As American families are focused on taking care of their homes now more than ever, Hoover and Dirt Devil - America's top brands in home cleaning - are leading the charge with new products and high-tech tools showcased at the 2012 International Housewares Show, taking place March 10-13 in Chicago…

Twenty five years ago, the first handheld vacuum entered the marketplace and revolutionized the way Americans cleaned their homes. Introduced as the “Dirt Devil,” the compact cleaning product was powerful, lightweight, innovative, and an enormous hit when launched in 1984. Since then, the hand vac has been the company’s signature product.

That’s why Dirt Devil is proud to announce the latest advancement to the hand vacuum product line with the Dirt Devil Gator Series, a unique line of hand vacs designed to make dirt disposal easy…