About Kwikset
Who We Are
Kwikset is the leading residential lock manufacturer, making homeowners feel safe since 1946. Kwikset works hard to understand the world you live in, so that we can do everything we can to protect it. The company’s unwavering commitment to meeting homeowners’ needs has inspired its innovative lock portfolio that includes patented SmartKey deadbolts, keyless entry combination locks, connected home technology, first-to-market smart lock, Kevo and a wide variety of styles and finishes. Our interior and exterior door products provide customers with the quality, technology, durability and style they want while guaranteeing the highest level of security. Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., Kwikset is part of the Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI) division of ASSA ABLOY (STO: AAY.ST). Kwikset products are sold online and through retailers and distributors throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia. Visit us at
https://www.kwikset.com.
Our Stance on Security
Kwikset is committed to delivering unmatched security features to homeowners and puts our customers’ safety above all else. Kwikset continuously improves the security features in its products to meet or exceed industry standards. We regularly consult with the nation’s best security experts and locksmiths to refine and enhance our products. We are the only lock manufacturer that delivers the SmartKey technology, which uniquely protects against lock picking and bumping, two of the more common forms of lock break ins. In addition, SmartKey technology provides homeowners the ability to easily re-key the lock themselves to render lost or unreturned keys useless.
About ASSA ABLOY
Kwikset is part of Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI), a major manufacturer and supplier of residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware and faucets with a portfolio of renowned brands, including Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Stanley®, FANAL®, Pfister™ and EZSET®. HHI is a leader in its key markets with #1 positions in U.S. residential locksets (Kwikset), Canada residential locksets (Weiser), U.S. luxury locksets (Baldwin), and U.S. builders’ hardware (Stanley-National Hardware), #2 in Mexico residential hardware (Fanal), and #3 in U.S. retail plumbing (Pfister). Headquartered in Orange County, California, HHI has a global sales force and operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Asia.
HHI is a division of ASSA ABLOY (STO: AAY.ST). ASSA ABLOY operates in over 70 countries and our people know local standards inside-out. They’re specialists in access essentials: like mechanical and digital locks, cylinders, keys, tags, security doors and automated entrances. At the same time, we are creating and embracing new technology – like biometrics, mobile security, and trusted identities. We stay at the forefront, so whatever you need, you’re in safe hands. With 52,000 colleagues around the world, we have an expert wherever you are.
2020
This has been an especially busy year for Kwikset with the addition of new products: Kwikset Convert, SmartCode 888, and contemporary versions of our popular SmartCode 914 and SmartCode 916 Touchscreen Electronic Deadbolts. These new additions, combine class-leading technology with game-changing design.
Premis, an Apple HomeKit compatible touchscreen smart lock, is launched at CES 2017. Later that year, Kwikset introduces its first keywayless touchscreen electronic deadbolt, Obsidian. Both products include the Kwikset-patented SecureScreen™.
Kwikset partners with Microban®, the global leader in built-in antimicrobial protection, as the first residential lock manufacturer to offer door hardware with Microban antimicrobial product protection.
Kwikset introduces the company’s first electronic touchscreen deadbolt lock, the SmartCode 916. A unique feature of the SmartCode 916 is SecureScreen™, a Kwikset-patented security feature that prevents code detection from fingerprints on the touchscreen. The company also introduced its Signature Series Deadbolt with Home Connect Technology.
Kwikset introduces Kevo, the world’s first Bluetooth lock with Touch-to-Open technology. Kwikset also introduces the SmartCode 914, the newest addition to the SmartCode series with reduced interior footprint and upgraded features.
2010
Kwikset undergoes an initiative offering new products and features such as Kwik-Install™. This revolutionary feature makes installation virtually flawless with pre-installed screws. Kwikset also reorganizes its product offering into three new brands. The brands are Kwikset Security®, Kwikset Maximum Security® and Kwikset UltraMax Security®, presenting the consumer with a move-up strategy. The Titan product line is re-branded to the UltraMax product line.
Black & Decker Hardware and Home Improvement Group builds new corporate headquarters located in Lake Forest, CA.
2000
A state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is constructed to meet post-war housing boom needs for a fast, dependable and easily installed lockset.
Adolf Schoepe and Karl Reinhard revolutionize residential lock design by pioneering a tubular lock—named "Kwikset" to underscore its speedy installation.