Emtek (hardware)

Founded in 1981,{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/emtekproducts|title=Emtek Products|access-date=2023-07-17|language=en-US}} Emtek began making a limited range of solid brass door levers for specialty hardware dealers in the Los Angeles area; they are now distributed through all of North America. Based in City of Industry, it has three facilities for product assembly, shipping, management, and customer service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/0082498D:US-emtek-products-inc|title=Emtek Products Inc: Company Profile|website=Bloomberg|access-date=2016-08-27}}

The company produces a range of residential lock products, including tubular locks, interior door knobs and levers, key locking hardware sets, electronic keyless locks, deadbolts, hinges, dutch door bolts and Mortise locks. Represented by dealers and showrooms in the United States, Latin America and Canada, it also provides cabinet and drawer pulls for interior spaces like Kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets.{{Cite web |title=Decorative Door Hardware Knobs & Pulls Products {{!}} Emtek Products, Inc. |url=http://emtek.com/ |access-date=2018-03-09 |website=emtek.com |language=en}}[https://www.247locksmiths.io/tips/doorlocks.html]{{Cite web|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/best-renovation-products-slideshow/all|title=Market Report: Essentials {{!}} Architectural Digest|last=Schomer|first=Stephanie|date=2 November 2014 |access-date=2016-08-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/kitchen-hardware-sources-guide/all|title=8 Stylish Hardware Sources for Your Kitchen Renovation {{!}} Architectural Digest|last=Keller|first=Hadley|date=19 January 2016 |access-date=2016-08-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.getnews.info/564775/introducing-the-new-urban-modern-cabinet-hardware-collection-from-emtek.html|title=Introducing the New Urban Modern Cabinet Hardware Collection from EMTEK {{!}} Get News|website=www.getnews.info|access-date=2016-08-25}}

Previously controlled by Swedish conglomerate ASSA ABLOY since 1999,{{Cite web|url=http://www.assaabloy.com/en/com/references/|title=ASSA ABLOY Group - Customer references by segment|last=ABLOY|first=ASSA|website=www.assaabloy.com|access-date=2016-07-27}} Emtek and its sister brand, [http://schaubandcompany.com Schaub] hardware, were acquired in 2023 by Fortune Brands Innovations.Emtek Acquired by Fortune Brands https://www.qualifiedremodeler.com/emtek-acquired-by-fortune-brands/ With that, the Deerfield, Illinois-based home and security products maker now manages the brands as part of a portfolio already comprising Moen, the House of Rohl, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Therma-Tru.

Emtek's products have been featured in interior design magazines like HGTV magazine, This Old House, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Veranda,{{Cite web|url=http://kbispressroom.com/clear-color-crystal-knobs-elevate-hardware-decor/|title=Clear and Color Crystal Knobs Elevate Hardware Decor {{!}} KBIS Pressroom|date=2015-01-19|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-26|archive-date=2017-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807071952/http://kbispressroom.com/clear-color-crystal-knobs-elevate-hardware-decor/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.emtek.com|title=Door Hardware, Knobs, Levers, Handlesets, and Locks {{!}} Emtek Products, Inc.|website=www.emtek.com|access-date=2016-08-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.veranda-interiors.com/2011_10_01_archive.html|title=veranda interiors: October 2011|website=www.veranda-interiors.com|access-date=2016-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113031400/http://www.veranda-interiors.com/2011_10_01_archive.html|archive-date=2016-11-13|url-status=dead}} in online publications like Design Milk{{Cite news|url=https://design-milk.com/10-modern-drawer-pulls-and-cabinet-door-hardware/|title=10 Modern Drawer Pulls and Cabinet Door Hardware - Design Milk|date=2018-03-08|work=Design Milk|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}} as well as in consumer publications like the Washington Post.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/now-that-the-kitchen-is-the-centerpiece-of-the-house-time-to-make-it-just-right/2017/03/22/d08a564a-02b9-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html|title=With kitchens the centerpiece of the house, you need to decorate it just right|last=Yip|first=Vern|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-06-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/bored-with-stainless-steel-a-touch-of-brass-can-enliven-a-dated-kitchen/2018/03/07/c774fe2e-18cb-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html|title=Bored with stainless steel? A touch of brass can enliven a dated kitchen.|last=McDonough|first=Megan|date=2018-03-07|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}

Their hardware is also featured in HGTV Star Vern Yip's book "Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to A Beautiful Home".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiRXDAAAQBAJ|title=Vern Yip's Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to a Beautiful Home|last=Yip|first=Vern|date=2016-09-13|publisher=Running Press|isbn=9780762459858|language=en}} In collaboration with L.A. based designers Commune (designers), Emtek was the hardware provider for the Architectural Digest Oscar Green Room in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.archdigest360.com/emtek-in-the-architectural-digest-greenroom/|title=A360|language=en-us|access-date=2016-08-26}}

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• [http://www.emtek.com Official website]

Category:Lock manufacturers

Category:Bathroom fixture companies

Category:Doors

Category:Kitchen manufacturers

Category:Manufacturing companies based in Los Angeles

Category:Companies based in the City of Industry, California

Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1981

Category:1981 establishments in California

Category:American subsidiaries of foreign companies

Category:2023 mergers and acquisitions