Emtek Products is a door and cabinet hardware manufacturer based in the

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. They are a subsidiary of Swedish company

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. The brand produces a range of residential lock products, including tubular locks, interior door knobs and levers, key locking hardware sets, electronic keyless locks,

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, dutch door bolts and

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s. They are represented by dealers and showrooms in the

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and

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. They also provide cabinet and drawer pulls for interior spaces like

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s and bathroom cabinets.

History

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the company began making a limited range of solid brass door levers for specialty hardware dealers in the

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area. Emtek is based in

, where it has three facilities for product assembly, shipping, management, and customer service. Emtek was acquired by Swedish conglomerate

ASSA ABLOY Assa Abloy AB is a Swedish conglomerate whose offerings include products and services related to locks, doors, gates, and entrance automation. Related products and services include controlling access and confirming identities with keys, cards, ...

in 1999, the largest lock manufacturing company in the world. 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. They also manufacture cabinet hardware including a range of cabinet pulls, crystal, and colored crystal knobs

Media

Emtek's products have been featured in interior design magazines like HGTV magazine,

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, and

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, in online publications like Design Milk as well as in consumer publications like the

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. Their hardware is also featured in

HGTV HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, appr ...

Star

Vern Yip Vern Yip (born June 27, 1968, in Hong Kong) is an American interior designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He periodically appeared on TLC's ''Trading Spaces'' through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flow ...

's book "Design Wise: Your Smart Guide to A Beautiful Home". In collaboration with L.A. based designers Commune (designers), Emtek was the hardware provider for the

Oscar Green Room in 2015.

Awards

Interior Design Magazine ''Interior Design'' is an American interior design magazine, which has been in circulation since 1932. History and profile ''Interior Design'' was founded by Harry V. Anderson in Manhattan in 1932. He was also the publisher and editor of the ...

's 2014 Best of the Year award for hardware (Modern Crystal knob) * The Good Design Awards from the

Chicago Athenaeum The Chicago Athenaeum is a private museum of architecture and design, based in Galena, Illinois. The museum focuses on the art of design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial and product design, graphics, landscape architecture, ...

2017 for hardware (Stretto 1.5x5 rosette)

Leadership

* Founding CEO: Tom Millar * Current President of the ASSA ABLOY Mechanical Residential Hardware Group (includin
Yale Home
: Jason Chau * Emtek's parent company,

has ranked on

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’ “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” list 3 times since 2013, including at #90 in 2016.

References

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External links

Official Emtek website
Lock manufacturers Bathroom fixture companies Doors Kitchen manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Los Angeles Companies based in the City of Industry, California Manufacturing companies established in 1981 1981 establishments in California American subsidiaries of foreign companies