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Ridge Tool Company Overview

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400 Clark St. Elyria, 
OH 44035 United States
Phone: 440-323-5581
Fax:440-329-4551
Toll Free:800-474-3443

Company Description

Business for Ridge Tool customers is wrenching and draining. The company manufactures the RIDGID brand of tools, which includes 300 types of professional products in more than 4,000 models and sizes for a variety of industries. The usual run of hand tools, including more than 60 kinds of wrenches, bear the RIDGID name, in addition to such power tools as band saws, drill presses, lathes, planers, and sanders. Plumbing tools and equipment made under the RIDGID brand include drain cleaners, pipe cutters, sump pumps, and tube wrenches. The brand also includes tools for workers in mechanical pipe fitting, construction, HVAC, and facility maintenance. Ridge Tool is a subsidiary of Emerson Electric.

Ridge Tool Company Company Profile Report

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  • Industry Information
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    Overview

    The US handtool and cutlery manufacturing industry includes about 1,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $11 billion. Major companies include Snap-on, Klein Tools, Blount International, and the tools units of Stanley Black & Decker and Newell Rubbermaid. The industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies hold more than 65 percent of the market.

    SIC: 3421, 3423, 3425

    NAICS: 332211, 332213, 332212

     

    Sample Questions & Answers

    How has competition from imports affected the company's product development strategy?

    Imports have taken a larger share of the US market, especially for lower-cost products like saw blades and cutlery. US imports of saw blades and handsaws grew 30 percent between 1999 and 2009. Imports from China, the largest exporter to the US, rose...

     

    How does the company manage fluctuations in steel prices?

    Prices for steel, the major raw material for handtool and cutlery manufacture, can change more than 10 percent in 12 months. Prices depend on world demand and import restrictions. Prices for cold rolled steel sheet varied 15 percent during 2008, but...

     

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