and donates products. For years, its leaders have served on industry boards to help strengthen the trades.