Hook and loop fasteners have become commonplace features of both industry and households. However, they have one snag: they are too weak for many applications. Hook and loop fasteners made of spring ...

An interdisciplinary research team at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has developed a hook-and-loop fastening system for buildings in the ReCon project together with company partners. This ...

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.

Structure-saving hook-and-loop tech could make it easy to replace walls By Ben Coxworth August 25, 2025 In this particular prototype version of the system, rows of cast-concrete hooks engage rows of ...

(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 ...

Researchers in Germany have created a new type of fastener system made from steel that may be useful in a range of settings, including hospitals and the aviation industry. Borrowing its design from ...