Emtek Products

Emtek Products, Inc. is a door and cabinet hardware manufacturer, based in the City of Industry, Los Angeles County and a subsidiary of Swedish company Assa Abloy. The brand 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, and are represented by dealers and showrooms in the United States, Latin America and Canada. They also provide cabinet and drawer pulls for interior spaces like Kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets.[1]

This article is about the door and cabinet hardware manufacturer. For the technology and media company known as Emtek, see Elang Mahkota Teknologi.
Emtek's logo

History

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the company began making a limited range of solid brass door levers for specialty hardware dealers in the Los Angeles area. Emtek is based in City of Industry, where it has three facilities for product assembly, shipping, management, and customer service.[2]

Emtek was acquired by Swedish conglomerate ASSA ABLOY in 1999, the largest lock manufacturing company in the world.[3]

Emtek's product range is offered in 17 finish options and in a variety of styles, including several digital keypads and modern keyless entry devices.[4][5]

They also manufacture cabinet hardware including a range of cabinet pulls, crystal, and colored crystal knobs[6][7][8]

Media

Emtek's products have been featured in interior design magazines like HGTV magazine, This Old House, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Veranda [9][10][11], in online publications like Design Milk [12] as well as in consumer publications like the Washington Post [13][14].

Their hardware is also featured in HGTV Star Vern Yip's book "Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to A Beautiful Home".[15]

In collaboration with L.A. based designers Commune (designers), Emtek was the hardware provider for the Architectural Digest Oscar Green Room in 2015.[16]

Awards
  • Interior Design Magazine's 2014 Best of the Year award for hardware (Modern Crystal knob)[17]
  • The Good Design Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum 2017[18] for hardware (Stretto 1.5x5 rosette)

Leadership
  • Founding CEO: Tom Millar[19]
  • Current President of the ASSA ABLOY Residential Hardware Group (including Yale Home): Jason Williams
  • Emtek's parent company, ASSA ABLOY has ranked on Forbes’ “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” list 3 times since 2013, including at #90 in 2016.[20][21]

References
  1. "Decorative Door Hardware Knobs & Pulls Products | Emtek Products, Inc". emtek.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  2. "Emtek Products Inc: Company Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. ABLOY, ASSA. "ASSA ABLOY Group - Customer references by segment". www.assaabloy.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  4. "Compare Emtek to Baldwin Locks". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. "Emtek® Answers Demand for Luxury Bluetooth-Enabled Door Lock". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  6. Schomer, Stephanie. "Market Report: Essentials | Architectural Digest". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  7. Keller, Hadley. "8 Stylish Hardware Sources for Your Kitchen Renovation | Architectural Digest". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  8. "Introducing the New Urban Modern Cabinet Hardware Collection from EMTEK | Get News". www.getnews.info. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  9. "Clear and Color Crystal Knobs Elevate Hardware Decor | KBIS Pressroom". 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  10. "Door Hardware, Knobs, Levers, Handlesets, and Locks | Emtek Products, Inc". www.emtek.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  11. "veranda interiors: October 2011". www.veranda-interiors.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  12. "10 Modern Drawer Pulls and Cabinet Door Hardware - Design Milk". Design Milk. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  13. Yip, Vern. "With kitchens the centerpiece of the house, you need to decorate it just right". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  14. McDonough, Megan (2018-03-07). "Bored with stainless steel? A touch of brass can enliven a dated kitchen". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  15. Yip, Vern (2016-09-13). Vern Yip's Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to a Beautiful Home. Running Press. ISBN 9780762459858.
  16. "A360". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  17. "Emtek's Modern Crystal Knob Wins Interior Design Magazine's BoY Best of Year Award". Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  18. "The Good Design Awards". good-designawards.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  19. "Emtek Products, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  20. "The World's Most Innovative Companies". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  21. "ASSA ABLOY on Forbes' List of the World's 100 Most Innovative Companies | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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