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  • How to choose the right gripping tools

    |Date: 19 February, 2025
    How to choose the right gripping tools

    How to choose the right gripping tools

    The right gripping tools can transform your toolkit, making every job safer, faster and more efficient, s ...

    The right gripping tools can transform your toolkit, making every job safer, faster and more efficient, says David Barnes, Marketing Manager at KNIPEX.   Having reliable tools that grip effectively is ...

    19 February, 2025
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  • Draper Expert series enhanced by tough new lines and brand new colourway

    |Date: 17 February, 2025
    Draper Expert series enhanced by tough new lines and brand new colourway

    Draper Expert series enhanced by tough new lines and brand new colourway

    Draper Tools has launched a tough new green range of hand tools, featuring pliers and spirit levels, to i ...

    Draper Tools has launched a tough new green range of hand tools, featuring pliers and spirit levels, to its Expert series of tools for the trade. The new green colourway is to signify that each tool i ...

    17 February, 2025
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  • Why choose Knipex’s tethered tools

    |Date: 26 January, 2025
    Why choose Knipex's tethered tools

    Why choose Knipex’s tethered tools

    Knipex tethered tools are your friends in high places With workplace safety a top priority, Knipex’s rang ...

    Knipex tethered tools are your friends in high places With workplace safety a top priority, Knipex’s range of Tethered Tools should be an essential choice for professionals who work at height, reducin ...

    26 January, 2025
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  • Limited edition, Knipex bicolour Cobra Water Pump Pliers introduced

    |Date: 16 October, 2024
    Limited edition, Knipex bicolour Cobra Water Pump Pliers introduced

    Limited edition, Knipex bicolour Cobra Water Pump Pliers introduced

    This holiday season, Knipex is offering a limited edition of its Cobra Water Pump Pliers. Featuring a bic ...

    This holiday season, Knipex is offering a limited edition of its Cobra Water Pump Pliers. Featuring a bicolour design, the 180mm Cobra pliers come in a unique half-bright chrome-plated, half-dark phos ...

    16 October, 2024
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  • Five Knipex innovations for faster and smarter working

    |Date: 10 October, 2024
    Five Knipex innovations for faster and smarter working

    Five Knipex innovations for faster and smarter working

    David Barnes, Marketing Manager of Knipex, highlights five innovations that will help installers work sma ...

    David Barnes, Marketing Manager of Knipex, highlights five innovations that will help installers work smarter and save valuable time.   Hand tool technology is evolving and there are solutions now ava ...

    10 October, 2024
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  • ‘Where to Buy’ feature added to Knipex App

    |Date: 4 May, 2024
    'Where to Buy' feature added to Knipex App

    ‘Where to Buy’ feature added to Knipex App

    Knipex has introduced a 'Where to Buy' tool to make it easier to choose and buy tools. Knipex has enhance ...

    Knipex has introduced a 'Where to Buy' tool to make it easier to choose and buy tools. Knipex has enhanced its digital channels to help customers choose and find the right tools quickly and efficientl ...

    4 May, 2024
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  • Jefferson Tools launches latest catalogue

    |Date: 25 April, 2024
    Jefferson Tools launches latest catalogue

    Jefferson Tools launches latest catalogue

    Jefferson Tools' new catalogue runs from April to September and features a range of tools for professiona ...

    Jefferson Tools' new catalogue runs from April to September and features a range of tools for professionals across various sectors. The new edition includes a collection of hand tools essential for a ...

    25 April, 2024
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  • KNIPEX WireStripper now available in a metric version

    |Date: 12 September, 2023
    KNIPEX WireStripper now available in a metric version

    KNIPEX WireStripper now available in a metric version

    Tradespeople will be unwilling to let the new all-rounder from Wuppertal out of their hands and nor will ...

    Tradespeople will be unwilling to let the new all-rounder from Wuppertal out of their hands and nor will they have to. The KNIPEX WireStripper (13 7X 200 ME) 5-in-1 combination pliers is hard to beat ...

    12 September, 2023
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  • KNIPEX presents the new products of the year

    |Date: 5 April, 2023
    KNIPEX presents the new products of the year

    KNIPEX presents the new products of the year

    KNIPEX have released the following statement in preparation for today's KNIPEXupdate which will reveal it ...

    KNIPEX have released the following statement in preparation for today's KNIPEXupdate which will reveal its newest Spring products: Anyone who would like a first look at the new products for spring 202 ...

    5 April, 2023
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  • KNIPEX launches its Christmas promotion

    |Date: 31 October, 2022
    KNIPEX launches its Christmas promotion

    KNIPEX launches its Christmas promotion

    Celebrate the festive season with the world’s smallest Cobra®! Leading pliers’ specialists KNIPEX has lau ...

    Celebrate the festive season with the world’s smallest Cobra®! Leading pliers’ specialists KNIPEX has launched its famous Christmas promotion (87 00 100 XMAS) for 2022, featuring the incredible Cobra® ...

    31 October, 2022
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  • Taking crimping to the next level

    |Date: 9 June, 2022
    Taking crimping to the next level

    Taking crimping to the next level

    KNIPEX updates the Automatic Crimping Pliers for Wire Ferrules KNIPEX has taken crimping to the next leve ...

    KNIPEX updates the Automatic Crimping Pliers for Wire Ferrules KNIPEX has taken crimping to the next level with its Automatic Crimping Pliers for Wire Ferrules (97 53 14). With enormous capacity, thes ...

    9 June, 2022
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  • The KNIPEX Alligator®: performance, comfort and power

    |Date: 14 April, 2022
    The KNIPEX Alligator®: performance, comfort and power

    The KNIPEX Alligator®: performance, comfort and power

    The robust KNIPEX Alligator® range of water pump pliers are a remarkable piece of engineering ingenuity a ...

    The robust KNIPEX Alligator® range of water pump pliers are a remarkable piece of engineering ingenuity and offer much more than comparable pipe wrenches. They are the well-established industry standa ...

    14 April, 2022
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  • KNIPEX expands its Tethered Tools range

    |Date: 16 February, 2022
    KNIPEX expands its Tethered Tools range

    KNIPEX expands its Tethered Tools range

    Leading pliers’ specialists KNIPEX has expanded its Tethered Tools range, which is now available for over ...

    Leading pliers’ specialists KNIPEX has expanded its Tethered Tools range, which is now available for over 45 models of the company’s pliers. Working at heights is associated with increased risk and th ...

    16 February, 2022
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  • Tools and equipment products – January 2022

    |Date: 19 January, 2022
    Tools and equipment products - January 2022

    Tools and equipment products – January 2022

    PLIERS The Knipex TwinGrip Slip Joint Pliers can be used to grip and loosen stuck bolts and screws, even ...

    PLIERS The Knipex TwinGrip Slip Joint Pliers can be used to grip and loosen stuck bolts and screws, even with a worn profile. An asymmetrical pipe grip ensures that flat workpieces can also be machine ...

    19 January, 2022
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  • The foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit and you could win it!

    |Date: 22 June, 2021
    The foundations of an apprentice's first professional toolkit and you could win it!

    The foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit and you could win it!

    David Barnes, Marketing Manager of KNIPEX, looks at the tools which could form the foundations of an appr ...

    David Barnes, Marketing Manager of KNIPEX, looks at the tools which could form the foundations of an apprentice’s first professional toolkit. As an apprentice, filling your toolbox with the best tools ...

    22 June, 2021
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  • KNIPEX extends range of Cobra® sets in a practical carry bag

    |Date: 19 May, 2021
    KNIPEX extends range of Cobra® sets in a practical carry bag

    KNIPEX extends range of Cobra® sets in a practical carry bag

    KNIPEX has extended its range of Cobra® tool sets in a practical carry bag, with Medium and Large sets no ...

    KNIPEX has extended its range of Cobra® tool sets in a practical carry bag, with Medium and Large sets now available to meet the needs of the professional tradesperson and complement the existing Extr ...

    19 May, 2021
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