Not Just a River in New Mexico
I began to realize the significance of Rio Grande in the jewelry world at an unexpected place. I was at an awards ceremony... The post Not Just a River in New Mexico appeared first on The STUDIO.
View ArticleRio In Motion Commotion
Preparing for any special event entails a great deal of hustle and bustle. Preparing for Rio in Motion, which begins January 26 here at our Albuquerque facility, has been quite a fun production so far....
View ArticleResource Shifting: A Win/Win for Rio Grande and Customers!
Did you know that your order from Rio Grande may have been packed by a guy who works in our machine shop? Or that the tiny 2˝ x 2˝ bag that your findings came in might have been labeled by one of our...
View ArticleEvery Day is Earth Day
For more than 40 years April 22nd has been designated the day to act for the planet, the day to celebrate the beauty of our mother earth, and on this day we acknowledge our humility and offer her the...
View ArticleJoost During: Grand Prize Winner of 2005 Saul Bell Design Competition
Only thirty three days until the winners of the 2011 Saul Bell Design Competition are unveiled at the JCK show in Las Vegas. In our continued look back at past winners, here’s a video of the 2005 Grand...
View ArticleJump Rings and Coils, Oh My!
At the beginning of May I turned in my box cutter for a T-shaped Allen wrench. I said goodbye to the forklift and hello to the coiler, the hammered ear wire machine, and the eye-pin slider. Let me be...
View ArticleYeah, We Make That: Manufacturing at Rio
Some of you may not know that Rio Grande is only the distribution side of our company. There’s a whole other side of the building that houses other divisions that go by the names Neutec/USA and Sonic...
View ArticleInside Rio: Machine Operators Read Product Reviews Too!
Recently our website underwent a complete makeover, and one of the coolest updates, in my opinion, are the product review tabs! As a member of the machine operator team, I make some of this stuff,...
View ArticleA Gearhead’s Dream: The International Manufacturing Technology Show
Krista and friends drool over the latest in every kind of technology—plasma welding, hydroforming, automated production systems, gear generations, three-dimensional printing on a massive scale—the list...
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