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HARDLINES HOSTS INTERNATIONAL
PARTY AT COLOGNE FAIR
The world retail home improvement gathered this past
spring in Cologne for the International Hardware Fair,
where delegates came to meet new buyers and find
new business contacts. As in years past, HARDLINES
hosted a party at the fair, the Canada Night International
Reception. The event, which drew delegates from
around the world, was sponsored by Koelnmesse,
which owns and operates the world’s largest trade
show for hardware and home improvement.
Among the attendees at the bash were buyers from Canadian Tire, Orgill, and Princess
Auto, The Mibro Group, Task Tools, SuperRemover, Vancouver Tool, ITW, and Techinseal, as well
as guests from the UK, Spain, Australia, Italy, Portugal, and Germany. The high point of the
evening came when the HARDLINES team led the group in a rousing rendition of “O Canada.”
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says its international sales manager, Ben
Howgate. The company prides itself on the
quality of its tools for pros. “You’ve got to
get the steel right in a hammer,” Howgate
explains.
6 Compact compressor: Prebena was
introducing a new compressor, its smallest
yet. The device weighs just 10 kg, making
it suitable for small jobs or hard-to-get-at
places for both pros and DIYers, says Marco
Strauch, Prebena’s export manager.
7 Greenworks battery powered chainsaw:
A lithium-ion battery gives this variable-speed
chainsaw 40 watts of power.
“This is the future,” says Gustav Dafinas,
who handles marketing for Europe.
Runtimes are getting better for batterypowered
tools, he says, and the torque on
this chainsaw is better than gas. Greenworks
is already in Canadian Tire, he adds.
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