Huntsville, AL – -(Ammoland.com)- Remington Outdoor Company announced its plan today to close its Mayfield, Kentucky firearms operations in an effort to become more organizationally focused and competitive.
Approximately 200 employees will be affected.
The operation will be consolidated into their Huntsville, Alabama operation. Actual plant closure and transition to Huntsville will take several months.
The two plants are roughly 250 miles apart.
The Mayfield facility has been in operation for nearly 20 years and although there is a great team at this location the strategic decision to consolidate centered on three competitively oriented areas:
- Logistical proximity and freight synergies
- Organizational synergy and focus with engineering, sales and marketing
- Facility overhead leverage and streamlining
- Employees will be offered severance pay and outplacement services
About Remington Outdoor Company ROC, headquartered in Madison, N.C., designs products for the hunting, shooting, self-defense, military, and law enforcement markets. Founded in 1816, ROC is the nation’s oldest gun maker and one of the largest domestic producers of firearms and ammunition. ROC employs over 3,500 people and distributes its products throughout the U.S. and over 55 countries. ROC includes globally recognized brands such as Remington, Remington 1816, Bushmaster, DPMS, Marlin, H&R, Advanced Armament Corp., Dakota, Nesika, Storm Lake and Barnes Bullets. More information about the Company can be found at www.remington.com
I feel for the employees that will lose their jobs, but management is bringing this on themselves. I’ve bought and sold a few Remington rifles and pistols but have stopped completely. Not because of quality or service issues, but they have now cut their warranty to one (1) year. Apparently, they don’t trust their own quality enough to honor a legitimate warranty. Have I ever had to send one in for repair? The answer is “no”, but I like a warranty that I know the company will stand behind, and if I invest $1,000 in a rifle or pistol, then… Read more »
Morning Bill: Paul is fine. The Dr. Is Ed.D. or Doctorate in Education. If I remember correctly, the Swedes were the first to use 6.5. The 6.5 is a wonderful round and quite accurate. I am not familiar with the Grendel, but with the rest.The Creedmoor is another great round. I had a high wall falling block 6.5 Creedmore….Loved it!. Ruger has a series of High Walls in various calibers. Some complain about their accuracy, but they just aren’t familiar with the falling block rifle. Ones hand must be in the same location on the fore-end, when squeezing the trigger.… Read more »
Paul do you prefer Dr. or just Paul? I never heard the song. I got that nick name growing up in the big green machine because as a young officer I was willing to take the worst knuckle heads into my platoon and company, and “work with them”. I grew up with a used Rem. model 341. I went home after 40 years and there it was, right where I left it! Shoots right where I remember it to shoot. Now, I have four of them. You wouldn’t happen to have an opinion about the 6.5 Creedmore vs the 6.5… Read more »
Evening Wild Bill: For me, an out of the box wood stocked Remington, Winchester, or Ruger: Brings back wonderful memories from the 60’s, when a teen could shoot paper targets in one’s backyard, or nearby woods. Many afternoons were spent with my dad on the range, shooting clay targets and 22cal rifles. Aside from the bench rest rifles, I have owned nearly all of the popular rifle brands. Each rifle had it’s own particular similarity and differences which added interest to each rifle individually.I can’t remember a particular rifle I didn’t enjoy shooting, with the exception of the magnum calibers… Read more »
Well, Paul, since you seem to be writing to me, specifically, first, a rifle’s accuracy is as good as the quality of each of the rifle’s components and skillful assembly of the rifle. The one pulling the trigger has nothing to do with the rifle’s accuracy, although the one pulling the trigger has a lot to do with the down range results. It is true that a shooter with poor technique can attain poor results with the most accurate of rifles, but a well trained expert rifleman transcends the off the shelf factory rifle’s capabilities, which brings me to the… Read more »
In response to Remmington’s accuracy: A rifle’s accuracy, is as good as the one pulling the trigger.Most firearms are far more accurate, than their owners. The bullet placing on a paper target, say’s much about the shooter’s: Trigger squeze, sight alignment, and breath control. If one or more are incorrect, the round will miss the center of the bull. In the case of a scoped rifle: both mirage and wind direction, will effect the bullet placing. None of these factors have anything to do with the accuracy of the rifle. The price one pays for a factory manufactured firearm, doesn’t… Read more »
A suggestion for all to take a few moments, and read the History of Remington Arms, beginning in 1816 with it’s founder, the young Eliphalet Remington II.He like many others, believed he could produce a better gun product, than he could buy. After a 2nd place win in a competition match, with his newly produced firearm, orders began to come in and Remington Arms was born. Since 1816, Remington Arms had merged, relocated,and birthed many new product lines under other names , than one could imagine. This is true of many Capitalist founders of family run businesses , that later… Read more »
It is quite possible, there is more to this story, than we are aware of. As for the term “greed”, the Socialist element promotes discontent by promoting greed, in their effort to destroy Capitalism. See: ” Communist Manifesto “. Other factors in the relocation of industry: Taxes and the Enviromental Protection Agency. In the 70’s, I observed as United Aircraft Corporation ie ( United Technologies ) , downsized, relocated, and closed divisions in Conn. As a result of EPA lawsuits and massive fines. The East Hartford plant alone, had some 65,000 employees. There are less than 5,000 management currently employed… Read more »
Remington, Remington, Remington;;;;;; big wheels in business and the a holes get more greedy every day; I just read everyone of the comments above. got a good education about moving and not getting a chance from the company to offer a good talented worker a shot at moving them to another location…. that sucks., I got the shaft, reduction in force; and the suckasses still got to stay on the job. a single man who saves his money can move to the location at hand. a married family is stuck without a job and Remington don’t g a f at… Read more »
Boycott? What a stupid idea if we were to boycott every product we felt did not meet our personal feelings see what that results in. Remington is a for profit business and as such must sometimes make difficult and or unpopular decisions. That is the requirement of operating and managing a business since success, making a profit, is what a business is designed to do. If poor choices, decisions or those that ignore the production of profit are the rule soon that company will not be able to pay for salaries,phone bills, electric bills,water bills or any of the other… Read more »