Access Hardware
Engineered latches, hinges, handles, fasteners, and electronic access solutions specified by OEMs across aerospace, automotive, rail, data center, medical, and heavy-equipment markets.
The Access Hardware platform is anchored by Southco, founded in Concordville, Pennsylvania in 1899 and today operating 16 facilities across 10 countries. Darshana Industries, acquired by Southco in 2022 for approximately $50M, adds a Pune, India manufacturing footprint and the leading position in Indian OEM access hardware.
Southco serves more than 100,000 customers in 83 countries with a catalog of 25,000+ standard and 50,000+ custom engineered products. The platform's 2025 program includes the opening of a 13,000 sqm Foshan, China manufacturing plant and a CES 2026 launch of the battery-free smart lock co-developed with WePower Technologies. Together the platform holds roughly 600 patent families globally.
2 companies, operating independently, stronger together.
- SouthcoConcordville, Pennsylvania · United States
The latches, hinges, handles, fasteners, and electronic access solutions engineers design into the equipment the world depends on.
Darshana IndustriesPune, Maharashtra · IndiaIndia's leading designer and manufacturer of control-panel components, locks, hinges, handles, and support-arm systems for demanding industrial environments.