Company Profile

Kosine is the research & development company founded by Andy Harsley to perfect his rapstrap tie strip, a waste-reducing replacement for traditional nylon cable ties.

Using some homegrown ingenuity, Andy rented a small factory in his home town of Grantham, and kitted it out with secondhand machinery bought off ebay. Within months, he was making his own products and starting a long journey to reach the market.

After securing assistance from Japanese manufacturer Hitachi-Maxell, Andy took his creation on BBC TV's Dragons' Den, and won the backing of James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne.

Andy Harsley demonstrating his rapstrap on BBC Dragons' Den

The show was aired in August 2008, and Andy spent the following year working with Maxell at their UK factory in Telford to setup the fully-automated manufacturing systems required to mass-produce the rapstraps.

This was completed in Summer 2009, and the rapstraps are now available for purchase.

Meanwhile, Andy's company Kosine continues to work on developing new versions of the rapstrap, along with many other research projects.