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Before long, Piccolo was designing
and installing covers for patio furniture,
automobiles and boats-even golf carts
and dune buggies. "From boating to automotive and everything in between-
there's no project we can't do to satisfy
the customer," he says. "We put ourselves in the customer's shoes when it
comes to designing what they want."
An example? A local business that
produces baking machines and conveyers
for various baking companies needed a
system to prevent bread crumbs from
falling on the floor (where they would
attract rodents). It sent patterns for
"catch plans" to Piccolo, who designed
a product made from 18-ounce vinyl.
He now fabricates them for bakery
manufacturers worldwide.
While it might not be the kind of project most fabricators would seek out,
Piccolo says it's the kind of thing that
separates him from his competitors. "It
was a big job but it was worth it," he says.
"Give me a challenge, and I can do it. I
like challenges."
Don't stop educating yourself
While Tammy Hampton, owner of Cover
Girl Marine Canvas & Upholstery in
Buford, Ga., may have diversified her
successful marine fabrication business by
patenting and selling a line of specialty
zippers, she quickly realized that how
she was selling her product was just as
important as what she was selling.
The how was online.
It all started when Hampton was
working with a marine customer who
said, "'Can you make me one of those
snappy things; my enclosure is not
snapping to the windshield anymore,'"
she explains. "I looked at it and thought,
'It's not really the snaps, it's the zippers.'
I realized I was onto something."
Thus was born Hampton's line of
EZ-Xtend Zippers. The zippers, which
don't require sewing, extend the canvas
to its original position, she says, "and

Easily install or remove
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bimini
mini top or fenders without the need for pins and screws
The hinge snaps into base aand
nd stays attached to bimini oor fender when separated
Made of marine grade 316 stainless steel
Custom designed hardware available

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