Rapstrap

Rapstrap

Rapstrap is a system of securing and bundling together cables, ropes, plants etc. It is a reusable plastic strap that is rapped around the cables, plants or supports and then cut to size similar to cable ties but unlike cable ties the excess that is cut off can be used again.

The inventor of rapstrap, Andrew Harsley appeared on the Dragons' Den TV show and was able to sell 50% of his company for £150,000 [ Cite news |last=Hall |first=Jo |title=Andy leaves Dragons' Den with £150,000 - but it costs him half his business | publisher =Grantham Journal |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/Andy-leaves-Dragons-Den-with.4381204.jp |accessed=2008-09-09 |year=2008 |date=2008-08-12] . He made a deal with 2 dragons, James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne. [cite web |title= Dragon's Den Seris 6 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/episodes/s6e4rapstrap.shtml | publisher = BBC | date = 2008-08-11 | accessed=2008-09-09] Since then, one of the worlds leading plastics distributors had secured a £36m contract for the rapstrap making it the Dragons' Den biggest sucess story [Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Liz |title=Inventor becomes Dragons' Den's biggest success story |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1056779/Ive-got-36m-contract-tied-Inventor-Dragons-Dens-biggest-success-story.html |publisher= Daily Mail |accessed=2008-09-18 |date=2008-09-18]

References

External links

* [http://www.rapstrap.com/ Rapstrap] web site.


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