The Society for Industrial Archeology is calling for nominations for its annual General Tools Award for Distinguished Service to Industrial Archeology. The General Tools Award is the highest honor the SIA can bestow. The award recognizes individuals who have given sustained, distinguished service to the cause of industrial archeology and is presented at the SIA’s annual business meeting.

Criteria for selection are as follows: (1) The recipient must have given noteworthy, beyond-the-call-of-duty service, over an extended period of time, to the cause of industrial archeology. (2) The type of service for which the recipient is recognized is unspecified, but must be for other than academic publication. (3) It is desirable but not required that the recipient be, or previously have been, a member of the SIA. (4) The award may be made only to living individuals. Teams, groups, agencies, firms, or any other collective entities are not eligible.

The nomination, which should not exceed three doublespaced typed pages, should address the specific accomplishments that qualify the nominee for the award.

Supplementary material (the candidate’s resume, for example) may be appended to the nomination. Nominations must also include the name, address, telephone number(s), and e-mail of the nominator. Any SIA member in good standing may make a nomination.

For more information, please visit the SIA website.

General's ever-popular DCS400 Wireless Video Borescope System will be featured this week on ABC's World News Tonight.  The segment is part of the 'GizWiz' with Dick DeBartolo.

UPDATE: The complete video is now available:

We just completed a new promo video for the Seeker 400 Wireless Video Borescope System. Check it out!

General Tools is proud to have been awarded two Gold Medals and one Silver Medal in the first ever NRHA Packaging & Merchandising Awards.  General received the Gold for the Seeker 300 Video Borescope and UltraTech Power Precision Screwdriver, while also picking up a Silver for the EZ Pro Dovetail Jig.  Here's a little information on the award:

"The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) is proud to announce the results of the first‐ever NRHA Packaging and Merchandising Awards Program. Over 115 manufacturers throughout the United States and Canada submitted their best packaging and merchandising/pointof‐ purchase display materials in hopes of receiving recognition as one of the best in the industry. To determine the winners, NRHA invited seven expert judges to contribute their experience and knowledge to the program, including home improvement retailers, wholesaler buyers, packaging design experts and a packaging production expert. After convening at NRHA’s Indianapolis headquarters last month to thoroughly review and critique each entry, judges’ scores were tallied and winners were selected.

Three special awards were presented to entries that exemplified the highest standards of packaging and merchandising excellence. The highest ranking entry in both the packaging and merchandising categories were honored with the “Whole Package” award. Additionally, the Environmental Packaging of‐the‐Year Award was given to the packaging entry that displayed the greatest advancements in “green” initiatives, such as sustainability and waste elimination.

Entries that demonstrated a superior level of packaging or merchandising excellence in the program were named Gold Award Winners. In total, 39 Gold Awards were named. Silver Award Winners were those entries that demonstrated above average packaging and merchandising efforts. Thirty‐six total Silver Awards were granted. All other entries received an Honorable Mention distinction."

General's Lighted Mechanical pickup was chosen by the Courier Press as a must-have homeowners gadget for the Spring season.  We now offer these exclusive pickups in 12", 24" and 36" lengths.

From CourierPress.com:
"What is it? The last great hope of clumsy people. The mechanical pick-up device comes with an LED light and a four-pronged grabber at the end to reach down into tight, cramped places and retrieve small items. (Stuff under the front seat of the car, anyone?) The shaft of the device is flexible, and it can hold items up to an inch of diameter."

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