Velcro Brand has a few harsh words for people calling all “hook and loop” fasteners “Velcro.” The company that makes the nylon hook and loop fasteners for enclosures on clothes, shoes, bags and more ...

(January 11th, 2021, RACINE, WI) —Speedtech International, Inc., the manufacturer of SPEEDWRAP® Hook & Loop Products, Specialty Fasteners, and an Authorized Distributor of VELCRO® Brand Products has ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The New Hampshire company that makes Velcro brand fasteners hopes the message in its new marketing video will stick as well as its products. The "Don't Say Velcro" video features ...

As a species, we’ve done a pretty good job at inventing some useful devices. But as clever as we think we are, given sufficient time, natural selection will beat us at our game at almost every turn.

Buttons are forever a classic necessity. Zippers are having a memorable moment under the spotlight. Hooks, toggles, tied-off closures—all of these fasteners have had on-again-off-again relationships ...

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It's not every day you're walking your dog when you suddenly get the idea for a remarkable invention. But that's precisely what happened in 1948 when Swiss engineer George de Mestral was on a hunting ...

This latest high-profile win for the Leeds-based marketplace experts will see the team help amplify Amazon sales of the VELCRO® Brand product range in the UK and throughout key European territories.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Xerox.

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