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Duluth Trading Announces Sponsorship of IDEAL National Platform November 19, 2020 (Taken from prnewswire.com) MOUNT HOREB, Wis., Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continued support of the trades and those who rely on well-made products to get the job done, national retailer Duluth Trading Company, today announced an official sponsorship with the IDEAL National Championship platform in 2020 and 2021.
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IDEAL Stay Wired to Win July 28, 2020 IDEAL continues to recognize the essential work electricians are doing during this global crisis. While the annual IDEAL National Championship has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the new virtual Stay Wired to Win™ program aims to keep the electrical community engaged during this time.
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Canadians Standing up to COVID-19 May 26, 2020 In this episode of “Canadians Standing Up to COVID”, Anthony Capkun is joined by Ben Parcero, operations manager with Ideal Industries (Canada) Corp. in Ajax, Ont. Like other providers of goods for essential workers—like electricians—Ideal’s facility in Ajax, Ont., remained an active workplace when the COVID crisis began.
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2020 Qualifying Events COVID 19 Update April 09, 2020 QUALIFYING EVENTS SUSPENSION IS EXTENDED PAST APRIL 13, 2020 (SYCAMORE, IL) – April 9, 2020 – IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is extending its suspension of qualifying rounds for the IDEAL National Championship electrician challenge due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reflecting stay-at-home ordinances and continued physical distancing guidelines that discourage non-essential gatherings.
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Coronavirus Update March 23, 2020 RE: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update Dear Friends and Partners :Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During such challenges, it is important that we unite and support each other. IDEAL is focused on the wellbeing of our global community – our employees, our customers, our partners and our collective families.
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IDEAL Nationals - IBEW February 25, 2020 (Taken from ibew.org) In what has become a yearly tradition, IBEW members dominated the competition at the fourth annual Ideal National Championships, which draws union and nonunion electricians from across North America and is considered the top competition of its kind for inside wiremen
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Bright Future at Cree Lighting January 12, 2020 By Michael Burke (Taken from journaltimes.com) A bright future at Cree Lighting: Now-private company making continual advances STURTEVANT — On March 15, in a bombshell announcement, Cree reported that it had sold off its entire lighting business for $310 million, a business that employs about 1,000 people here.
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IDEAL Invests in Skill and Labor Shortage January 02, 2020 (Taken from techedmagazine.com) America will face a shortage of electricians in the near future, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). 7,000 electricians join the field each year, but 10,000 retire. The BLS reports that the employment of electricians is projected to grow 10% from 2018 to 2028 — faster than the average for all occupations.
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Mission Accomplished: 2019 IDEAL National Championship a Great Success December 12, 2019 By Lucie Côté (Taken from Electrical Business website) From Nov. 7 to 9, the Ideal National Championship took place in Orlando, Fla., bringing together 162 high-caliber professionals and students/apprentices in the electrical industry looking to demonstrate their skills.
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First-Ever International Competition at 2019 IDEAL® National Championship November 21, 2019 Electricians from the U.S., Canada, China and Australia Compete for Title of ‘World’s Best Electrician’ and their Share of Over $600,000 in Cash and Prizes (Taken from einnews.com) /EIN News/ -- SYCAMORE, Ill., Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical concluded its fourth annual IDEAL National Championship by crowning the first-ever International Champion on November 9 at Disney’s® Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Circuit Identifier Review October 29, 2019 By Ralph Mroz We’ve all been there. We need to shut down the power to a circuit, but we don’t know which breaker controls it. If we have a partner maybe the panel will be close enough to the work area that we can yell to each other as one of us flips the breakers one by one.
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Heavy Metal Tour October 04, 2019 By Kelsey Rettke SYCAMORE – Will Nalley said he’s a proud “gearhead” as he and his friend, and fellow Sycamore High School junior, Ryan Kessler toured Auto Meter Productions Inc. in Sycamore. “This is my first time, and I’m kind of a real big gearhead,” Nalley, 16, said Friday while standing on the Auto Meter manufacturing floor. “It’s kind of cool to see how all the gauges and vehicles are made.”
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. CHAIRMAN AND CEO TO RETIRE JANUARY 31, 2020 August 20, 2019 By Mike Grossman Jim James to Retire and Steve Henn Joines IDEAL as CEO Meghan Juday 4th Generation Family Leader to Become Chairman of the 103-Year-Old Family Company AUGUST 20, 2019 - Jim James, Chairman and CEO of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has announced he will retire on January 31, 2020.
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ACQUIRES CREE COMMERCIAL LIGHTING AND INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS March 15, 2019 By Mike Grossman Purchase Establishes IDEAL as a World Leader in Commercial Lighting and Wireless Lighting Controls MARCH 15, 2019 - Sycamore, Illinois - IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. today announced the acquisition of Cree Lighting, which includes the LED lighting fixtures, lamps and intelligent lighting control solutions business for commercial, industrial and consumer applications of Cree, Inc. (CREE – NASDAQ).
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PRO TOOL REVIEWS – IDEAL National Championship Competition December 07, 2018 By Clint DeBoer IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPTIONSHIP ANNUAL ELECTRICIANS COMPETITION We partnered with Ideal Industries this year to bring you a first-hand look at the 2018 Ideal National Championship for electricians. Dubbed the Ideal Nationals, there’s no more intense or visible display of trade skill in this field. The Ideal Nationals—in a nutshell—pit tradesman against tradesman in a national electricians competition to crown a champ. Even better—cash prizes and tool prizes were at stake. Below we list the 2018 Ideal National Championship winners.
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EC & M - IDEAL WIRE ARMOUR™ ELECTRICAL TAPE September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 By Mike Eby Wire Armour vinyl electrical tape insulates, bonds, and protects. Suitable for use in a range of temperatures, including extreme weather, the tape offers high elasticity, high UV resistance to water, oil, acids, etc., and is flame retardant. Color choices include black, white, blue, orange, green, brown, yellow, violet and more.
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PROTOOL REVIEWS - IDEAL WIRE ARMOUR™ ELECTRICAL TAPE September 27, 2018 By Kenny Koehler For a product that most Pros carry and electricians use every day, electrical tape isn’t the most exciting topic of conversation. You just need it to work. Despite the possibility that it might be bland, I got my hands on the new Ideal Wire Armour Heavy Duty Electrical Tape to see if it offers something more than the standard stuff.
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THIRD ANNUAL IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS-OFF SEARCH TO HONOR AND REWARD ELITE ELECTRICAL TRADESMEN, STUDENTS/APPRENTICES March 08, 2018 By Anthony Filomena FOLLOWING TWO SUCCESSFUL YEARS, IDEAL OPENS REGISTRATION FOR SKILLS, TALENT-BASED COMPETITION TO AWARD $600K IN CASH, PRIZES SYCAMORE, Ill., March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doug Sanford, Group President of IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical tools and wire termination, announced today open registration for the third annual IDEAL National Championship.
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WATCH AMERICA'S ELITE ELECTRICIANS COMPETE FOR $500K IN CASH, PRIZES DURING IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP January 10, 2018 By Anthony Filomena TV Special Airing in January SYCAMORE, Ill., Jan. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical products, electrician tools and wire termination, announced today the viewing schedule for the first-ever televised special of the company’s second annual IDEAL National Championship competition.
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NEW DRILL TAPS FROM IDEAL ELECTRICAL November 23, 2017 By Anthony Capkun Ideal Industries, Inc. offers new drill taps constructed out of high-speed steel that combine the tasks of drilling, tapping and deburring into one. Similar to the IDEAL TKO™ hole cutters, a split-point Smoothstart tip guides the drill tap into the material, minimizing walking and helping reduce thread damage.
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‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IN ELECTRICAL TRADE COMPETE IN SKILLS, SAFETY AND TIME AT SECOND ANNUAL IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND November 16, 2017 By Anthony Filomena Competition Grows to Over 30k Participants, Awards $500,000 in Cash in Prizes (Taken from globenewswire.com) SYCAMORE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical products, electrician tools and wire termination, showcased the “know-how” and professionalism of electrical professionals, students and apprentices from across the country during its second annual IDEAL National Championship Weekend.
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Duluth Trading Announces Sponsorship of IDEAL National Platform November 19, 2020 (Taken from prnewswire.com) MOUNT HOREB, Wis., Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continued support of the trades and those who rely on well-made products to get the job done, national retailer Duluth Trading Company, today announced an official sponsorship with the IDEAL National Championship platform in 2020 and 2021.
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IDEAL Stay Wired to Win July 28, 2020 IDEAL continues to recognize the essential work electricians are doing during this global crisis. While the annual IDEAL National Championship has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the new virtual Stay Wired to Win™ program aims to keep the electrical community engaged during this time.
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Canadians Standing up to COVID-19 May 26, 2020 In this episode of “Canadians Standing Up to COVID”, Anthony Capkun is joined by Ben Parcero, operations manager with Ideal Industries (Canada) Corp. in Ajax, Ont. Like other providers of goods for essential workers—like electricians—Ideal’s facility in Ajax, Ont., remained an active workplace when the COVID crisis began.
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2020 Qualifying Events COVID 19 Update April 09, 2020 QUALIFYING EVENTS SUSPENSION IS EXTENDED PAST APRIL 13, 2020 (SYCAMORE, IL) – April 9, 2020 – IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is extending its suspension of qualifying rounds for the IDEAL National Championship electrician challenge due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, reflecting stay-at-home ordinances and continued physical distancing guidelines that discourage non-essential gatherings.
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Coronavirus Update March 23, 2020 RE: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update Dear Friends and Partners :Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During such challenges, it is important that we unite and support each other. IDEAL is focused on the wellbeing of our global community – our employees, our customers, our partners and our collective families.
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IDEAL Nationals - IBEW February 25, 2020 (Taken from ibew.org) In what has become a yearly tradition, IBEW members dominated the competition at the fourth annual Ideal National Championships, which draws union and nonunion electricians from across North America and is considered the top competition of its kind for inside wiremen
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Bright Future at Cree Lighting January 12, 2020 By Michael Burke (Taken from journaltimes.com) A bright future at Cree Lighting: Now-private company making continual advances STURTEVANT — On March 15, in a bombshell announcement, Cree reported that it had sold off its entire lighting business for $310 million, a business that employs about 1,000 people here.
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IDEAL Invests in Skill and Labor Shortage January 02, 2020 (Taken from techedmagazine.com) America will face a shortage of electricians in the near future, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). 7,000 electricians join the field each year, but 10,000 retire. The BLS reports that the employment of electricians is projected to grow 10% from 2018 to 2028 — faster than the average for all occupations.
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Mission Accomplished: 2019 IDEAL National Championship a Great Success December 12, 2019 By Lucie Côté (Taken from Electrical Business website) From Nov. 7 to 9, the Ideal National Championship took place in Orlando, Fla., bringing together 162 high-caliber professionals and students/apprentices in the electrical industry looking to demonstrate their skills.
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First-Ever International Competition at 2019 IDEAL® National Championship November 21, 2019 Electricians from the U.S., Canada, China and Australia Compete for Title of ‘World’s Best Electrician’ and their Share of Over $600,000 in Cash and Prizes (Taken from einnews.com) /EIN News/ -- SYCAMORE, Ill., Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical concluded its fourth annual IDEAL National Championship by crowning the first-ever International Champion on November 9 at Disney’s® Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Circuit Identifier Review October 29, 2019 By Ralph Mroz We’ve all been there. We need to shut down the power to a circuit, but we don’t know which breaker controls it. If we have a partner maybe the panel will be close enough to the work area that we can yell to each other as one of us flips the breakers one by one.
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Heavy Metal Tour October 04, 2019 By Kelsey Rettke SYCAMORE – Will Nalley said he’s a proud “gearhead” as he and his friend, and fellow Sycamore High School junior, Ryan Kessler toured Auto Meter Productions Inc. in Sycamore. “This is my first time, and I’m kind of a real big gearhead,” Nalley, 16, said Friday while standing on the Auto Meter manufacturing floor. “It’s kind of cool to see how all the gauges and vehicles are made.”
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. CHAIRMAN AND CEO TO RETIRE JANUARY 31, 2020 August 20, 2019 By Mike Grossman Jim James to Retire and Steve Henn Joines IDEAL as CEO Meghan Juday 4th Generation Family Leader to Become Chairman of the 103-Year-Old Family Company AUGUST 20, 2019 - Jim James, Chairman and CEO of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has announced he will retire on January 31, 2020.
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IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ACQUIRES CREE COMMERCIAL LIGHTING AND INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS March 15, 2019 By Mike Grossman Purchase Establishes IDEAL as a World Leader in Commercial Lighting and Wireless Lighting Controls MARCH 15, 2019 - Sycamore, Illinois - IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. today announced the acquisition of Cree Lighting, which includes the LED lighting fixtures, lamps and intelligent lighting control solutions business for commercial, industrial and consumer applications of Cree, Inc. (CREE – NASDAQ).
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PRO TOOL REVIEWS – IDEAL National Championship Competition December 07, 2018 By Clint DeBoer IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPTIONSHIP ANNUAL ELECTRICIANS COMPETITION We partnered with Ideal Industries this year to bring you a first-hand look at the 2018 Ideal National Championship for electricians. Dubbed the Ideal Nationals, there’s no more intense or visible display of trade skill in this field. The Ideal Nationals—in a nutshell—pit tradesman against tradesman in a national electricians competition to crown a champ. Even better—cash prizes and tool prizes were at stake. Below we list the 2018 Ideal National Championship winners.
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EC & M - IDEAL WIRE ARMOUR™ ELECTRICAL TAPE September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 By Mike Eby Wire Armour vinyl electrical tape insulates, bonds, and protects. Suitable for use in a range of temperatures, including extreme weather, the tape offers high elasticity, high UV resistance to water, oil, acids, etc., and is flame retardant. Color choices include black, white, blue, orange, green, brown, yellow, violet and more.
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PROTOOL REVIEWS - IDEAL WIRE ARMOUR™ ELECTRICAL TAPE September 27, 2018 By Kenny Koehler For a product that most Pros carry and electricians use every day, electrical tape isn’t the most exciting topic of conversation. You just need it to work. Despite the possibility that it might be bland, I got my hands on the new Ideal Wire Armour Heavy Duty Electrical Tape to see if it offers something more than the standard stuff.
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THIRD ANNUAL IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS-OFF SEARCH TO HONOR AND REWARD ELITE ELECTRICAL TRADESMEN, STUDENTS/APPRENTICES March 08, 2018 By Anthony Filomena FOLLOWING TWO SUCCESSFUL YEARS, IDEAL OPENS REGISTRATION FOR SKILLS, TALENT-BASED COMPETITION TO AWARD $600K IN CASH, PRIZES SYCAMORE, Ill., March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doug Sanford, Group President of IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical tools and wire termination, announced today open registration for the third annual IDEAL National Championship.
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WATCH AMERICA'S ELITE ELECTRICIANS COMPETE FOR $500K IN CASH, PRIZES DURING IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP January 10, 2018 By Anthony Filomena TV Special Airing in January SYCAMORE, Ill., Jan. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical products, electrician tools and wire termination, announced today the viewing schedule for the first-ever televised special of the company’s second annual IDEAL National Championship competition.
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NEW DRILL TAPS FROM IDEAL ELECTRICAL November 23, 2017 By Anthony Capkun Ideal Industries, Inc. offers new drill taps constructed out of high-speed steel that combine the tasks of drilling, tapping and deburring into one. Similar to the IDEAL TKO™ hole cutters, a split-point Smoothstart tip guides the drill tap into the material, minimizing walking and helping reduce thread damage.
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‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IN ELECTRICAL TRADE COMPETE IN SKILLS, SAFETY AND TIME AT SECOND ANNUAL IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND November 16, 2017 By Anthony Filomena Competition Grows to Over 30k Participants, Awards $500,000 in Cash in Prizes (Taken from globenewswire.com) SYCAMORE, Ill., Nov. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDEAL® Electrical, the world leader in electrical products, electrician tools and wire termination, showcased the “know-how” and professionalism of electrical professionals, students and apprentices from across the country during its second annual IDEAL National Championship Weekend.