Griffon Corporation

Griffon Corporation is a diversified management and holding company that, through its subsidiaries, provides consumer and professional products, and home and building products in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and internationally. Its Consumer and Professional Products segment manufactures and markets long-handled tools, landscaping products for homeowners and professionals, wood and wire closet organization and general living storage, wire garage storage products, wheelbarrows and lawn carts, snow, striking and hand tools, planters and lawn accessories, garden hoses and pruners, loppers, shears, and other tools, as well as cleaning products for professional, home, and industrial use. The company’s Home & Building Products segment manufactures and markets residential and commercial garage doors, and rolling steel door and grille products for commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail uses.

Griffon Corporation was founded by George Sheetz in 1959 as the Instrument Systems Corporation. After the purchase of AMES Companies, Inc. in 1992, Instrument Systems Corporation changed its name to Griffon Corporation. Since then, Griffon Corporation has grown to represent a large portfolio of companies and businesses in four segments - Home & Building Products, Consumer & Professional Products, Specialty Distribution and Other. Griffon Corporation’s businesses sell products under popular brand names such as True Temper, AMES, ClosetMaid, Clopay, Ideal, Holmes, CornellCookson, Garant, Harper, UnionTools, Westmix, Cyclone, Southern Patio, Northcote Pottery, Nylex, Hills, Kelkay, Tuscan Path, La Hacienda, Kelso, Dynamic Design, Apta, Quatro Design, Razor-Back, Jackson, Darby, Trojan, Supercraft, NeverLeak, Maximum Load, SuperSlide, ShelfTrack, MasterSuite, Suite Symphony, ExpressShelf, and Style+.

Today, Griffon Corporation is a publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol of GFF, and has a total market capitalization of approximately $2.2 billion. The company has operations in multiple countries throughout the globe, and has even partnered with Keri Systems, a leading security company, manufacturing and supplying access control solutions and products. In 2019, Griffon Corporation acquired Electrolux Home Products North America, and continues to acquire, acquire, and grow its portfolio of businesses and products.