- inventor
. unique vacuum hose system’
should’ be .on: the, North ©
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TERRACE STANDARD

| Busivess Review
Hose system nearly

By SARAH A.

-. ZIMMERMAN

‘IF EVERYTHING . goes
local |

to Plan
Scott

according
Walter’s

few months.
A pilot shipment of his

modular hose system has

‘ already arrived in Vancou-,

_ ver, where it will be tested _
for durability before a larger.

shipment arrives.
“They are going to beat it
‘up and give it a few, tests,”

: says Walter, adding he’s not

worried about the outcome

.. of the product testing.
‘". “P’ve done extensive, ex-.
"~ tensive tests on it, so I’m_
= -yery confident with it.”

It’s the culmination of
more than four years of work
“developing the easy-to-use
system which allows people
to add lengths of ,hose to

" their vacuum making it easi-

er to get the job done.
Walter’s Quick Click

_* modular hose system also
- ‘has other features that are

expected to have a major

: impact on the industry.

Unlike other vacuum.

hoses and tubes which can

‘be cumbersome to attach,
Walter’s system easily pulls

: apart: making it a snap for

people who have arthritis or

_ have difficulties with stan-

dard designed vacuum at-
tachments. ~

While it is easy to twist -

apart, it is also durable and
can take even the roughest
of treatment without coming
‘apart on its own, he says.
But his biggest hurdle has
yet to be cleared and that’s
getting his first 3,000 units
‘to market. ...The reception
of those units, which will

_ be targeted to:dealer stores, ..

"will pave the way for his

“ter, who has spent the last

‘next step.

The Quick Click system
is expected to be picked up
both. by major manufactur-
ers hoping to make it part
of their standard design for
canister vacuums and will
also be sold in dealer stores
either as part of a kit paired
with a power head or sold as

. get the product,”

ready for market |

‘SCOTT Walter's modular vacuum hose system is just
-months away from market. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

such as his boat, borrowed .

money and accessed grants.

’ All told he’s invested. well :

over half a million dollars

in the system, but he’s con-

fident it will pay off in the
end.

“All the large ¢ distributors

are calling me all the, time
wondering when they can
he says.

‘His simple idea, however,

has proven to be a complex |
item to manufacture with .
- the hose being made in Ko-

rea and the rest of the prod-
uct being made at 11 differ-
ent manufacturing plants in
China.

Timing the placing of a
large order to get to clients
already interested in buying
his system will be a matter
of orchestrating all of the

©

overseas plants’ together.

* Once he places an order for

the hoses in Korea he can

the other components at the
plants in China. :
From the time he. places

ramp up’the production of | |

_the order to the time the fin-

ished product will land up in
North America: is expected -

to take about two anda half -
months.

_ And though he’ s already
waited four years for the fin-

- ished product to hit the mar-
ket, Walter admits the last’
few months: have been the .

most interesting and frus-
trating of the process.

“I?m not nervous, I’m
not excited, I guess maybe a
little anxious...1 really want
to put in my next order,” he
says.

Dr. Lou Elorza

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
Thornhill Animal Shelter

Spay and Nevter _
Christmas Campaign 2006

_into a tangible product.

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and Dr: Elorza’ of the
Al-Northern Veterinary Clinic ‘are sponsoring a limited number of
low cost spay and neuter procedures for licensed dogs
residing, in the Thornhill Dog Control service area.”

varying lengths of hose.
The development process
has been a long one for Wal-

“For a limited time, Dr. Elorza and the Regional District
will partner with Thornhill/Copperside dog owners and offer
certificates valued at 2/3 of the spay/neuter cost. Applications for .
certificates will be available November 14 - 30, 2006, at the
Thornhill Animal Shelter, located at ( ‘3856 Desjardins.

The .certificates will be redeemable \ during the month,
of December 2006. For program “i - details call the
Thornhill Shelter at. 638-1565. |

four years turning his idea

his
“toys”

He’s mortgaged
house, sold all his

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