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History of Quick-Grip
The Quick-Grip
®
Story:
In 1986 Joe Sorensen, an air boat builder in Nebraska USA, was looking for a better
way to hold down his steel panels as the clamps he was using twisted the thin steel
as he worked.
A year later, with a good idea for a new style of clamping, he came to American Tools
and soon became an employee and working together, the concept for a pistol grip
one-handed bar clamp was born. This revolutionary tool was quickly patented and
brought to market in 1989 with a full line of clamps under the Quick-Grip
®
brand
name. The line was later extended from the Original clamp to the Micro, Mini, Handi,
Quick-Change, and more recently the XP clamp.
Since the launch, IRWIN
®
Quick-Grip
®
has become the world leader in one-handed
bar clamps and is the industry standard which has changed the way tradesman do
their jobs, greatly improving their ability and effi ciency on the job.
HISTO RY