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Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Velcro Alternative with Lower Cost - Grizzly Supply Expands Product Line with Launch of Hook and Loop Cable Management
Built to organize everything from garages to construction sites—Grizzly Supply adds 40 hook and loop products targeting DIYers and Professional Tradesmen 'Every task has a tool that is best suited to accomplish it. We want to make sure that we offer that tool, whether it's cable ties, hook and loop, or something else.'— Callahan Hinckley, Director of Retail at Grizzly Supply BRUNSWICK, OH, UNITED STATES, May 20, 2025 / / -- Grizzly Supply, a new brand aiming to redefine the cable management category, is proud to announce the launch of its all-new Hook and Loop Cable Management Line. While most well-known for their cable ties, Grizzly Supply's new product line focuses on hook and loop straps and material. This product expansion includes 40 brand-new SKUs designed to help professionals, DIYers, gamers, and organizers keep their spaces secure and organized. The new lineup includes 40 products across 9 product types: Hook and Loop Cinch Straps: Strong nylon straps featuring a buckle for securely tightening down cords, wires, or other bundles. Hook and Loop Storage Straps: Durable straps designed with a grommet for conveniently bundling and hanging bulky items like hoses, ropes, and cords. Hook and Loop Stretch Straps: Elastic straps equipped with a buckle that stretch to tightly compress and secure various items in your garage, workshop, or vehicle. Hook and Loop Carry Straps: Durable straps with a handle to secure awkward items, making them easier to lift and transport. Hook and Loop Cable Ties: Reusable ties perfect for neatly organizing and managing computer cables, charging cords, and audio/visual wires. Hook and Loop Continuous Rolls: Bulk hook and loop material supplied in a roll, allowing you to cut custom lengths for various fastening needs. Hook and Loop Bundle Straps: Simple straps used for quickly grouping and securing multiple items together. Adhesive Hook and Loop: Fastening strips featuring a strong adhesive backing for mounting or attaching items to surfaces. Cable Labels: Color-coded tags designed specifically for easy identification and labeling of different cables and wires. Grizzly Supply recognizes the importance of offering more than just cable ties or zip ties. 'We believe great cable management goes beyond just cable ties,' said Callahan Hinckley, Director of Retail at Grizzly Supply. 'Every task has a tool that is best suited to accomplish it. We want to make sure that we offer that tool, whether it's cable ties, hook and loop, or something else.' Hook and loop is a fastening system consisting of two distinct fabric components: one featuring tiny hooks and the other small loops. When pressed together, these components interlock to create a secure yet easily separable bond. While 'hook and loop' serves as the generic technical term, this technology is most widely recognized under the Velcro brand name. Grizzly Supply developed these hook and loop products with a focus on quality, ensuring suitability for everyday consumers, DIY enthusiasts, and professional tradesmen. These solutions are intended for diverse organizational tasks in settings ranging from homes and garages to workshops and professional job sites. Common applications include managing cabling for server racks and AV equipment, alongside general organization within workshops and office spaces, providing reliable fastening across a wide variety of environments. 'Once you try these products you have to have them,' said Callahan Hinckley. 'I carry cinch straps around in my bag everywhere I go. I have one wrapped around my laptop charger for the cord. I keep stretch straps in the trunk of my car. They become necessities of everyday life.' With this expansion, Grizzly Supply continues to expand into new segments of the organization and electrical accessories space. Grizzly Supply says these products were developed in response to customer demand for solutions in scenarios where traditional cable ties aren't the best fit—aiming to offer more flexibility, reusability, and ease of use. Grizzly Supply products can be found at leading retailers such as Micro Center, Crutchfield, B&H Photo Video, Adorama, Amazon, as well as Cable Ties Unlimited. Callahan Hinckley Grizzly Supply +1 440-638-9424 email us here Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Irish Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
‘Peter O'Toole filled a vase with stout': Plumber who left note behind hotel wall in 1969 tracked down
They say if walls could talk ... Staff at the Metropole Hotel in Cork have tracked down one of four tradesman who hid a note in the wall of the hotel while working there more than half a century ago. Plumber John Keogh (86) was part of the maintenance crew at the hotel in the 1960s. Along with electrician Tommy Ross, carpenter Jerry Higgins and painter Steve Casey, he signed his name to a piece of paper that Tommy Ross placed in a wall in the lobby when they were doing refurbishment there in July 1969. 'We were all working with different firms,' said Mr Keogh, 'but we were all allocated to do maintenance at the Metropole. Jerry Higgins was the carpenter and what would happen is Jerry would take down the panels because Tommy would be tracing wires, and I would be tracing pipes. READ MORE 'Steve would come in then when it was all finished and do the painting, but it was probably Tommy who took off the bit of paper, but we all signed our names, and he put it behind a panel in the lobby. Somebody sent me a photo of the paper today and I recognised my signature straight away.' Mr Keogh lost contact with his colleagues in the Metropole maintenance crew over the years. He was just 31 at the time the note was written and Steve Casey was a similar age, while Jerry Higgins and Tommy Ross were much older men. But while over half a century has elapsed, Mr Keogh has great memories of working in the Metropole as he recalled nights being called out from his home at the top of Richmond Hill to make his way to the hotel to fix some problem, often meeting many of the stars who stayed there over the years. The Metropole hotel on MacCurtain Street in Cork city 'We could be called out at any hour – we had a great night there one time with Peter O'Toole. He went behind the bar and there was a vase with flowers in it and he just threw the flowers out and filled up the vase with stout. He wasn't long lowering it – that man could drink. 'Gregory Peck stayed there while they were filming Moby Dick in Youghal and I remember another time Trevor Howard – he was in Von Ryan's Express – my god, could he drink. The next morning he would be going around the hotel, dickie bow tie on him and you think he hadn't a drop inside him. 'The British model Christine Keeler – she was caught up in the whole Profumo affair about the Russian spy – she stayed there another time, and it was the girls who were telling me she was very nice, that she would do all her own ironing, no airs and graces about her at all.' The note signed by Mr Keogh and the other tradesmen was discovered in the lobby by workmen carrying out renovations and while Mr Keogh hasn't been back to the Metropole in recent times, he and his wife, Phyllis, hope to pay the 127-year-old hotel and its refurbished lobby and restaurant a visit. 'I wasn't inside the Metropole in years, but we're invited down now. When they heard me on the radio, they contacted me, which is nice of them. So myself and the missus will head down along – it will be nice to see the place again and see what progress they've made.'
The Sun
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Thieves who nick tradesmen's tools should face harsh penalties, says MP
THIEVES who nick tradesmen's tools should face harsher penalties, a Tory MP says. Matt Vickers said the scourge of equipment theft has reached 'crisis levels'. 3 He is putting forward amendments to strengthen Labour's Crime and Policing Bill. It includes counting tool theft as an aggravating factor. This means stricter sentences for criminals who rob tradesmen. He is also calling for fines to reflect the cost of replacing stolen goods, repairing damage and compensating victims for lost income. Trading Standards would have to introduce enforcement plans to clamp down on sales at car boots and market stalls. The shadow policing minister told the Sun on Sunday: 'This crime is through the roof. This has a real harm on peoples' lives. 'Tradesmen know the heartache for them and their families when they can't go to work. 'Then they go down to a car boot sale and see someone in broad daylight selling vast quantities of tools.' Mr Vickers also revealed his dad and brother - who are both builders - have been targeted. He said figures show self-employed tradespeople are 38 per cent more likely than employed counterparts to fall victim to this type of crime. And only one per cent of stolen tools are ever recovered. Meanwhile, victims face an average cost of £2,730 to replace stolen tools, £1,320 in vehicle or property repairs, and £1,900 in lost work and business disruption. Thief confronted by victim who uses the tools stolen from his van to smash up getaway car 3
The Sun
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Thieves who nick tradesmen's tools should face harsh penalties, MP says
THIEVES who nick tradesmen's tools should face harsher penalties, a Tory MP says. Matt Vickers said the scourge of equipment theft has reached 'crisis levels'. 3 3 He is putting forward amendments to strengthen Labour's Crime and Policing Bill. It includes counting tool theft as an aggravating factor. This means stricter sentences for criminals who rob tradesmen. He is also calling for fines to reflect the cost of replacing stolen goods, repairing damage and compensating victims for lost income. Trading Standards would have to introduce enforcement plans to clamp down on sales at car boots and market stalls. The shadow policing minister told the Sun on Sunday: 'This crime is through the roof. This has a real harm on peoples' lives. 'Tradesmen know the heartache for them and their families when they can't go to work. 'Then they go down to a car boot sale and see someone in broad daylight selling vast quantities of tools.' Mr Vickers also revealed his dad and brother - who are both builders - have been targeted. 3 He said figures show self-employed tradespeople are 38 per cent more likely than employed counterparts to fall victim to this type of crime. And only one per cent of stolen tools are ever recovered. Meanwhile, victims face an average cost of £2,730 to replace stolen tools, £1,320 in vehicle or property repairs, and £1,900 in lost work and business disruption.
Times
07-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Relief for homeowners as cost of building work falls sharply
The cost of hiring a builder, electrician or plumber has risen relentlessly in recent years, increasing the cost of extensions, new kitchens and bathrooms. However, data from Britain's biggest tradesmen-sourcing website shows that the cost of labour is now falling sharply as cautious homeowners delay starting major works and instead spend their spare cash sprucing up their properties. Quotes on from its 51,000 trade businesses show that the cost of the average building job has fallen 28 per cent over the past year, with most of the reduction coming over the past three months. The website's first home improvement index of this year shows that the average quote for building work in the first three months was £12,065, down from £13,964 in the last
