Rio Grande

Rio Grande manufactures, distributes, and markets jewelry supplies, metals, and jewelry casting equipment to jewelry and ceramics industries. It offers finished jewelry, including bails and enhancers, beads, bracelets, brooch and pin components, buckle and bolo components, chains and necklaces, charms, clasps, components, crimp beads, cufflinks and tie components, earrings, fusion findings, head and eye pins, incidentals, jump and split rings, pendants, and rings; bead caps, cones, and tips; end bars, end caps, and separator bars; and discs, stampings and tags. The company also supplies various metals for jewelry-making needs, such as alloys, argentium silver, aluminum, gold, gold-filled, platinum, silver, and silver-filled metals. In addition, it offers jewelry casting equipment and laser-welding machines, as well as related accessories and supplies; beads and stringing tools, such as bead stringing tools and supplies, beads, stringing materials, and wire-wrapping tools and supplies; and colorful faceted and natural gemstones, and diamonds. Further, the company offers acrylic cases, boxes, display components, gemstone displays, jewelry card displays, mirrors, pouches, ribbons and bows, specialty displays, tissue and wrapping papers, totes and bags, and travel and salesman packing systems online; and metal clay, enameling kits, glass, resins, adhesives, and gilders paste. It sells its products through its catalog, dealers, and sales forces in Mexico and internationally. The company was founded in 1944 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As of December 31, 2012, Rio Grande operates as a subsidiary of Richline Group, Inc.