The Ridgid Experience, the brand’s signature event, gives select trades workers an all-expenses-paid, three-day trip that features hands-on factory experiences, fun, and camaraderie, a press release from Ridgid said.

Attendees are selected from a pool of hundreds of professional tradespeople who enter the Ridgid Experience contest annually.

Ridgid has had a manufacturing presence in Ohio since the company was founded in 1923. The 27-acre complex in Elyria is the world headquarters for the brand’s operation and the company’s hub for innovation.

We Love STEM Day is designed to expose students to the roles that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) play in their everyday lives and, potentially, in their future careers, the company said.

RIDGID will select six winners for a VIP experience at its global headquarters.

RIDGID, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, is celebrating a major milestone this year: 100 years of designing and building tools.

RIDGID recently hosted their fifth annual RIDGID Experience trip, a VIP event that invites select members of the skilled trades to gather for fun, camaraderie, and hands-on experiences.

im Dunphy was named marketing director of underground technologies for Ridgid^® in Elyria, Ohio. In this role, Dunphy will manage new product development, partner relations, and new business opportunities for the Ridgid line of diagnostics, inspection, locating, and drain cleaning products.