Kwikset
In 1946, Adolf Schoepe and Karl Rhinehart founded Kwikset having head quartered in Lake Forest, California, while it has manufacturing plants are in USA, Canada, Mexico and China. Kwikset was later purchased by American Hardware Corporation and is presently a part of Black and Decker Hardware and Home Improvement Group. Stanley Black & Decker is an S&P 500 company, which offers hand tools, power tools and related accessories, mechanical access solutions and electronic security solutions, engineered fastening systems. It develops, manufactures, markets and sells builders' hardware, residential and commercial door hardware, kitchen and bath faucets, shower systems and bath accessories under the brands of Stanley®, National Hardware®, Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, and Price Pfister®.
Kwiksets offers a wide range of products and accessories in handle sets, dead bolts, levers, knobs and electronic locks.