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Stephen Ira

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Stephen Ira worked as an inventor for a small manufacturing company where he developed several patents that included Velcro® brand products which led to his founding of HookandLoop.com in 1989, distributing Velcro® brand fasteners across the country. Stephen’s company has grown into a business that specializes in manufacturing hook and loop products that are used in the final products in many industries around the world. Stephen is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a BS degree in mechanical engineering and specialized in machine design and solar engineering. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida where he enjoys an avid outdoor lifestyle and spending time with his two daughters.
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Mil-Spec Hook and Loop Fasteners

Updated On: Feb 13, 2018
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Mil-Spec hook and loop fasteners, sometimes referred to as hook and pile, means hook and loop products that are made to a particular military specification. The general callout for mil-spec hook and pile material is AA55126, but within that callout are different types and classes. Types and classes specify which kind of hook product and which kind of loop product is needed.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Product Details
Tags: Hook and Loop military velcro mil-spec
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Boy Scout And Girl Scout Uniform Colors

Updated On: May 13, 2025
Posted By: Stephen Ira

Boy Scouts Have So Many Merit Badges


Boy Scouts of America has 11 different ranks split between the cub scouts (Webelos, Bear scout, Wolf scout, and Tiger scout) and the boy scouts (Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star scout, Life scout, and Eagle scout). There are more than 135 different merit badges that a scout can earn.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Uses
Tags: Hook and Loop boy scouts girl scouts patches
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Do Stretchy Hook and Loop Products Exist?

Updated On: Jun 21, 2024
Posted By: Stephen Ira
There are tons of hook and loop variations available in different styles like low-profile or heavy duty. There are several different colors that we offer from military colors to neon colors and everything in between. There are different widths available from as narrow as 3/8" to 54" wide, depending on the product, but are there stretchy hook and loop options?

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Categories: Hook and Loop Product Details
Tags: Velcro stretch loop
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Can you Cut to the Same Length Pieces?

Updated On: Jun 21, 2024
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Hook and loop is sold separately on 25 yard rolls, but we realize that no one uses it that way. Some people use smaller pieces, some use longer pieces, some use one side only, and some use the same sizes for both sides. This is why we offer our cut to length service for free. Yep, free. F-R-E-E.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Converting
Tags: hook and loop converting Strip Cutting
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Best Ways to Hang Up Wide Loop

Updated On: Apr 5, 2024
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Wide loop products, like this VELCRO® Brand wide loop, are fantastic for display panels, pedal boards, shadow boxes, and tons of other useful applications. But what do you do with it once you receive it? Well just as there are several options of wide loop, there are several ways of hanging fabrics like your wide loop.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Product Details
Tags: Wide Loop
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Customer Questions: Is Your Product in Stock?

Updated On: Jun 21, 2024
Posted By: Stephen Ira
At HookandLoop.com, our product stock features a variety of widths and two different brands, from sew on colors to peel and stick hook and loop in two different adhesive backings, to specialty fasteners like Total Hook, VELCRO® Brand VELSTRETCH®, VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP® and more. We have a whole warehouse full of hook and loop product stock that gets turned around on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis depending on how popular the item is.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Information
Tags: hook and loop colors stock items

Fire Retardant Hook and Loop

Updated On: Nov 21, 2023
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Fire retardant hook and loop, also known as flame resistant or fireproof adhesive, has a protective coating that slows the burn process so that it meets certain specifications. The testing method our material is subjected to is FAA 25.853.(b).

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Categories: Hook and Loop Converting

The Difference Between Hook Vs. Loop

Updated On: Apr 16, 2025
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Before going over the difference between hook and loop, it’s important to note that what most people consider “Velcro” is a product called hook and loop. “Velcro” is a brand, called the Velcro Companies, and they are the original manufacturer of hook and loop fasteners.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Information
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There’s No Such Thing as a Velcro Strap

Updated On: Jun 21, 2024
Posted By: Stephen Ira
“Velcro” is actually a brand, not a product! The product is called hook and loop fasteners and we manufacture hundreds of thousands of straps annually with hook and loop. We make these straps with our DuraGrip Brand hook and loop as well as with VELCRO® Brand hook and loop fasteners. So technically, the proper way to describe “Velcro straps” would be “Hook and Loop Straps made with VELCRO® Brand Fasteners”. Now lets strap in.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Information
Tags: Velcro straps Hook and Loop Straps

Low Profile Hook and Loop Products

Updated On: May 31, 2017
Posted By: Stephen Ira
Low profile hook and loop is something we get requests for fairly often. The Velcro Companies sell a consumer product known as Industrial Strength hook and loop that uses the standard Loop 100 fastener with a low-profile molded HTH hook. While we don’t offer that exact hook style, we do carry some comparable hook fasteners.

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Categories: Hook and Loop Product Details
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