If you manufacture specialty equipment, you'll eventually face a question that shows up in every strategic planning meeting, every sales review, and every conversation about growth: Do we sell direct to end users, build a distributor network, or try to do both? At Staple Wasp, this isn't theoretical. Our autofeed erosion control stapling tool requires some education—it's not a commodity item sitting on every supply house shelf. That reality shapes how we think about getting i

Why the next evolution in site stabilization may be beneath our feet. Erosion control has always lived at the intersection of performance and responsibility. Installers, engineers, and project owners want solutions that  hold when it matters , install efficiently, and meet increasingly complex environmental requirements. At the same time, public agencies and private developers are under growing pressure to reduce long-term site impact—especially on projects tied to waterways,

If you’ve been in erosion control long enough, you’ve heard this before: “This tool works in all soil types.” And usually that’s where you stop listening. Because you’ve fought rocky ground. You’ve bent staples in clay. You’ve wasted time switching tools when conditions changed halfway down a slope. So let’s skip the sales pitch and talk about what the Staple Wasp really does, and what it doesn’t, when the soil gets tough. Rocky Soil: No Magic, Just Better Odds If someone tel

Every good tool starts with a real problem. In this case, the Staple Wasp started with a single customer and a simple request. Years ago, a contractor using a Canadian autofeed stapling tool asked Sam, our founder, if he could manufacture staples for that gun. Sam is a machinist, inventor, and problem-solver, so he said yes, but once he watched how the tool performed in real erosion control and landscape installations, he noticed something bigger. Yes, he could make the stapl