Anixter Electrical Trade Event
On April 6th, Tempe Trophy participated in your not-so-average electrical trade show. Hosted by the Fortune 500 electrical supply company Anixter, this electrical trade event in Phoenix included a cook-off, a lot of high school students, and fundraising for the IEC Foundation and the IEC of Arizona Apprentice Program.
You might be wondering what Tempe Trophy was doing at an electrical trade show. First of all, we earned a booth for making the custom trophy for the cooking competition winner. Secondly, we provide services that could aid electrical and industrial companies. Our team can engrave anything from conduit tags to safety labeling to panel tags. Remember, if it has a hard surface, it can be engraved. For emergency needs, let’s say your inspector is coming tomorrow morning, our turnaround time can be the same day if requested. We’re not only experts on custom awards, but also expert industrial engravers.
Funny Thing About the Cook-Off
As a booth, we were responsible for providing food for the electrical trade show attendees and to compete in the cook-off. We didn’t have the time commitment to provide a dish of culinary excellence. Instead, we trusted Chick-Fil-A’s Chick-n-Minis, garnished with a slice of cheese, spinach, and a bit of honey mustard, to appeal to our visitors. It did. Apparently, everyone loves Chick-Fil-A, but of course we couldn’t enter the competition, it just wouldn’t be fair (for everyone else). The Tempe Trophy Chick-n-Minis brought quite a lot of electricians and potential customers to our table.
Visitors also loved our sample name tags that sported titles such as “Mr. Awesome, Master Builder” or “Ms. Perfect, Queen of the World.” Tempe Trophy even got the request to make one that says “Mr. Wonderful.” They were a small sample of the labeling we could do. Usually, we make these as a test after calibrating our machines. Who would have thought that Chick-n-Minis and fake name tags would make great marketing materials? Of course, they were aided by our newly designed posters and brochures. Our tables were decorated with panel tags, safety signs, and an assortment of other industrially labeled items. As a result, we caught the eye of many wandering electricians.
And the Winner is…
Congrats to Fox Valley Electric for winning the Cook-Off and the custom trophy we made. The fun little award is made of acrylic and looks like a standing grill. It’s a similar, smaller version of the “Tailgater of the Year” Trophy we made for the Arizona Cardinals. Since there was a lot of great food competing, seems like this title is well deserved.
It was a Success!
Having never been to a trade show like this one, it was a new experience. It was almost like a fun fair where we got to promote all of our industrial labeling services to the visiting companies. There was even a “Wire-Off” between electricians from different electrical companies. The Tempe Trophy team had a good time, met friendly people from other suppliers, electrical companies, Anixter, and high school construction teams. My favorite part, though? The freshly cooked food. We are thankful for Anixter for having us participate in their Trade Show!
