Pelican Products is an American multinational company that designs and manufactures portable lighting systems, temperature controlled packaging and protective cases.
The company was founded in Torrance, California in 1976 by David and Arline Parker as a mail-order home business.
In the early 1980s, the SabreLite was launched for the dive market, and Pelican's products received their first safety approvals.
In the early 2000s, Pelican opened a subsidiary in Canada and received safety approvals in Europe for their Peli flashlights.
[citation needed] In October 2004, the private equity investment firm Behrman Capital acquired Pelican Products for approx.