VUSA Velcro USA Inc.

VUSA Velcro USA Inc. is the company behind hook and loop fasteners, a category of fastening technology it invented and continues to manufacture under the VELCRO® brand. The invention traces to burdock burrs observed by the Swiss engineer George de Mestral in 1941; more than 60 years of operation later, the company holds over 400 active patents and sells its fastening solutions through a global network of manufacturing facilities and sales offices spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Its products are used across a wide range of industries, among them medical, personal care, transportation, data centres, footwear and apparel, military and government, construction, packaging, consumer goods, aerospace and general industrial applications. VELCRO® brand fasteners have been used in NASA space missions, and the company states that the brand is associated with quality, strength and reliability in fastening technology.

Technical work centres on hook and loop fastener technology, materials science and fastening solutions engineering. Alongside its established product lines, the company is developing eco-friendly fastening products made from recycled materials as part of a stated commitment to sustainability. It also maintains an active trademark programme, protecting the VELCRO® mark and educating the public on its proper use.