Kapro
Kapro Industries Ltd is a global developer and manufacturer of hand tools for the professional and DIY markets.[1]
History
[edit]The company was founded in 1974 and renamed Kapro (Kadarim Products) in 1990. Kapro Holdings (owned by Kibbutz Kadarim and its members) is the company's majority shareholder. Kapro manufactures spirit levels, laser levels and layout and marking tools. Kapro is the registered trademark of Kapro Industries and its subsidiaries. The best known Kapro product is the Plumb Site vial viewer.[2] Kapro is headquartered at Kibbutz Kadarim, with subsidiaries in the USA (Kapro Tools Inc.) and China (Kapro China Ltd.).
Kapro utilizes Systematic Inventive Thinking (S.I.T.) as a system for developing inventive ideas and products from within the company.[3]
In 2004, Kapro's CEO Paul Steiner gave the "State of the Industry" address[4] at the annual convention of The Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association, on the topic of Innovation.
Community projects
[edit]In 2010, Kapro won an award from the Manufacturers Association of Israel for its contribution to the community. Kapro's projects include coordination of an educational clean-up project in the Zalmon Riverbed involving local school groups, and volunteer work at the Machanayim center for people with special intellectual needs.
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
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- ^ "SIT Clients". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^ "State of the Industry Address" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-17.