The velcro company developed hook and loop fasteners over 60 years ago, and it represents one of the most innovative inventions of the 20th century.

When was velcro made. In the 1940s, swiss inventor george de mestral. Velcro® is a brand name. Velcro came out of nowhere to blow the american public’s mind.

In 1941, a swiss engineer named george de mestral returned from a hunting trip with burs clinging to his pants and tangled in his dog’s coat. For decades, velcro companies has produced hook & loop fasteners for countless uses from picture hanging to the moon landing. The invention of 'velcro' was to take eight.

The product idea originally belongs to mr. Velcro is made up of two. In 1941 he went for a walk with his dog in the woods and noticed that the burrs which clung onto his trousers could be.

When de mestral examined the. He also created a company for manufacturing the product: Velcro was the invention of a swiss engineer, georges de mestral.

Velcro was the brainchild of a swiss engineer named georges de mestral. George de mestral (swiss electrical engineer) invented in switzerland. Velcro was patented by mestral in the year 1955 and he went to form velcro industries to manufacture his fabric.

Even nasa helped to boost velcro®’s image. A 1958 ad for velcro that ran in the terre haute tribune. Adidas, puma, reebok and many other companies that made sports equipment started using velcro® straps in children’s shoes.