C.K Tools has unveiled the relaunch of its best-selling flagship range of pliers and cutters, Redline VDE, featuring a brand-new cutting-edge handle design to improve comfort and usability.
Following extensive research into ergonomics, comfort, safety and feedback from users, the new-look pliers and cutters range has been re-developed with expert German manufacturing, to deliver the highest-class, VDE-compliant tools, offering quality, precision and comfort – now with additional tool tether for added safety, when working at height.
Work at height safety is becoming more of a focus due to corporate responsibility and duty of care, but also because of lost time and injury reasons. There is now a much more comprehensive understanding of the dangers of working at height.
Initially this focused on the worker themselves being safe at height, but now we are seeing a realisation that tools dropped from above can cause serious injury or worse, with resulting authorities getting involved in investigations, increased insurance costs and of course downtime. This is apart from the potentially devastating results of such incidents.
In 2023 / 2024 there were 50 deaths in the UK and almost 5,000 non -fatal injuries from working at height, with dropped tools contributing to these numbers.
With C.K Tools supplying the electrician or electrical engineer and the focus on renewables, whether that be solar or wind for example, it was logical for us to develop a range that not only provided VDE approved safety but also had working at height solutions integrated into it.
The new Redline VDE range features 19 SKUs including side cutters, cable cutters, snipe nose pliers, combination pliers and the best-selling Combicutter – available in a variety of sizes to accommodate different user preferences.
Brinley Buckley-Roberts, Head of Marketing at C.K Tools, comments: “We’re thrilled to bring this relaunched range to market, after years of expert research and development. We’ve remastered our best-selling range to ensure long-life performance, complete with induction hardened jaws, optimised geometry and a two-component handle with improved ergonomics.
“The addition of a tool tether point ups-the-ante when it comes to safety and convenience; crucial factors for us when launching products to market. The relaunch of the Redline VDR has also given us the opportunity to push harder into industrial and renewables sectors, where we’ve seen a real demand for this type of feature.”
The new product line launched nationwide on July 1st.
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Watch the launch video below
