Rada Cutlery
Iowa-made budget knives sold through church and school fundraisers for 76 years.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1948
- Website
- radacutlery.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA
- Ownership type
- Holding-company-owned
- Parent
- St. Martin Holdings
- Acquired
- 2024
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
The Rada-Aleff family sold to St. Martin Holdings (Cedar Rapids family holding company) in April 2024, ending 76 years of founding-family ownership. Still made in Waverly Iowa.
Why Watchlist
The quiet acquisition this ledger exists to catch. Production intact, new owner unproven. Not PE, which keeps it off Avoid.
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