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2 min read • Updated On: Feb 3, 2026

The Engineering Behind Industrial Hook and Loop Fasteners

Industrial hook and loop fasteners from VELCRO® Brand are far more than a household convenience. Engineered with durable nylon or polyester hooks and loops, these fasteners are designed to withstand repeated use, vibration, and environmental stress. Whether used in manufacturing facilities, job sites, or transportation systems, they provide consistent performance where traditional fasteners may fail.
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Feb 3, 2026

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3 min read • Updated On: Feb 3, 2026

A Smarter Fastening Solution

Hook and loop coins — also known as dots or adhesive-backed circles — are more than just fastening tools. These tiny, die-cut heroes simplify countless projects at home, work, and in professional environments.

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by: Alex Stahl

Jan 18, 2026

1 min read • Updated On: Jan 14, 2026

5 Creative Ways to Use Hook and Loop Coins & Dots

Hook and loop coins — also known as dots or adhesive-backed circles — are more than just fastening tools. These tiny, die-cut heroes simplify countless projects at home, work, and in professional environments.

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by: An Nihal

Jul 21, 2025

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2 min read • Updated On: Jan 14, 2026

Choosing Between DuraGrip® and VELCRO® Brand – Which Hook and Loop Solution is Right for You?

Choosing Between DuraGrip® and VELCRO® Brand – Which Hook and Loop Solution is Right for You? We got your back!!
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by: An Nihal

Jul 21, 2025

4 min read • Updated On: Jan 14, 2026

How to Remove Hair From VELCRO® Brand Fasteners?

The ability of VELCRO® Brand hooks to cling to fabrics makes the product both handy and versatile. However, like so many other useful tools, VELCRO® Brand hooks can sometimes need maintenance. In this case, their propensity to hold on to hair, lint and dust can be problematic, unless you know how to remove hair from VELCRO® Brand hooks. And, it can be much easier to do when you understand how it works.
Stephen Ira

by: Stephen Ira

Feb 27, 2025

A place to learn about Everything in Hook and Loop!™
A place to learn about Everything in Hook and Loop!™
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3 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Wide Loop Products

Wide loop products are the soft fuzzy side of hook and loop fasteners that are woven in large sheets. Wide loop is most often used in tradeshows on display panels and on pedal boards and shadow boxes and a variety of other similar applications. We carry a variety of styles and widths in multiple brands.

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Stephen Ira • March 8, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Jun 21, 2024

Wide Hook Options

We often get phone calls and emails from customers asking if we offer any wide hook options to go along with the wide loop products we sell. The fact of the matter is that sheets of wide hook just aren’t manufactured because there isn’t the demand to justify the cost of manufacturing such a product. However, there are some options that can solve most needs for a wide hook fastener.

Stephen Ira

Stephen Ira • February 23, 2017

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

How Hook and Loop Has Flipped the Script on Biomimicry

Biomimicry is when science copies nature to design new products. That may be too blunt. It's more like using nature to inspire new ideas and re-purpose natural attributes to create solutions. For instance, George de Mestral created VELCRO® Brand hook and loop fasteners after mimicking his design after the cockle burr. The burrs got caught in his dog's fur during a hike.

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Stephen Ira • August 24, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Unknown Facts About VELCRO ® Brand Products

There is a misconception about what the VELCRO ® brand is exactly. Is it the name of the company or the product? Did NASA invent VELCRO ® brand hook and loop? Where did such a remarkable product come from? There are a lot of different questions that pop up when it comes to this clever and ingenious material. Here's a little bit on the history of the VELCRO® Brand, as well as a few VELCRO® Brand facts you may not have known about the hook and loop product.

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Stephen Ira • August 10, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Top Movies That Used Hook and Loop

Many people around the world use hook and loop for just about anything, including Hollywood. There are plenty of hook and loop uses to secure things in place without being seen, a trait that producers find very useful. Here's a collection of scenes where hook and loop was as much a star as the actors themselves.

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Stephen Ira • July 27, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

TV Props Made from Hook and Loop

In 1955, Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented the hook and loop fastener which came to be known as VELCRO®, or hook and loop fasteners. During the Apollo program, NASA saw this fastener as a way to secure a number of items in zero gravity conditions. It became an integral addition to the moon flights and helped to fasten the astronauts’ space boots and gloves. Is it any wonder that it would go on to be employed to construct props for TV sci-fi shows?

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Stephen Ira • July 13, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Aug 4, 2023

Hook and Loop in the World of Textiles

Everyone knows the brand VELCRO® but not many people can tell you what it is. VELCRO® is a brand of hook and loop fasteners manufactured by the Velcro companies. Hook and loop is a textile. So what is a textile? A textile is a material made of interlacing fibers. It's a broad term that includes fabrics and cloths and any variety of natural or artificial fibers such as cotton, silk, nylon and polyester. Now that we know what a textile is, how does a textile get made?

Stephen Ira

Stephen Ira • June 22, 2016

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6 min read • Updated On: Jun 23, 2026

Teach Your Children with Hook and Loop Lessons

Hook and loop can be used as a hands-on teaching aid for classroom, home, OT, PT, craft, and science activities. Because hook material can attach to loop material and then be pulled apart and reused, kids can move cards, answers, schedules, clothing pieces, and learning objects during a lesson.

Stephen Ira

Stephen Ira • June 8, 2016

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3 min read • Updated On: Nov 22, 2023

Top Life Hacks with Hook and Loop

Everyone is familiar with the many common ways hook and loop can come in handy, from grouping and securing wires to keeping seat cushions and rugs from slipping around. What some may not realize is that it possesses some extraordinary organizational qualities. Tidy up the contents of your drawers using hook and loop to bundle common items, or secure your tools in the garage with the power of Industrial Strength fasteners, keeping everything within easy reach.

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Stephen Ira • May 25, 2016

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5 min read • Updated On: May 11, 2016

24 of the Craziest Inventions Made with Hook and Loop

Hook and loop in products isn't a new concept and have been used ever since the fastener hit the mainstream in the 1980's. Most of you could name a handful of products these convenient fasteners have been used on but here are 24 interesting hook and loop uses and inventions you probably didn't know about:
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Stephen Ira • May 11, 2016

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