HitcHinge

The North Kawartha Township business owned by Andy Assinck and Rita Marie Assinck sources materials from local and Canadian suppliers. 

Andy Assinck and Rita Marie Assinck have created a thriving business around an innovative product that streamlines the dock installation and removal process, but docks aren’t the only things being connected — HitcHinge is also connecting businesses in the local community. 

Years ago, Andy was servicing cottages in the Township of North Kawartha, one of eight townships in Peterborough County, and after one particularly gruelling late November day of trying to remove docks and ramps by himself, he returned home with sore fingers and an idea to revolutionize the dock coupling system. 

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The Local Advantage in Peterborough County is a branded editorial feature series about locally owned independent businesses in Peterborough County, created in partnership with Peterborough County’s Economic Development & Tourism Division and KawarthaNOW.