Irwin Creates "Tradesman Day"

[Stuey]

It's how it sounds. Irwin wants to create a tradesman recognition day on Sept 16th to celebrate hard working folk and their efforts.

Details via Irwin

My Editorial/Rant via TG (Don't worry, it's much shorter than usual)

Personally I'd rather see Irwin bring their Vise-Grip and hand tool production back to the USA than this, but that's just me.

 

[cheap bastard]

I wonder how "tradesman day" is said in Mandarin?

 

[mrb]

i think irwin gave away their street cred when they moved everything to china. they have some nerve to do this. it should be weekend warrier recognition day where homedepot shoppers can feel good about themselves.

 

[zer0cell]

Don't get me started on this again...

 

[otis66]

It's how it sounds. Irwin wants to create a tradesman recognition day on Sept 16th to celebrate hard working folk and their efforts.

Details via Irwin

My Editorial/Rant via TG (Don't worry, it's much shorter than usual)

Personally I'd rather see Irwin bring their Vise-Grip and hand tool production back to the USA than this, but that's just me.

They should have the celebration in Dewitt Nebraska.

 

[sselander]

what a decline of a once great company ....

IRWIN Timeline

1884 - Charles IRWIN purchases rights to solid center auger bit
1885 - The IRWIN Auger Bit Co. is formed
1924 - Bill Petersen granted basic patent for locking pliers
1934 - Petersen Manufacturing Co. formed to manufacture and market Vise-Grip locking tools
1938 - First official Vise-Grip tools plant opens in an old DeWitt, Nebraska drug store with a staff of 37
1945 - First National Hardware Show; Vise-Grip tools are there
1957 - Modern-design 10WR Vise-Grip locking pliers go on the market with curved jaw and wire cutter
1962 - Petersen Manufacturing opens a plant in Cumberland, Wisconsin for manufacturing twist drills
1978 - Petersen Manufacturing workforce expands to 637 people
1979 - Gorham, Maine plant opens, manufacturing Hanson and IRWIN branded tools
1985 - American Tool Companies, Inc. is formed by the Petersen family and acquires Petersen Manufacturing
1993 - American Tool acquires The IRWIN Tool Company, a revered manufacturer of power tool accessories and cutting tools
2002 - Newell Rubbermaid acquires American Tool
2003 - American Tool name officially changes to IRWIN Industrial Tool Company

http://www.irwin.com/about-us/irwin-history

 

[trout]

this is more infuriating than the commercials

 

[Stuey]

The question that keeps bugging me is "why?"

Why are they doing this?

I'm thinking that someone on Irwin's marketing team recognized that their reputation is slipping. So, they're trying to do something about that.

This might have the effect they're looking for, maybe not. If not, maybe eventually they'll find a way to come back to the US.

 

[zer0cell]

I wouldn't put to much faith in them coming back... they are all marketing hype and greedy SOBs... ads like this are just adding insult to injury

 

[american lockpicker]

Too bad they sold out American workers.

Irwin if you read this its good that you make products in Denmark but we need US production also. With out US workers who will buy your products?

 

[Stuey]

I didn't know that they made some hand tools in Denmark. What kind?

 

[Stuart in MN]

Isn't that what Labor Day is for?

The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations," followed by a festival for the workers and their families.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day

 

[dirtrider]

Oh man I feel for the laid off workers who are out of a job and have to watch there old company do this **** pathetic.

 

[american lockpicker]

I didn't know that they made some hand tools in Denmark. What kind?

Saws and possibly drill bits(EU market only.)

 

[american lockpicker]

Heres a few items I have. Also I seen a saw at Home Despot with a Danish blade and Chinese handle.

 

[Theloniousmonk]

just as condescending as the commercial... i don't care what they tell us in the MBA programs... good marketing can only get you so far before the market realizes you are full of sht and stops buying your products.

 

[peelman]

Wow...talk about troll bait...

Hasn’t everybody ranted enough about how "terrible" foreign tools are? If you don't like'em, don't buy'em. Have fun going broke supporting a dying American industrial complex.

The rest of us get it. We really do. We just don't care.

 

[woody 73]

They should have the celebration in Dewitt Nebraska.

Yes they should hold it in Dewitt Nebraska!

 

[lbgradwell]

Wow...talk about troll bait...

Hasn’t everybody ranted enough about how "terrible" foreign tools are? If you don't like'em, don't buy'em. Have fun going broke supporting a dying American industrial complex.

The rest of us get it. We really do. We just don't care.

Just staggering... Are you that troll?

I am not one to disparage "foreign" tools; in fact, in many cases I prefer non-USA-produced tools.

And while I agree that American production is not coming back, I certainly won't sit by silently while one of the worst corporate defilers has the audacity to invoke the American worker they've screwed for an ad campaign designed to sell their offshore tools.

It's Irwin's blatant, shameless hypocrisy that is so galling in this case.

 

[Theloniousmonk]

It's Irwin's blatant, shameless hypocrisy that is so galling in this case.

This pretty much sums it up... no more debate needed.

 

[dirtrider]

Just staggering... Are you that troll?

And while I agree that American production is not coming back, I certainly won't sit by silently while one of the worst corporate defilers has the audacity to invoke the American worker they've screwed for an ad campaign designed to sell their offshore tools.

It's Irwin's blatant, shameless hypocrisy that is so galling in this case.

Amen to that.

 

[catfish]

How about a 'sellout day' , for companies like Irwin.

 

[thesilverone]

How about a 'sellout day' , for companies like Irwin.

QFT.....