ELKHART, IN — NIBCO INC. has opened the Rex Martin NIBCO Interactive Museum, which honors its 120 years in enterprise offering progressive and dependable stream management merchandise. The museum provides a novel and enriching expertise from a historic perspective, interactive studying, inspiration, group impression, and profession alternatives. Not only a place to be taught in regards to the previous, it’s a spot to get enthusiastic about the way forward for plumbing and the alternatives it holds.
Rex Martin NIBCO Interactive Museum
Situated at 721 Riverview Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana, the 8,845-square-foot constructing was utterly renovated starting in 2023. The museum portion of the area is 3,254 sq. ft, and extra area within the constructing might be used as a coaching space for purchasers, distributors, and NIBCO associates.
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Company are welcomed into the museum by a 14-inch copper-fitting water fountain that pumps 50 gallons by way of its reservoir, together with an interactive hologram characteristic. A “Plumbing Discovery Home” uncovers the intricate programs behind the partitions that preserve houses operating easily.
Manufacturing shows with interactive options permit guests to be taught extra about manufacturing processes and the way merchandise function. An interactive academic kiosk options NIBCO areas, puzzles and entertaining video games, and a theater space offers seating for guests to be taught extra through video applications.
Artifacts, representing numerous points of the historical past of plumbing, in addition to the historical past of NIBCO, are exhibited all through the museum, together with:
- Early foundry instruments
- Unique crown jewels of NIBCO
- Unique early fittings together with the primary becoming from 1927 and early valves
- Unique product blueprints from the Nineteen Thirties
- Gadgets from Lee Martin’s assortment
- Unique printings of Ross Martin’s assortment of booklets
- Philanthropic contributions
- Collectibles and promotions
Persevering with a Legacy
“Our choice to construct the NIBCO Interactive Museum and identify it after my father is a tribute to his outstanding contributions to the plumbing trade and a continuation of a legacy that started with my great-great-grandfather in 1904,” stated NIBCO’s President and CEO Ashley Martin. “This bold challenge was one thing I wished to finish and dedicate on NIBCO’s a hundred and twentieth anniversary to make it further particular. The museum isn’t just about preserving our historical past; it’s about showcasing the profound impression we’ve had on the evolution of plumbing and our philanthropic efforts inside the group.”
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To unveil the museum, a ribbon reducing was held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, which additionally marked NIBCO’s a hundred and twentieth anniversary. Shareholders, associates, prospects, media, native dignitaries, and companions attended the ceremony.
“By making it interactive, we intention to create an enticing, hands-on expertise that appeals to all ages, particularly college students. We wish to make studying about plumbing, its significance, and the profession alternatives it provides each enjoyable and provoking,” added Martin.
“This area honors NIBCO’s 5 generations of family-owned management devoted to one in every of humanity’s most important improvements—plumbing and the ingenuity, resilience, and creativity that has introduced clear water and sanitation all through the world.”
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Privately held by the Martin household and NIBCO associates and headquartered in Elkhart, Ind., since its founding in 1904, 5 generations of household management have developed NIBCO INC. into a number one producer and distributor of flow-control merchandise and programs for the residential, business, industrial, marine, irrigation and waterworks markets. With 15 manufacturing vegetation and 13 distribution facilities, NIBCO employs 2,300 associates worldwide.
For extra data, go to www.nibco.com/museum/. To request a personal tour, please contact [email protected].
