The lone US manufacturer of boutique keycaps may have just been saved
Signature Plastics, the Custer, Washington-based company known for specialized mechanical keyboard keycaps, has announced it’s being acquired by a Portland-based investment group that intends to keep the company operating with all employees maintained. This comes after majority owner Bob Guenser announced his plans to retire and find new ownership back in January.
Signature Plastics is well-regarded in the mechanical keyboard community for its high-quality PBT keycaps in vintage-looking SA and DSA profiles, such as DSA creamsicle and SA nuclear data, often selling runs of keycap sets in limited group buys with long lead times that can make them quite exclusive. It’s the only high-end, boutique keycap maker based in the US.
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