Posted on 02/15/2014 11:12:00 AM PST by RetiredArmy
(full title): Gun maker Remington Outdoor Co. to open manufacturing plant, employ up to 2,000 in Huntsville.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Remington Outdoor Co. plans to open a plant to make and develop weapons in Huntsville that could employ about 2,000 workers, sources have confirmed to AL.com.
The deal is set to be announced Monday at a special meeting of the Huntsville City Council.
Other Huntsville and Madison County elected officials declined to comment when contacted Saturday morning. Officials with Remington Outdoor and the governor's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
However, the Huntsville City Council on Friday called a special session for 5 p.m. Monday to consider a development agreement among the city, Huntsville Industrial Development Board, Madison County and an unnamed company. The agenda says Gov. Robert Bentley has asked that the name of the company not be revealed until the meeting.
The Military Times GearScout website reported the deal Saturday morning.
Two sources with knowledge of the deal told the website that Remington will purchase a 500,000-square-foot building to be used for manufacturing, new product development and training for the company's commercial, military and law enforcement businesses. Production is not expected to begin before 2015, the website said. Sources told AL.com the site is in west Huntsville in the area of Huntsville International Airport.
The Military Times report says Alabama's reputation as a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights played a role in
A 500,000-square-foot Remington plant would be one of the largest in the area, which has a 1.2 million-square-foot Toyota site in Huntsville, 500,000-square-foot Carpenter Technology metals facility in Tanner, 1.6 million-square-foot United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur and 700,000-square-foot Navistar production and office space in Huntsville.
Founded in 1816, Madison, N.C.-based Remington Arms Co. is among the nation's largest producers of rifles and shotguns. The privately-held company makes a wide variety of products for the hunting, shooting, sports and self defense markets. It also does extensive work with military, government and law enforcement customers.
Remington's website says the company employs more than 4,200 people at facilities in 14 different states. It's largest and oldest factory, located in Ilion, N.Y., has more than 1 million square feet of production space. Remington has another firearms plant in Mayfield, Ky., and makes ammunition at a large factory in Lonoke, Ark.
Sounds like taking over another existing building to me.
“Though technically a blue state now, we are a gun loving state, with some of the best gun laws in the country.”
Yeah, but you will have to “rein in” your cops who are doing the colonoscopies on motorists. That’s egregious behavior. Just wonder when those two guys who are suing get through if they will “own their own county?”
It is gonna be a firearms plant....not ammo. Read the article.
Cuomo can rationalize now that no jobs leaving NY, but moves don’t happen overnight. No one in their right mind would move headquarters and opening a plant at the same time.
Cuomo is a disaster for this state and America this disaster awaits you if you elect Hillary Clinton as your next President. New York politicians specialize in wrecking economies. I live in upstate New York and I watched it deteriorate over the last 50+ years. The Republicans are no better with most of them being RINOS. For example my Republican congressman Gibson is a sellout and now can be classified as a RINO. To make make matters worse he is running against a homosexual who is married to one of the founders of Facebook. Whoever wins will be a loss for New York State citizens. I’m glad we can still move to a more hospitable state when we are ready to go.
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