Jason Stile, CEO of Ajustco, was featured on Home Talk Radio, at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas (May 6-8, 2014). Visit the link below to watch Stile discuss Ajustco with the Cajun Contractor, Mike King.
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]]>NEW YORK, NY – September 25, 2015 – Ajustco, a hardware product manufacturer, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with the Hillman Companies, Inc. (NYSEAMEX: HLM.PR) and The Hillman Group, Inc. (collectively, “Hillman”) for its AjustLock™ line of innovative, adjustable barrel bolts and slide bolts.
AjustLock launched in 2013, as Ajustco’s flagship product, and has since been recognized with industry awards for both product and packaging innovation. The product’s inventor, and Ajustco’s CEO Jason Stile notes “We are thrilled to be partnering with an industry leader like Hillman, who we feel is better suited than anyone to elevate AjustLock’s presence in hardware stores all across North America.”
“Hillman is continuously improving and expanding our builders’ hardware product offering.” says Brad Miller, Business Unit Manager, The Hillman Group. “Ajustco’s patented self-adjusting design makes installation a breeze and reduces alignment issues so common in barrel bolt applications”. Hillman will carry AjustLock™ in Ajustco’s current packaging in September 2015 with full integration into Hillman’s Hardware Essentials™ core offering in early 2016.
“The combination of a simple, obvious solution and excellent merchandising solutions makes AjustLock™ a natural addition to support our line of builders’ hardware products” adds Miller.
About Ajustco, LLC
Ajustco is the inventor and manufacturer of AjustLock, a patent-pending barrel bolt product. Based in New York City, Ajustco is run by Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Stile, and incubated by established marketing agency, Blueliner Marketing. Blueliner CEO, Arman Rousta, is also a Co-Founder in the company. Ajustco is a product development company that solves common problems with practical solutions. For more information please go to www.ajust.co or call Public Relations at 855-258-7826 ext (Insert Kristi’s or Soribel’s Extension)
About Hillman
Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hillman is a leading distributor of fasteners, key duplication systems, engraved tags, and related hardware items to over 26,000 retail customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, and Australia, including home improvement centers, mass merchants, national and regional hardware stores, pet supply stores, and other retailers. Hillman provides a comprehensive solution to its retail customers for managing SKU intensive, complex home improvement categories. For more information on the Company, please visit our website at http://www.hillmangroup.com or call Investor Relations at (513) 851-4900, ext. 60292
]]>New York, NY. October 7, 2014 – The Home Depot®, the largest home improvement retailer in the world, is now offering the award-winning adjustable barrel bolt AjustLock® in select United States and Canada-based mega stores. The globally patent-pending AjustLock is manufactured by Ajustco®, a New York City based startup that develops innovative, category killer products.
Launching in over 200 stores across the U.S. (in and around Los Angeles – California, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, DC and Florida) and over 60 stores in Canada, AjustLock solves the age-old problem where doors, gates and stalls get misaligned due to loosening of hinges or swelling of floors, rendering traditional surface bolt locks useless. This revolutionary line of locks, including barrel bolts, slide bolts and pad bolts, combines an adjustable catch with a beveled strike to facilitate a smooth locking action. AjustLock is strength and weather-tested for outdoor usage, and is available in several colors, sizes and finishes, including stainless steel. The Home Depot is currently featuring the four most popular sized locks in the Zinc finish, with the possibility of expanding to include more of AjustLock’s 50+ SKUs in the near future.
“To have our flagship product featured in the world’s largest hardware retailer within 18 months of launching is surreal”, notes Ajustco’s CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Stile, “it’s a testament to the power of game-changing innovation, and to The Home Depot’s vision.” Stile invented AjustLock in response to a dream that he had in 2008, where the lock appeared to him as a solution to an offset door. He then partnered up with marketing guru and Co-Founder Arman Rousta to raise capital, build a brand and bring his dream to life.
Having toured the world attending hardware tradeshows, the Founders have gotten a positive response from nearly 100% of buyers, across all categories from local dealers, to large co-ops like Orgill, to big box retailers – landing the biggest fish of them all, The Home Depot. They hope to see The Home Depot expand distribution from eight U.S. states and select Canadian provinces into all 2,266 stores worldwide within six months.
AjustLock recently won several awards at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, including the Retailer’s Choice Award and NHRA’s Whole Packaging Award, for its Interactive Quarter Pallet display, which is being showcased in Home Depot US stores. “We are honored by these accolades and thrilled that The Home Depot recognized the value of our interactive display”, says Rousta, whose marketing agency, Blueliner, owns a stake in Ajustco, created the brand and designed all of its packaging and marketing materials, “Our goal with the display’s Try Me feature is to make the customer experience as straightforward as possible; and to make evident that traditional barrel bolt locks are now obsolete.” The display, which can be found in Builder’s Hardware aisles of Home Depot, features two offset locks – one traditional and one AjustLock – which demonstrates how AjustLock still works when offset, due to its innovative, adjustable catch.
Meanwhile, in The Home Depot Canada, AjustLock is strategically co-branded under the well-known Everbilt brand, replacing its red Ajustco packaging with Everbilt-branded packaging, and titled “Adjustable Barrel Bolt”. The Canadian stores have AjustLock on the pegs, without the interactive display, at the moment.
AjustLock is not yet available nationwide in either the U.S. or Canada. To see whether AjustLock is offered in a Home Depot in your area, visit the website’s Store Locator page @ http://www.ajustlock.com/apps/store-locator/. Or go to homedepot.com and search for “Ajustlock” and entering the zip code of your home store.
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About Ajustco, LLC
Ajustco is the inventor and manufacturer of AjustLock, a patent-pending barrel bolt lock. Based in New York City, Ajustco is run by Co-Founders, Jason Stile and Arman Rousta, and supported by an extended team in New York and China, along with an array of distribution and manufacturing partners worldwide. Ajustco is a product development company that solves common problems with practical, category killer solutions.
855.AJUSTCO –www.ajustco.com
About Blueliner Marketing, LLC
Blueliner is a top-notch, full-service marketing agency, with a specialization in digital marketing and product development. Blueliner Labs is the incubator division of the company, which has invested in Ajustco, as well as other startup ventures. The New York based company has an international presence, with offices in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Blueliner is the pioneer of the 7 Pillars of Digital Marketing, a methodology for planning, implementing and analyzing digital marketing campaigns.
212.904.1240 – www.bluelinerny.com
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NRHA announced Ajustco as the winner of The Whole Packaging Award for The AjustLock Interactive QuarterPallet Display and Honorable Mention for the AjustLock 6”Heavy Duty Zinc-Plated Barrel Bolt Lock at the National Hardware Show. Ajustco also won the Retailers’ Choice Award, where products are specifically chosen by retailers, on the show floor, and are considered the most innovative products out on the market today. At the ceremony, Ajustco was referred to by NRHA as the “talk of the show”.
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Jason Stile, CEO of Ajustco, was featured on Home Talk Radio, at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas (May 6-8, 2014). Visit the link below to watch Stile discuss Ajustco with the Cajun Contractor, Mike King.
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Located in the “New Product” section, Hardware Retailing featured AjustLock in its April issue. Pointing out the one-of-a-kind beveled strike and adjustable catch, AjustLock stands out as the go-to barrel bolt lock of the industry.
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Las Vegas, NV (May 14, 2013) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Handyman, Electrician Dreams Up the AjustLockTM Barrel Bolt
Who says dreams can't come true?
Four years ago, electrician - Jason Stile - encountered a highly frustrating situation, while doing some volunteer construction work, and dreamt of a solution to the problem, which he subsequently named AjustLock – "Ajust" without the "d" because the company represents a philosophy of just causes and noble products. Based on that principle, the new company was named Ajustco, - short for "A Just Company" – that creates innovative solutions by making simple adjustments to existing products that make them well...just better.
The Patent Pending AjustLock solves the common problem whereby doors, gates and stalls get misaligned due to loosing of hinges, and the barrel bolt lock no longer secures the door properly. The typical solution to this age-old problem would be to shift one or both parts of the lock back into alignment, which requires unscrewing them, drilling new holes and then patching and painting the old holes. Stile wanted to come up with a better solution to this dilemma, and his dream back in 2009 provided the answer. Four years later, with the formal market introduction of AjustLock, at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, the management duo of Stile and Serial Entrepreneur, Arman Rousta, supported by an array of angel investors and incubation by Blueliner Marketing, is bringing Stile's dream to life.
"I knew from the start that this dream had to become a reality" said Stile, "no matter what it took. That is why I approached the most successful people that I know for advice, partnership and investment. I am learning from them, and together, we are going to make a lot more dreams come true."
AjustLock threatens to unseat a cadre of current household names that sell what Stile calls "now outdated" barrel bolt locks, in what is a billion dollar slice of the enormous global hardware security market. "There is no reason to use the old lock anymore" adds Rousta, "as Jason's invention renders is obsolete. It is like when they added wheels to the suitcase - you just don't see the old product in use much after a while. Within five years, we believe that AjustLock will be the de facto barrel bolt lock, effectively phasing out present day models."
The company is expecting its first large production order of AjustLock units in June 2013. The initial sales targets will be the 25,000+ local hardware stores across the United States, and distributors who service them. Interested parties can learn more about the product, company and opportunities at www.ajust.co
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About Ajustco, LLC
Ajustco is the inventor and manufacturer of AjustLock, a patent-pending barrel bolt product. Based in New York City, Ajustco is run by Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Stile, and incubated by established marketing agency, Blueliner Marketing. Blueliner CEO, Arman Rousta, is also a Co-Founder in the company. Ajustco is a product development company that solves common problems with practical solutions. www.ajust.co
About Blueliner Marketing, LLC
Blueliner is a top-notch, full-service marketing agency, with a specialization in digital marketing and product development. Blueliner Labs is the incubator division of the company, which has invested in Ajustco, as well as other startup ventures. The New York based company has an international presence, with offices in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Blueliner is the pioneer of the 7 Pillars of Digital Marketing, a methodology for planning, implementing and analyzing digital marketing campaigns. https://blueliner.io/
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