February 05, 2024The BILT app now offers 3D interactive instructions for bending conduit, the first professional tradesperson-focused instructional learning available in the app.
November 29, 2023On December 8, the most skilled electrical apprentices from across the U.S. face off for their share of $70,000 in the eighth airing of the IDEAL® National Championship.
November 09, 2023IDEAL Electrical has a great holiday gift guide for the electrician in your life. Curated top products from professional electricians and our product managers will be the perfect gift this holiday season.
Jose Renteria Earns IDEAL® National Championship Title
November 07, 2023Minnesota-based electrical apprentice takes home $40,000 prize and top honors in the pool of 10 competitors in Tampa who completed two projects for, accuracy, safety and workmanship
June 30, 2023IDEAL® Electrical, a leading manufacturer of electrical tools and supplies, proudly joins the nationwide celebration of “Made in USA Day” by highlighting its American manufacturing. As an industry leader, IDEAL Electrical has long been recognized for its high-quality products and innovative solutions. This annual observance, taking place on July 2nd, provides an opportunity for IDEAL Electrical to reaffirm its commitment to supporting local communities, creating jobs, and ensuring the utmost craftsmanship in its American-made offerings.
May 01, 2023All electricians consider safety a part of their daily life. It simply must be a priority, since they work in hazardous and sometimes unpredictable environments. To observe Electrical Safety Month, we’ll delve into the tools and protocols that help ensure that we all get home safely—in addition to doing the job right.
April 13, 2023All electricians consider safety a part of their daily life. It simply must be a priority, since they work in hazardous and sometimes unpredictable environments. To observe Electrical Safety Month, we’ll delve into the tools and protocols that help ensure that we all get home safely—in addition to doing the job right.
7TH ANNUAL ELITE TRADES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TO AIR ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK
December 05, 2022CBS Sports to Broadcast Competitions on Fridays in December, Highlighting the Nation’s Top Electricians, HVAC, and Auto Techs Vying for $600,000 in Cash and Prizes and Inspiring the Next Generation of Skilled Tradespeople.
August 09, 2022Electricians invest a substantial amount into the tools they use every day on the job site, so it’s important that they do their research and buy tools that are specifically appropriate to into their line of work
July 25, 2022Border States Electric in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, draws electricians across the midwest for a chance to qualify for the IDEAL National Championship Finals.
June 02, 2022Fish tape tends to be an unsung hero of the electrician’s tool lineup. Many of us readily admit that the abuse our fish tape endures is more significant—constantly being dropped on bare concrete, their cases beaten and blemished—all while doing one of the most important jobs that electricians are tasked to do.
April 04, 2022IDEAL® Electrical concluded its fifth annual IDEAL National Championship in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 17, marking the competition’s highly anticipated in-person return.
December 10, 2021IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. to host the 2021 IDEAL National Championship in Nashville from Dec. 15-17, marking the in-person competition’s long-awaited return.
December 07, 2021December 8 - 9, 2021
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Minneapolis, MN
Industry Expo providing valuable, inter-industry commerce, education and discussion forums, and oppotunities to network with others.
October 26, 2021IDEAL Industries Inc. announces the IDEAL Elite Trades Championship Series with television special, Road to Nationals Show, airing on FOX SPORTS 2 Saturday October 30th at 8 p.m. EST. Host Chip Wade will provide a sneak peek at the coast-to-coast qualifying competitions for the first-ever Auto Tech National Championships and look back on winners of past IDEAL Electricians National Championships from 2016 through 2020.
LOWE'S HOSTS QUALIFYING EVENT FOR IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
October 01, 2021On Thursday, IDEAL and R Brantley Associates (RBA) partnered with Lowe’s to hold a qualifying event for the championship at 15 stores across the country, including the Lowe’s at Hunter’s Crossing.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC. AND INTERSPORT ANNOUNCE THE ELITE TRADE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND FIRST-EVER U.S. AUTO TECH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
September 14, 2021Local market qualifying events will determine top auto technician professionals and students across the country, culminating with National Championship event in Nashville, TN competing for over $200,000
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 IDEAL National Championship electrician challenge, to protect and support the electrical community during this time.
THIRD ANNUAL IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS-OFF SEARCH TO HONOR AND REWARD ELITE ELECTRICAL TRADESMEN, STUDENTS/APPRENTICES
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.
WATCH AMERICA'S ELITE ELECTRICIANS COMPETE FOR $500K IN CASH, PRIZES DURING IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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.
FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT 2019 IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ACQUIRES CREE COMMERCIAL LIGHTING AND INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS
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).
(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.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: 2019 IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A GREAT SUCCESS
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.
September 19, 2019
By Mike Grossman
Jeffrey Burkhardt Promoted to Group President - Will Lead IDEAL Electrical,
Canada, Latin America and Data Comm2019 IDEAL National Championship is on Record Pace
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.
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.”
(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
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.
(Taken from tedmag.com)
ORLANDO, Fla. — In November, Orbit Industries, Inc. donated over 4,600 pieces of electrical products to support the 2019 IDEAL National Championship.
‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IN ELECTRICAL TRADE COMPETE IN SKILLS, SAFETY AND TIME AT SECOND ANNUAL IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
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.
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.
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.
DULUTH TRADING ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF IDEAL NATIONAL PLATFORM
(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.
PRO TOOL REVIEWS – IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION
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.
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.
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.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. CHAIRMAN AND CEO TO RETIRE JANUARY 31, 2020
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.
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.
By Alan M. Petrillo, Electric Times
IDEAL National Championship & Tyler Hall make cover of The Electric Times.
Click here to view article
(Taken from The Electric Times)
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.
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.
February 05, 2024The BILT app now offers 3D interactive instructions for bending conduit, the first professional tradesperson-focused instructional learning available in the app.
November 29, 2023On December 8, the most skilled electrical apprentices from across the U.S. face off for their share of $70,000 in the eighth airing of the IDEAL® National Championship.
November 09, 2023IDEAL Electrical has a great holiday gift guide for the electrician in your life. Curated top products from professional electricians and our product managers will be the perfect gift this holiday season.
Jose Renteria Earns IDEAL® National Championship Title
November 07, 2023Minnesota-based electrical apprentice takes home $40,000 prize and top honors in the pool of 10 competitors in Tampa who completed two projects for, accuracy, safety and workmanship
June 30, 2023IDEAL® Electrical, a leading manufacturer of electrical tools and supplies, proudly joins the nationwide celebration of “Made in USA Day” by highlighting its American manufacturing. As an industry leader, IDEAL Electrical has long been recognized for its high-quality products and innovative solutions. This annual observance, taking place on July 2nd, provides an opportunity for IDEAL Electrical to reaffirm its commitment to supporting local communities, creating jobs, and ensuring the utmost craftsmanship in its American-made offerings.
May 01, 2023All electricians consider safety a part of their daily life. It simply must be a priority, since they work in hazardous and sometimes unpredictable environments. To observe Electrical Safety Month, we’ll delve into the tools and protocols that help ensure that we all get home safely—in addition to doing the job right.
April 13, 2023All electricians consider safety a part of their daily life. It simply must be a priority, since they work in hazardous and sometimes unpredictable environments. To observe Electrical Safety Month, we’ll delve into the tools and protocols that help ensure that we all get home safely—in addition to doing the job right.
7TH ANNUAL ELITE TRADES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TO AIR ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK
December 05, 2022CBS Sports to Broadcast Competitions on Fridays in December, Highlighting the Nation’s Top Electricians, HVAC, and Auto Techs Vying for $600,000 in Cash and Prizes and Inspiring the Next Generation of Skilled Tradespeople.
August 09, 2022Electricians invest a substantial amount into the tools they use every day on the job site, so it’s important that they do their research and buy tools that are specifically appropriate to into their line of work
July 25, 2022Border States Electric in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, draws electricians across the midwest for a chance to qualify for the IDEAL National Championship Finals.
June 02, 2022Fish tape tends to be an unsung hero of the electrician’s tool lineup. Many of us readily admit that the abuse our fish tape endures is more significant—constantly being dropped on bare concrete, their cases beaten and blemished—all while doing one of the most important jobs that electricians are tasked to do.
April 04, 2022IDEAL® Electrical concluded its fifth annual IDEAL National Championship in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 17, marking the competition’s highly anticipated in-person return.
December 10, 2021IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. to host the 2021 IDEAL National Championship in Nashville from Dec. 15-17, marking the in-person competition’s long-awaited return.
October 26, 2021IDEAL Industries Inc. announces the IDEAL Elite Trades Championship Series with television special, Road to Nationals Show, airing on FOX SPORTS 2 Saturday October 30th at 8 p.m. EST. Host Chip Wade will provide a sneak peek at the coast-to-coast qualifying competitions for the first-ever Auto Tech National Championships and look back on winners of past IDEAL Electricians National Championships from 2016 through 2020.
LOWE'S HOSTS QUALIFYING EVENT FOR IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
October 01, 2021On Thursday, IDEAL and R Brantley Associates (RBA) partnered with Lowe’s to hold a qualifying event for the championship at 15 stores across the country, including the Lowe’s at Hunter’s Crossing.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC. AND INTERSPORT ANNOUNCE THE ELITE TRADE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AND FIRST-EVER U.S. AUTO TECH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
September 14, 2021Local market qualifying events will determine top auto technician professionals and students across the country, culminating with National Championship event in Nashville, TN competing for over $200,000
THIRD ANNUAL IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS-OFF SEARCH TO HONOR AND REWARD ELITE ELECTRICAL TRADESMEN, STUDENTS/APPRENTICES
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.
WATCH AMERICA'S ELITE ELECTRICIANS COMPETE FOR $500K IN CASH, PRIZES DURING IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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.
FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT 2019 IDEAL® NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ACQUIRES CREE COMMERCIAL LIGHTING AND INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS
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).
(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.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: 2019 IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A GREAT SUCCESS
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.
September 19, 2019
By Mike Grossman
Jeffrey Burkhardt Promoted to Group President - Will Lead IDEAL Electrical,
Canada, Latin America and Data Comm2019 IDEAL National Championship is on Record Pace
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.
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.”
(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
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.
(Taken from tedmag.com)
ORLANDO, Fla. — In November, Orbit Industries, Inc. donated over 4,600 pieces of electrical products to support the 2019 IDEAL National Championship.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 IDEAL National Championship electrician challenge, to protect and support the electrical community during this time.
‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IN ELECTRICAL TRADE COMPETE IN SKILLS, SAFETY AND TIME AT SECOND ANNUAL IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
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.
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.
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.
DULUTH TRADING ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF IDEAL NATIONAL PLATFORM
(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.
PRO TOOL REVIEWS – IDEAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION
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.
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.
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.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. CHAIRMAN AND CEO TO RETIRE JANUARY 31, 2020
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.
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.
By Alan M. Petrillo, Electric Times
IDEAL National Championship & Tyler Hall make cover of The Electric Times.
Click here to view article
(Taken from The Electric Times)
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.
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.
November 29, 2023On December 8, the most skilled electrical apprentices from across the U.S. face off for their share of $70,000 in the eighth airing of the IDEAL® National Championship.
Jose Renteria Earns IDEAL® National Championship Title
November 07, 2023Minnesota-based electrical apprentice takes home $40,000 prize and top honors in the pool of 10 competitors in Tampa who completed two projects for, accuracy, safety and workmanship
7TH ANNUAL ELITE TRADES CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TO AIR ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK
December 05, 2022CBS Sports to Broadcast Competitions on Fridays in December, Highlighting the Nation’s Top Electricians, HVAC, and Auto Techs Vying for $600,000 in Cash and Prizes and Inspiring the Next Generation of Skilled Tradespeople.
April 04, 2022IDEAL® Electrical concluded its fifth annual IDEAL National Championship in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 17, marking the competition’s highly anticipated in-person return.
December 10, 2021IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. to host the 2021 IDEAL National Championship in Nashville from Dec. 15-17, marking the in-person competition’s long-awaited return.
December 07, 2021December 8 - 9, 2021
RESCHEDULED - Click here for more information
Minneapolis, MN
Industry Expo providing valuable, inter-industry commerce, education and discussion forums, and oppotunities to network with others.
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 IDEAL National Championship electrician challenge, to protect and support the electrical community during this time.