Soie Coquine

Courrier de l’Ouest newspaper – Wednesday, May 5th, 2004 – Article written by Alain Saunier.

Concours Lépine : not crazy, brilliant !

One can find anything, at "Foire de Paris", which is currently happening. If you are careful, you even meet inventors of our daily life. Crazy ? Not sure.

Karl Strepkoff and his handles for bottles. Everybody could say that there was just to think about it to make it. Perhaps, but he is the one who thought about it !

The sinews of war :

Some of these inventions will be forgotten. Others will become so essential that we will regret to have waited to invent them. And it looks sometimes so simple. For example Karl Strepkoff, born in Caen (France) of Russian origin based in Japan : he exhibits brilliant handles making the use of plastic bottles more convenient. The elderly and handicapped people are particularly targeted. The only thing missing is to find a financial partner.

Indeed it is usually there that things get difficult : money must be found. And for that, nothing has been invented yet.