Combined Systems, Inc.

Combined Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based company (often marketed and produced under the brand name Combined Tactical Systems (CTS)),[1] specializing in the manufacture of military and police equipment such as tear gas canisters, flash grenades, breaching munitions, and handcuffs. It supplies these products to police and military in the United States as well as Egypt[2] and Israel. Evidence has also been collected by the War Resisters League that its products have been used to disperse protests in Tunisia, Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala, Germany, Netherlands, India, East Timor, Hong Kong, Argentina, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Cameroon, Colombia, Sierra Leone, The United States and Egypt.[2][3] Discovery of the use of tear gas produced by the US company in various police actions against demonstrations around the world was met with controversy in the social media discussions related to events of the Arab Spring.[4] In February 2012, the online activist group Anonymous claimed to have hacked the company's website in retaliation for the company's supply of protest suppression weapons to various countries.[5]

Combined Systems, Inc.
Founded1981 in the United States
FoundersMichael Brunn and Jacob Kravel
Headquarters
Jamestown, PA
,
USA
Areas served
Worldwide
ProductsTear gas and other non-lethal and less-lethal defense equipment
OwnerPoint Lookout Capital Partners
Websitewww.combinedsystems.com
Combined Tactical Systems tear gas made in U.S.A.

History

The company was founded by Michael Brunn and Jacob Kravel and is owned by Point Lookout Capital Partners.[6] On November 25th, 2019, MarketWatch, Inc. reported that the Carlyle fund holding Combined Systems’ stock has been closed, and its assets sold off.[7] The company's main manufacturing plant is in Jamestown, Pennsylvania.[8]

References
  1. "Combined Systems Inc. (CSI)". War Resisters League. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. "Category:Tear gas canisters - Wikimedia Commons". commons.wikimedia.org. Egypt. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  3. "Combined Systems, Inc". War Resistors League. War Resisters League. 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. Smith, Emily (January 28, 2011). "Controversial tear gas canisters made in the USA". CNN. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. Satter, Raphael (2012-02-14). "Anonymous Hack Combined Systems Inc.'s Website, Steal Personal Information Regarding Clients, Employees". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  6. "Combined Systems (CSI)". whoprofits. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. Oh, Sunny. "Critics say KKR's 'responsible investment' stance is being clouded by its stake in a controversial tear-gas maker". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. "Combined Systems, Inc". Combined Systems Inc. Retrieved 16 December 2014.


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