40 YEARS A PARTNERSHIP BUILT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW
1980 | IT ALL STARTED IN AN OLD BAKERY where you could once smell the scent of fresh baked bread, Jacques Eijkens and Frans Zijnen started a new adventure with the launch of ROM Technische Handelsonderneming. In an old bakery at the Kromme Mijdrechtsstreet in Amsterdam they started selling RIDGID drain cleaners.
1983 | EUGÉNE PLOMPEN STARTS AT ROM IN A DOUBLE FUNCTION Eugéne Plompen begins at ROM. As a sales representative and service mechanic. In the morning he works in the shop in overalls. After lunch he switches to a suit and tie. Many plumbers, drain cleaning companies and municipalities are persuade by him on the RIDGID quality.
1983 | FREE SERVICE FOR ALL RIDGID USERS ROM comes up with a playful promotion. RIDGID End-users get free service. Just the parts and accessories are to be paid. It turns out to be extremely successful as they have built a loyal client base.
1984 | CUSTOMERS STICK WITH ROM EN CHOOSE FOR YEARLY SERVICE ROM Customers are enthusiastic about the free service received. Happy customers sign yearly service contracts. This takes away the concerns of service and guarantees a well running RIDGID machine
1986 | AMSTERDAM GETS TRADED FOR BARNEVELD Next to the sales of RIDGID equipment, ROM produces high pressure drain cleaning machines. ROM also initiates the production of portable toilet servicing machines. Amsterdam gets traded for a bigger building in Barneveld. More productionspace and a showroom location gives customers the chance to experience RIDGID and ROM.
1994 | ROM OPENS RIDGID EXPERIENCE CENTER ROM Drain cleaning equipment and RIDGID machines are more popular than ever. To comply with the current demand, extra sales representatives are hired and trained as ROM and RIDGID specialists. ROM moves to a bigger building (the current one in the Harselaarseweg in Barneveld) that partially is set up as a RIDGID experience center for the ultimate experience.
40 JAAR ROM BV