This is my first day back in the office after returning from a week-long National Tool Show, held in Hawaii. That's right, when you get into this business, not only do you get to meet a lot of nice people, occasionally you get to go to great locations to learn more about your business.
The Tool Show was two full days of product display time, where more than 100 U.S. tool manufacturers showed their latest and most innovative products to one of our largest tool distributors. Manufacturers are always looking to develop innovative products for the technician that will cut down on the amount of time it takes to do a job, or improve safety. This year, the tool suppliers did a great job.
If you have the opportunity to go to a tool store in your area, or if mobile tool jobbers stop at your school, be sure to ask what they have that is new, you will be pleasantly surprised. For instance, at this show, many suppliers had new handles for their tools. New handles by themselves is not an exciting tool development. But the changes that have been made are actually incredible. I spoke with one supplier who told me they went to several shops and took video of certain jobs being done. Then they had their en
gineers watch the video to see what could be improved on the handles. Just the handles alone! But the results are really awesome. They took a lot of time, spoke to a lot of technicians, developed prototypes for field testing, and truly came up with some great improvements, to handles, of all things.
So, the next time you're in a tool store or a mobile tool jobber stops by your school, ask them what's new. And be on the lookout for these new handles. They're fantastic.
The Tool Show was two full days of product display time, where more than 100 U.S. tool manufacturers showed their latest and most innovative products to one of our largest tool distributors. Manufacturers are always looking to develop innovative products for the technician that will cut down on the amount of time it takes to do a job, or improve safety. This year, the tool suppliers did a great job.
If you have the opportunity to go to a tool store in your area, or if mobile tool jobbers stop at your school, be sure to ask what they have that is new, you will be pleasantly surprised. For instance, at this show, many suppliers had new handles for their tools. New handles by themselves is not an exciting tool development. But the changes that have been made are actually incredible. I spoke with one supplier who told me they went to several shops and took video of certain jobs being done. Then they had their en
gineers watch the video to see what could be improved on the handles. Just the handles alone! But the results are really awesome. They took a lot of time, spoke to a lot of technicians, developed prototypes for field testing, and truly came up with some great improvements, to handles, of all things.So, the next time you're in a tool store or a mobile tool jobber stops by your school, ask them what's new. And be on the lookout for these new handles. They're fantastic.
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