Markets We Serve


Professional Tools End-User Markets Served

Building & Construction

RIDGID®’s product line breadth offers building and construction professionals the ability to meet any challenge using tools of superior quality and lasting toughness. When it’s time to clean up, RIDGID wet/dry vacuums are up to any challenge. Our other products for this market include:

Electrical tools (RIDGID)
Hand tools (RIDGID)
Power tools (RIDGID)
Wet/Dry Vacuums (RIDGID)

Plumbing & Mechanical

Emerson is the world’s leading producer of innovative pipe-working tools. Our heritage of offering total solutions is based on understanding the needs of end users. When it comes to pipe work, Emerson helps our customers work smarter. RIDGID pressing tools work in conjunction with commonly available crimp fittings to connect copper tubing in two-thirds the time of traditional soldering methods. The RIDGID SeeSnake is a state-of-the-art diagnostic tool with proprietary technology that enables you to inspect drain lines, air ducts, and process piping systems, regardless of their location. Our other products for this market include:

Copper joining tools (RIDGID)
Drain cleaning and diagnostic systems (RIDGID)
Hand held inspection systems (RIDGID)
Hand tool boxes (RIDGID)
Levels and measuring equipment (RIDGID)
Locating and line tracing equipment (RIDGID)
Pipe threading tools (RIDGID)
Tube-forming and cutting equipment (RIDGID)
Pipe vises and work stands (RIDGID)
Pipe wrenches (RIDGID)
Roll grooving equipment
Tubing tools (RIDGID)

Facility & Plant Maintenance

Hand tools, power tools, diagnostic tools, and storage solutions from Emerson help facility and plant maintenance personnel do their jobs more quickly and effectively. Our RIDGID SeekTech utility locator can help locate plumbing problems under hard concrete floors or buried utility lines anywhere they may be. And with our rugged, dependable range of RIDGID wet/dry vacuums, no mess or problem is too big. Our other products for this market include:

Copper joining (RIDGID)
Diagnostic tools (RIDGID) 
Drain cleaning equipment (RIDGID)
Facility Maintenance Vacuums (Pro-Team)
Machinists vises (RIDGID)
Pipe working tools (RIDGID)
Pliers (RIDGID)
Threading machines (RIDGID)
Wet/dry vacuums (RIDGID)
Wrenches (RIDGID)

Electrical & Telecom Service

Emerson Professional Tools provides the hand and electrical tools, diagnostic tools, and storage solutions that help professional contractors and utility providers install, locate and repair service lines for customers. To ensure safety, the revolutionary RIDGID SeekTech omni-directional antenna locator allows contractors to identify buried power lines, cables, and telephone lines for reference in maintenance activities and certainty of location prior to digging. Our other products for this market include:

Bolt cutters
Electrical tools
Handheld inspection devices 
Pressing tools
Pliers
Seek Tech
Tapping tools

Homeowners & Do-It-Yourself

Serious do-it-yourselfers want professional-looking results at home. They need professional tools they can trust, and tools with the power to give them the control to produce professional results. Emerson has a wide range of tools with recognized brand names that consumers count on, including RIDGID and WORKSHOP, that can be found at home improvement retail outlets and online. These products include:

Drain cleaning equipment
Hand tools
Handheld inspection devices
Pipe and tube working tools
Pliers
Power tools
Tool organizers and storage
Wet/dry vacuums



Appliance End-User Markets Served

Residential

Emerson’s InSinkErator® brand brings convenience, efficiency and cleanliness to household kitchens. The innovative technology inside InSinkErator food waste disposers allows you to easily grind chicken bones, fruit rinds, used coffee grounds and more into a liquid that flows safely into your sewage system or septic tank. InSinkErator users enjoy a cleaner food preparation area and less bagged garbage around the house. Moreover, using a food waste disposer is an environmentally responsible alternative to transporting food waste to landfills.

To add even more convenience in the kitchen, InSinkErator also offers hot water dispensers which help to simplify cooking and cleaning tasks. Our products include:

Household disposers

Instant hot water dispensers
Foodservice equipment

Foodservice

Emerson’s InSinkErator® brand has been making foodservice operations more efficient, productive and environmentally sound for over six decades, so it should come as no surprise that InSinkErator is the number one choice of foodservice professionals worldwide. InSinkErator’s equipment solutions include commercial garbage disposers, waste reduction systems and hot water dispensers, all of which are specifically designed for the foodservice industry.

From restaurants and hotels to schools and hospitals, InSinkErator is helping to eliminate waste and improving efficiency and cleanliness for food service operations. Our products include:

Household disposers

Instant hot water dispensers
Foodservice equipment



Storage Solutions End-User Markets Served

Residential / Consumer

Emerson’s ClosetMaid™ business has been solving home storage challenges for more than 40 years. ClosetMaid, which first brought wire shelving to homeowners in the 1960s, is today’s recognized leader in home storage and organization systems. Our quality laminate and wire storage systems address the need for better use of space and access to items stored in closets, garages, and kitchens/pantries. Customers can access our innovative online design program to choose from a gallery of finished closets, create their own design, or have a custom closet designed for them. ClosetMaid laminate storage products complete the Emerson storage offering with best-selling products at major retailers. Other home-storage options include Metro® free-standing plated and powder coated wire shelving, which is the recognized brand leader in premium storage systems. Emerson’s commitment to innovation makes our storage products flexible and adaptable to meet homeowners’ changing needs. Our offerings include:

Closet storage products
Garage and laundry room storage
Freestanding shelving systems
Wall mounted shelving systems
Cabinet organizers

Healthcare

Emerson has redefined its leadership position in healthcare storage and productivity solutions by consolidating several acquisitions into the Metro family of products. As a result, the mobile computing products of Flo Healthcare, the medication management solutions of Lionville Systems, and the automated dispensing cabinets of MedDispense have joined Metro's other innovative clinical storage and transport solutions, such as the Lifeline® emergency cart, the Starsys® modular storage system and the Flexline® polymer procedure cart to further drive innovation and improvements in patient care.

Whether you are running a large, acute care hospital, a small nursing home, or anything in between, Metro now has the expertise to improve your workflow with affordable, user-driven solutions that are fully integrated and tailored to your needs for managing information, medication and supplies. 

Automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs)
Centralized/Decentralized medication delivery products
Central sterile work tables
ER crash carts
Pharmacy fixtures
Point-of-care mobile computing workstations with wireless technology
Polymer and wire shelving systems
Polymer workstations
Procedure carts
Stainless steel case carts
Starsys™ storage and transport
Totes and bins
Wall shelving

Foodservice

Emerson’s foodservice equipment by Metro satisfies foodservice providers’ need for clean and safe storage. Our wire and polymer shelving systems are the easiest to clean and the most adjustable systems available. Their sturdy designs will ensure a long work life. Because cleanliness and safety are critical foodservice industry concerns, our shelving, carts and other products meet the highest safety standards and are NSF® listed. This ensures that food-safety issues regarding storage, transport, food preparation, and ware-handling applications are properly addressed. Metro’s C5 brand of heated-holding cabinets are recognized for their innovative design and professional performance, and are used by top chefs and foodservice companies around the world. Our offerings include:

Polymer and wire storage systems
Holding, proofing and transport cabinets
Pan and tray racks
Ware handling products
Bussing carts
Housekeeping carts
Transport carts
Workstations

Commercial

Space is a valuable commodity. Emerson helps businesses use space more efficiently and effectively with an extensive variety of durable mobile and modular systems, including Metro shelving units, stock-picking and kitting carts, cabinets, totes, bins, Starsys™ carts, workstations, and racks. In the workplace, our commercial storage solutions provide organization, cleanliness, and safety. We also offer a variety of specialty storage solutions that address the requirements for solutions built to optimize square footage in today’s rapidly changing laboratory, cleanroom, and industrial environments. Our offerings include:

Cleanroom furniture
Display shelving
Dunnage racks
Inventory storage
Laboratory furniture
Merchandisers
Point-of-purchase merchandisers
Polymer and wire shelving carts and systems
Secure storage
Specialty carts
Stock picking carts
Totes, bins, trays, pans
Wall shelving systems
Workbenches
Workstations
Worktables