Kanto Audio

OrgBook BC's registry search shows Kanto Distribution Inc. (BC0780242) has been continuously registered in British Columbia since January 18, 2007, first under the name Kanto Living Inc., matching the founding date the vendor gives on its own about page. No acquisition, parent company, or outside investor turned up in searches, and madeinca.ca lists the company as Canadian owned, but British Columbia's registry does not publish a beneficial ownership filing, so the individuals who currently control the company could not be confirmed directly.

• OrgBook BC search API results for "Kanto Living" registry “"value": "KANTO LIVING INC.", "topic_source_id": "BC0780242"”
• About | Kanto Audio vendor_statement “Kanto was founded in January of 2007.”
• Terms and Conditions | Kanto Audio vendor_statement “registered trademarks of kanto Distribution Inc.”
• Speakers: Kanto - Made in CA directory “Kanto Audio is a Canadian company based in Coquitlam, British Columbia”

Kantoaudio.com does not state where products are made anywhere on its about, product, or support pages. Madeinca.ca is the only source found and reports that Kanto speakers are designed in British Columbia but manufactured in China, which this card follows for lack of a vendor statement or filing.

• Speakers: Kanto - Made in CA directory “while Kanto speakers are designed in Canada, they are now manufactured in China”
• About | Kanto Audio vendor_statement “Many years designing and manufacturing OEM products for large consumer electronics companies”

Kanto Distribution Inc.'s own terms and conditions give a Langley, BC notice address, and its parent site kantoliving.com describes the company as Vancouver, BC based. Support hours run on Pacific time and no US or other office turned up in searches; a directory lists an older Coquitlam, BC location, which this card does not use in favour of the vendor's current published address.

• Terms and Conditions | Kanto Audio vendor_statement “9136 196A Street, Langley, BC, CA V1M 3B4”
• Kanto Living | Supporting Your Digital Lifestyle vendor_statement “Kanto is a Vancouver BC (Canada) based brand of consumer electronics products.”
• Support | Kanto Audio vendor_statement “Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST”

Neither kantoaudio.com nor the directories found say where drivers, enclosures, or electronics are sourced. With final assembly reported in China, most inputs are assumed to come from the same region, with a small allowance for Canadian design work and common US-sourced audio components; this split is an estimate, not a documented figure.