Blackinton, V.H.

Blackinton® is a privately held family owned company, and the largest manufacturer of public safety badges and uniform insignia in the United States. We take pride in serving the nation’s leading public safety departments. Blackinton was established in 1852 in Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts, and has remained in the same town since 1852.

Blackinton combines old world craftsmanship with cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. Resulting in the production of the industry’s finest quality products. In fact, Blackinton is the market leader. Equally important is Blackinton continues to bring new technologies to the market first! To illustrate following are a few of our firsts. 1) First and only badge manufacturer with High Security Badges: SmartShield with RFID chips and SecureShift badges with color shifting enamel. 2) Breast Cancer Awareness public safety badges for the purpose of donating money to the cause each year. 3) Commendation Bar Slide Holders designed to keep commendation bars aligned and neat on uniforms. 4) FlexBadge, created to give law enforcement a metallic, quality alternative to embroidery. 5) QuickShip Badges, which are the same quality hand-made Blackinton badges, but they ship in five days.