Canopy Brands Acquires Retractable Reel Maker Key-Bak
The acquisition adds a legacy manufacturer with strong brand recognition to Canopy Brands’ portfolio, expanding its presence in safety and access products and providing opportunities for distribution expansion and innovation.
Takeaways
- Key-Bak is a manufacturer of retractable key reels and secure carrying devices.
- Canopy Brands is acquiring Key-Bak.
- The target serves industrial and institutional safety and access markets, as well as consumer outdoor enthusiasts across US.
Canopy Brands has acquired Key-Bak, a U.S. manufacturer of retractable key reels and secure carrying devices founded in 1948.
Its products, originally developed to reduce workplace injuries in the railroad industry, are now used across healthcare, education, skilled trades, facilities management, public safety, manufacturing, and military sectors, as well as by outdoor enthusiasts and consumers.
Canopy Brands CEO Brian Colton said the transaction fits the company’s approach of investing in established businesses with strong market positions.
Key-Bak will continue operating from its Ontario, California headquarters under existing leadership and will consolidate under the Key-Bak brand, retiring the West Coast Corporation name.
Canopy Brands generates more than $200 million in annual revenue through a portfolio serving construction, manufacturing, utilities, marine, residential, and security end markets.
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