March 11, 2020 - Coral Springs, Fla. and Rocky Mount, NC -- NAV-TV Corp., a leading innovator and manufacturer of OEM integration and safety products for the automotive aftermarket, and Kaba Ilco Corp., the largest US-based manufacturer of key blanks and remote transponders for the automotive aftermarket, announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership.
Under the partnership, authorized NAV-TV dealers will have access to the complete line of Kaba Ilco automotive Futura key cutting and duplicating machines, Keyfob programming units, Key Blanks, and Look-Alike® Remotes, enabling US-based 12 Volt Retailers with the ability to cut, program and clone automotive key fobs and remote controls.
“This opportunity opens up a completely new category for 12-volt retailers,” said NAV-TV Account Executive, Richard Flynn. “Not only does this provide NAV-TV dealers with a new profit center, but it will help to drive customers into their stores that would otherwise not be exposed to what our industry has to offer.”
Ilco and NAV-TV have been running test markets with select NAV-TV dealers since December 2019. Vik Moolchandani, General Manager of Long Island, NY based Avenue Sound, said, “We brought the Ilco system into our Patchogue location in December of last year and have had tremendous success with the product. We are seeing attachment sales of the key fobs to existing customer tickets, as well as increased foot traffic as a direct result of the category. The key fob programming and key cutting services have opened up a new, high-profit revue stream for us and we will be adding an additional Ilco system at our Freeport location soon.”
Setup and product training is provided at no additional charge and attractive equipment financing and lease options are available. For dealers that may have an existing key cutting machine and/or key fob programmers, the Ilco key blanks and look-alike remotes may be ordered a-la-cart. According to Ilco, their products are not affected by the coronavirus parts availability shortage, and their products may be directly substituted for competing products that may be in limited availability.
“Our new partnership with NAV-TV has not only opened our eyes to a brand new channel, but has provided exposure to a new information stream that will no doubt help us in the development of new products,” said Kaba Ilco Account Manager, Jeff Brown. “We are excited and look forward to the future of our partnership.”
NAV-TV representative Phil Chartier and Ilco’s Jeff Brown will be visiting NAV-TV dealers with the Ilco demonstration van throughout the New England and New York area during late April and early May, with additional territories to be announced shortly. To schedule a free product demonstration at your facility, please email Phil at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an appointment.
For more information on Kaba Ilco products, or NAV-TV’s existing line of over 950 other integration and safety products, please contact your NAV-TV sales representative at (866) 477-3336 (USA and Canada toll free) or (561) 955-9770 (International), or email our sales staff at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
NAV-TV Corp is a solely owned and privately held corporation based in Coral Springs, FL, USA. Established in 1999, NAV-TV is a prime manufacturer, distributor and contract manufacturer of OEM and Aftermarket integration and electronic components. Additional information about NAV-TV is available at www.navtv.com or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Kaba Ilco Corp. is the largest US-based key blank manufacturer located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. In our 300,000 sq. ft. vertically integrated (brass foundry to finish goods) state-of-the-art ISO Certified manufacturing facility we produce millions of keys each week. These keys range from original equipment keys manufactured for the lock and automobile industry to aftermarket keys sold to security and automotive professionals, retail and service stores throughout North America.
The Ilco brand is known for exceptional quality at competitive prices. Our company and employees are committed to high-quality standards and innovative technology. We are a leader in key blanks as well as in automotive transponder technology, key cutting/duplication machines, look-alike remotes, and automotive programming equipment.
Our sister companies, Silca and Advanced Diagnostics add to our group’s overall strength making us the prime single direct source for the broadest and deepest product range in the industry worldwide.
Silca, located in Italy provides innovative, top-performing key duplication equipment and as well as a line of key blanks. When this line is combined with the Ilco line of Key Blanks, our customer base has access to over 80,000 different key blanks.
Advanced Diagnostics, located in the UK is the world’s leader in Automotive Programming equipment. The technologically advanced systems, developed and supported by Advanced Diagnostics, assures customers of the most up to date and accurate programming systems available.
Our combined companies provide not only the broadest line of keys, extensive line of key cutting machines and technologically advanced automotive programming and cloning systems but in North America.
