Aftermarket group acquires UTV seat manufacturer
Bestop Premium Accessories Group (BPAG), a manufacturer in the automotive aftermarket industry’s premium Jeep, truck and UTV space, announced that they have acquired PRP Seats, Status Racing and SpeedStrap, all owned by KAMM Industries, based in Temecula, California.
Status Racing manufactures a full line of highly specialized racing seats and offers a wide breadth of customization and personalization options. SpeedStrap acquired by KAMM Industries in June 2017, is the maker of weavable recovery straps, plus premium tie-downs and accessories for off-road vehicles.
“PRP Seats, Status Racing and SpeedStrap are premier-quality names in this space and we are thrilled to work with them,” says John Larson, CEO of Bestop Premium Accessories Group. “The addition of these three brands to the Bestop Premium Accessories Group family further positions us as the leading provider of top-of-the-line off-road driving accessories.”
The acquisition follows Bestop Premium Accessories Group acquiring two other premium manufacturing brands in 2016: Baja Designs, widely recognized as “The Scientists of Lighting” for its LED light technologies that are “brighter, bolder, better”; and Tuffy Security Products, the leading manufacturer of heavy duty in-vehicle security boxes, cases and containers.
“Now is the right time to join forces with Bestop because there is a huge opportunity to leverage each other’s strengths,” says KAMM Industries and PRP Seats founder and CEO Aaron Wedeking. “We wanted to align ourselves with a partner that values the premium performance, quality and innovation that PRP Seats is known for, and Bestop is clearly the right choice.”
