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Master Lock is an American company that sells padlocks, combination locks, safes, and related security products. Now a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Innovations , Master Lock Company LLC was formed in 1921 by locksmith -inventor Harry Soref and is headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin .
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (or "Fortune Brands") is an American manufacturer of home and security products, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.Its portfolio of businesses and brands includes Moen and the House of Rohl; outdoor living and security products from Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock and SentrySafe; and MasterBrand Cabinets.
In 2014 Sentry was sold to Master Lock, which is a division of Fortune Brands Home & Security. In 2016 Master Lock closed the Rochester, NY based production facilities and moved production to Mexico .
The home and hardware division reached annual sales of over $4 billion, from Waterloo Industries, Moen faucets, Fypon, Therma-Tru doors, Simonton windows, Master Lock, American Lock, and Vista Window Company, Western Division. Many of these operations passed to Fortune Brands Home & Security when the company was split.
Yale is a lock manufacturer and a subsidiary of Assa Abloy, except in the United States and Canada where the brand has been owned by Fortune Brands Innovations since 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The global company is headquartered in Stockholm , Sweden.
In 1921, he founded the Master Lock company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [3] The company built locks based on Soref's designs using laminated steel to build strong yet inexpensive locks; he received over 80 patents for his designs. [1] Soref and his wife Bertha had five children. [1] He died in 1957 in Phoenix, Arizona, aged 70. [4]