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| Mayor Muir and Damien McGrane from Takker |
I have publicly my pledged support for a
local enterprise led by a former Irish Dragon’s Den contestant, who has
contracted with local businesses Denroy Plastics and Whale (Munster Simms
Engineering) and supported by South Eastern Regional College (SERC) plus Invest
NI.
Entrepreneur
Damien McGrane from Takker Ltd was welcomed to the Town Hall last week
on Wednesday 11 September 2013 along with Patrick Hurst, Whale Managing
Director and John Rainey, Denroy Plastics Chairman & Managing Director.
Takker
have designed a hand-powered drilling device for hanging pictures, mirrors and
much more onto any hard wall without requiring the use of electric drills,
screws, hammers or nails in seconds. The fully working prototype was produced
using a 3D printer supplied by Whale and the finished product will be
manufactured at Denroy.
The
demand for the new product is expected to be significant coming from both home
and export markets. The Hard Wall Takker is already attracting serious interest
from retailers and even TV shopping channels.
I am personally delighted to see
such a wide range of organisations coming to together to assist in the
development of a world first DIY patent pending product. It demonstrates
clearly the benefits of early stage collaboration between companies and support
organisations.
With 25% of the production funding required already
pledged via the crowd sourcing website Kickstarter the new Takker device could
soon be on our shelves bringing to an end the stress often associated with
hanging items on the wall. I have already made a pledge and you too can also
pledge and help make the Takker product possible by visiting http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1816874779/hard-wall-takker or www.takker.com .