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Innovative Invention

It takes a special kind of person to think outside the box and invent a solution for any type of problem. The Tippmann family is a case in point.

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but is it? What if you don’t know about the necessity until you’ve invented the technology for the solution? This is sort of a “chicken and the egg” paradox, but it really doesn’t matter. It takes a special kind of person to think outside the box and invent a solution for any type of problem. The Tippmann family is a case in point.

Many of us in the leather business recognize the name Tippmann in connection with their pneumatic Aerostitch sewing machine and their hand-operated Boss sewing machine, but their story, and the origins of these

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