global developer and manufacturer of innovative hand tools for the professional and diy markets . 1 the company concentrates primarily on spirit levels laser levels 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 dual view vial viewer . 2 contents 1 basics 2 history 3 research and development 4 community and charitable projects 5 references 6 external links basics edit kapro is headquartered at kibbutz kadarim 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 edit 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 edit kapro utilizes systematic inventive thinking s.i.t. as a system for developing inventive ideas and products from within the company . 3 in 2004 kapro s ceo paul steiner was the first overseas associate to give the state of the industry address 4 at the annual convention of stafda the specialty tools & fasteners distributors association on the topic of innovation . community and charitable projects edit in 2010 kapro won an award from the manufacturers association of israel 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 . references edit http www.export.gov.il eng articles article.asp articleid 5059 & categoryid 846 & page 1 http v3.espacenet.com publicationdetails biblio cc us & nr 6748666 & kc & ft e http www.sitsite.com app clients.asp filtersel k & countrysel & profsel state of the industry address external links edit kapro.com this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an israeli company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kapro & oldid 733596494 categories manufacturing companies of israelmanufacturing company stubsisraeli company stubshidden categories articles created via the article wizardall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 august 2016 at 21 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view