Kayalu is the outdoor products division of S. H Pierce & Co., an award-winning manufacturer and licensor of high-technology products founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Company President Steve Hollinger, an avid boater and kayaker, holds multiple patents and patents-pending for improvements to industrial and consumer products, many often exposed to harsh aerodynamic and hydrodynamic conditions. A recent profile by renown author Susan Orlean in The New Yorker magazine describes Hollinger's innovative redesigns of storm-proof umbrellas and arctic camping tents.

S. H. Pierce & Co. develops commercial software applications including the #1 selling large-format print production tool PosterWorks®, FlipBook®, and the website publishing network Moxie, at www.moxie.com.