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Guntersville, AL, United StatesFounded 1976Industry

Kappler makes chemical and biological protective garments for hazmat and CBRN responders. CBRNE-relevant work is a primary business line according to its website. It is headquartered in Guntersville, AL, United States.

What it does

protective suitsgas-tight suitsprotective clothingchemical protective garmentCBRN suit

Threats covered

ricin/toxins
Categories

Profile

Kappler makes protective clothing for hazardous-materials, chemical, biological and thermal hazards, including chemical protective suits and NFPA-certified chemical flash-fire suits. The company was founded on 1 April 1976 in Guntersville, Alabama, as a contract sewing business with eight employees and six sewing machines, and it is still based there.

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Its history page describes a family-owned company in which employees hold about a quarter of the shares and the founding family holds the remainder. A separate site carries its chemical suit technical data.

No contract awards or developments in the last 24 months were found in the sources read.

Ownership

Family-owned and partly employee-owned; employees hold about 25 per cent (company history)

Parent: none identified

Sources (4)
Not verified or not found
  • Contracts, funding and recent developments: none found.
  • Chemical suit standards or approvals (for example NFPA 1991): not read in detail.
Questions

What does Kappler do?

Kappler makes chemical and biological protective garments for hazmat and CBRN responders. CBRNE-relevant work is a primary business line according to its website.

Where is Kappler based?

HQ (as found): Guntersville, AL. HQ country: US.

Who owns Kappler?

Family-owned and partly employee-owned; employees hold about 25 per cent (company history). Parent: none identified

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