2021 Top Tools of the Trade: Highlights from the Expo and Awards Night

Congratulations to MADI Innovative Lineman Tools LLC for winning the Top Tool of the Trade for 2021. The competition, presented by T&D World and Utility Products, honors product excellence in the utility industry. 

Field Editor Amy Fischbach and Kaitlyn Dachs of Endeavor Business Media presented the top winner with an engraved trophy and the category winners with plaques at the awards ceremony at the Lineman's BBQ.

Fischbach also talked with the category winners on the show floor at the Lineman's Expo. While we shared MADI's video in the Oct. 18 Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletter, here are the videos from the other category winners: Buckingham Manufacturing (Climbing Gear); Twistarp (Safety); Lakeland Industries (Workwear); and Milwaukee Tool (Lineman Tools). 

For more information about the 2022 Top Tools of the Trade competition, stay tuned to our Web site and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletter. You can also email Danielle Blanchette for more information about when the entry system will be accepting entries for next year's competition.

In the meantime, here are the category winners for 2021.  

Buckingham Manufacturing: Climbing Gear

Twistarp: Safety

Lakeland Industries: Workwear

Milwaukee Tool: Lineman Tools