BLOOMINGTON, MN (September 26, 2024) – Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc., the leader in service tools for HVAC/R professionals and manufacturer of YELLOW JACKET® products, is pleased to announce the opening of a European Distribution Hub.
The YELLOW JACKET® European Distribution Hub facility based in Waddinxveen, Netherlands offers next day service throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Inventory includes the fastest moving European products. Orders and invoicing will be handled through the current channels with processing being handled by the UK office team. The pricing structure is in Euros.
“The opening of this European Distribution Hub is a significant step for our company,” said Tom Ritchie, Owner and President. “We are confident that this expansion will help us deliver the service that our European customers need and expect.”
For information about YELLOW JACKET®, please visit https://yellowjacket.com/
About YELLOW JACKET®
The YELLOW JACKET® brand name is synonymous with the highest quality and most complete line of HVAC/R tools in the industry. The brand’s roots go back to the 1940’s when Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc., a manufacturers’ representative organization, became a hose manufacturer. With an emphasis on quality and service, Ritchie Engineering, based in Bloomington, Minnesota, trademarked the hose as the YELLOW JACKET® Charging Hose in 1949. Since then, the company has been engineering, manufacturing, and continuously improving the YELLOW JACKET® hose while adding new products to its portfolio. Today, YELLOW JACKET® products are sold worldwide through a network of authorized HVAC&R and automotive wholesalers. For more information, please call (952) 943-1333 or visit our website at www.yellowjacket.com.
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