Easy-to-Navigate RIDGID® Product Catalog Updated to Include New Products


ELYRIA, OHIO - October 2008 - RIDGID® recently released its new, full-line product catalog, which includes new products and reader-friendly features to help guide customers in choosing products.

The new 234-page full color catalog includes a variety of new products, as well as expanded product information. New products highlighted include: a faucet and sink installer, stainless steel cutters, plastic pipe and tubing cutters, a combination roll groover, quick-acting vises, a combustible gas sniffer, battery-operated pressing tools and press rings, manual PEX clamp tools, a color LCD monitor with DVD, utility locator and transmitter, the SeeSnake® micro(TM) inspection camera, K-400 drain cleaning machine and industrial wet/dry vacuums.

A visual product index divides the catalog into 13 product categories to enhance the overall navigation of the catalog. Useful product selection charts help customers choose the products that best meet their needs. Helpful tool tips are located throughout the catalog to further educate customers on tool maintenance and product selection.

For additional convenience, customers can access the new full line catalog at www.ridgid.com/catalog. This online, interactive version of the catalog links the content of the catalog to the RIDGID Web site. Additionally, its search capabilities and bookmark functions make it an ideal reference and sales tool.

"Our updated catalog will continue to provide customers with more product options and at the same time give them additional informational tools to choose the correct product," said Steve Dyer, director of marketing communications, RIDGID.

About RIDGID®

RIDGID®, a leading manufacturer of hand and power tools, markets its products in more than 140 countries. The company's broad offering of more than 300 types of tools serve the rental, plumbing, HVAC/R, utility, industrial, electrical, petroleum, institutional, commercial and hardware markets. RIDGID is part of Emerson Professional Tools(TM), a business of Emerson, which brings technology and engineering together to design and produce some of the highest-quality tools and equipment in the world. From wet/dry vacs to the industry's best-selling pipe diagnostic system, key brands include RIDGID®, KNAACK® and WEATHER GUARD®.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.

For a copy of the new RIDGID catalog, please visit www.RIDGID.com, call toll free: 1-800-769-7743, or contact RIDGID, 400 Clark St., Elyria, Ohio 44035 U.S.A

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