For the second year in a row, a product displayed within the CHPTA booth at the National Hardware Show was chosen as one of the North America Hardware and Paint Association’s (NHPA) Retailers’ Choice Award winners.

The Revolutionary “TurnSpout” product ,carried by CHPTA’s newest member company, Toolway Ltd., connects to existing downspouts providing a 360 degree rotation feature which easily swivels the downspout out of the way when cutting the lawn or doing other landscaping work speeding up worktime and avoiding damage to your downspouts.

Pictured above is Fred Nykamp, the inventor of the TurnSpout.

Only about 30 products are selected to receive this award each year from thousands on display at the show.  Each of the products selected for the award is nominated by one of the home improvement retailers on the NHPA panel.  We would like to congratulate Fred and Toolway for winning the award!

Following last year, this was the only the second time the CHPTA took out booth space at the National Hardware Show, allowing member companies to display product within our booth space.

Other innovative product on display from Toolway included “Super Duper” eco-friendly lubricant and the “Dura-Winder” tool, the ultimate solution for managing and storing a diverse range of ropes, cables, cords, hoses, varying in purposes, styles, lengths and thicknesses.

Once again, AGT Products Inc. was displaying their DRICORE brand of concrete repair products.

Another line of products on show in the CHPTA booth were quality first aid kits and knife sharpening tools from Acme United Ltd. (a COPA member) who were participating in the show for the first time.

Finally, CHPTA affiliate member TraQline was also another booth participant who was on hand to talk to attendees about their market intelligence/consumer purchasing research and reports they provide to both vendors and retailers within the home improvement industry.  We look forward to TraQline presenting to our members later this year.

Although, the size of the National Hardware Show this year was much smaller and the number of major retailer buyers in attendance was down, the companies participating the CHPTA booth space still managed to conduct some valuable conversations with individuals stopping by leading to some potential new business opportunities.

The CHPTA will be monitoring plans for the show next year and member interest in attending to see if there is still value in exhibiting at the show for our members.