Milwaukee Snowblower, Packout, MX Gas Teased at Pipeline 2022!

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Although smaller and extra centered than earlier NPS (new product symposium) media occasions, Milwaukee Software launched loads of new and improved merchandise at their latest Pipeline 2022 occasion.

We’re nonetheless within the strategy of unpacking — each bodily, from the journey to Milwaukee, and mentally, from all of the various things we noticed and realized about — however within the meantime, listed here are some updates on three merchandise and product strains that had been not within the highlight at Milwaukee’s occasion.

Listed below are some clear hints about what we are able to anticipate to see subsequent from Milwaukee Software.

Extra Cordless Out of doors Energy Tools

This was talked about a number of instances within the feedback and on social media, however no – Milwaukee isn’t standing pat on its cordless outside energy software choices.

The corporate didn’t showcase any new cordless OPE merchandise at PIPELINE 2022, however stated we are able to anticipate them to make separate OPE bulletins in August. And, we’ve got a fairly good concept of what is likely to be arising.

A Cordless Snowblower!!!

Throughout the end-of-day Q&A session, I requested Milwaukee Software President Steven Richman if there have been any merchandise that Milwaukee has developed that he by no means would have imagined being within the firm’s portfolio.

“Hell sure,” he exclaimed earlier than leaping into an anecdote a few time when he realized that considered one of his R&D groups had been engaged on a battery-powered snowblower.

“I discovered they had been engaged on this pet undertaking and I went ballistic,” Richman stated. “And that was a snowblower. And we will likely be – , within the not too distant future, the OPE crew will likely be introducing a snowblower.”

That’s proper, Milwaukee Software formally teased that they’re engaged on a cordless snowblower.

Shane Moll, Milwaukee’s President of Energy Instruments, encouragingly pressed Richman – “what yr was that, Steve? What yr is it launching?” to which Richman replied:

Subsequent yr, 2023.

Does this imply winter 2023? We’ll have to attend to seek out out extra, however that is undoubtedly thrilling information.

Within the meantime, you’ll want to take a look at ToolGuyd’s overview of the brand new M18 Gas Mower.

Milwaukee Packout Growth

Additions to the Packout line had been absent, too (although it’s price noting that attendees obtained a pleasant Packout software bag and one of many new Packout insulated mugs as a part of their welcome present… one thing I point out right here particularly to troll my good good friend, Will, who will little doubt need considered one of his personal.

The road has shortly develop into considered one of Milwaukee’s hottest and, considered one of its most worthwhile.

“Packout is nicely on its strategy to be the following billion-dollar class inside Milwaukee Software,” Tim Albrecht, Vice President of Hand Instruments and Storage stated. “And it’s as a result of we’ve got tons of of instruments which might be within the pipeline proper now.”

“There’s a variety of alternative in locations we most likely by no means would have thought. The Packout tumbler, for instance; we offered extra Packout tumblers prior to now month – I might have misplaced any guess. …You’re going to see creativity throughout the board, centered on store, transportation, and jobsite realms.”

Extra to return, this yr.

There have been fairly a number of new merchandise launched already in 2022 and the corporate says its engaged on increasing the road even additional, together with methods to higher incorporate the merchandise into automobiles and workshops.

“Packout began as a jobsite transportation [solution], a approach of getting one thing from Level A to Level B, and the entire imaginative and prescient we had for Packout was – how do you progress one thing from the jobsite to your automobile, to your storage, residence store, or software crib,” Albrecht stated.

“What you’re going to see from Packout is a big evolution that’s going to tie all of these elements collectively. If you consider the drawers we simply launched, how would you have the ability to connect these higher to a van or pickup truck?”

New MX Gas Merchandise

An attendee additionally introduced up the absence of any new merchandise from Milwaukee’s MX Gas cordless tools line, which debuted in 2019.

The MX Gas line presently consists of 8 instruments: a 14-inch concrete cutoff noticed; a handheld core drill, breaker hammer, the 3600W/1800W Carry-On energy provide; tower mild and charger; sewer drum machine; backpack concrete breaker; and vibratory screed.

Richman stated there will likely be a variety of new merchandise:

We could have extra MX within the again half of this yr.

“There will likely be an intensive quantity of dedication to MX throughout all verticals of our enterprise sooner or later,” he stated. “Shane retains on hiring increasingly folks devoted to it, and so we higher ship these merchandise.”