Kapro Industries Ltd is a global developer and manufacturer of innovative hand tool

Hand tool

A hand tool is a device for performing work on a material or a physical system using only hands. The hand tools can be manually used employing force, or electrically powered, using electrical current...

s for the professional and DIY markets. The company concentrates primarily on spirit level

Spirit level

A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface ishorizontal or vertical . Different types of spirit levels may be used by carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, other building trades workers, surveyors, millwrights and other metalworkers, and in some...

s, laser level

Laser level

In surveying and construction, the laser level is affixed to a tripod, leveled and then spun to illuminate a horizontal plane. The laser beam projector employs a rotating head with a mirror for sweeping the laser beam about a vertical axis. If the mirror is not self-leveling, it is provided with...

s and layout & marking tools. Kapro is the registered trademark of Kapro Industries and its subsidiaries. The brand is associated with a number of breakthrough innovations in the hand tool industry, the best known of which is the Plumb Site®

Plumb Site

Plumb Site is a proprietary improvement, and a trademark under that spelling, for a spirit level with a viewing mirror to make it easier to use when setting verticals....

 Dual-View™ vial viewer.

Basics

Kapro is headquartered at Kibbutz Kadarim

Kadarim

Kadarim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Maghar, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.The village was established in 1980 near Mount Kadarim, which was named after the potters of the village of Hananiah, famous for its pottery during the time of the Talmud...

, with subsidiaries in the USA (Kapro Tools Inc.) and in China (Kapro China Ltd.) – all wholly owned and operated by Kapro Industries. The company is Israel's sole manufacturer of spirit levels.

History

The company was founded in 1974, and renamed Kapro (Kadarim Products) in 1990. Kapro Holdings (owned by Kibbutz Kadarim and its members) is the company's majority shareholder. In 1995, Kapro adopted its signature red color, launched the Kapro brand and added laser levels to its range.

Research and Development

Kapro utilizes Systematic Inventive Thinking (S.I.T.) as a system for developing inventive ideas and products from within the company.

In 2004, Kapro's CEO Paul Steiner was the first overseas associate to give the "State of the Industry" address at the annual convention of STAFDA (The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association), on the topic of Innovation.

Community and Charitable Projects

In 2010, Kapro won an award from the Manufacturers Association of Israel

Manufacturers Association of Israel

The Manufacturers Association of Israel is the representative body of all industrial sectors in Israel: private, public, kibbutz and government industries. The association was founded in 1921.-Awards:...

for its contribution to the community. Kapro's recent projects include coordination of an educational clean-up project in the Zalmon Riverbed involving local school groups, and volunteer work at the Machanayim center for people with special intellectual needs.