{"id":2604,"date":"2023-12-02T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:16:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:16:42","slug":"remington-finally-says-goodbye-to-its-ilion-new-york-production-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"Remington Finally Says Goodbye to Its Ilion, New York Production Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_-217x145.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Remingtons-Ilion-factory-courtesy-nydailynews.com_-597x398.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Remington's Ilion factory courtesy nydailynews.com\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been a very long time coming, but yesterday\u2019s announcement by RemArms, LLC that it will close its Remington Arms production facility in Ilion, New York shouldn\u2019t really have surprised anyone. Company CEO Ken D\u2019Arcy said they\u2019ll be consolidating their operations and headquarters at a new location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvm.com\/2021\/11\/10\/remington-firearms-headquarters-relocating-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaGrange, Georgia<\/a>. That means the closure of America\u2019s oldest firearms manufacturing facility next year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Remington\u2019s press release . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The iconic Remington Firearms brand was founded in 1816, and today Remington Firearms (RemArms) operates as one of the United States\u2019 largest domestic producers of shotguns and rifles. Chief Executive Officer, Kenneth R. D\u2019Arcy today announced that RemArms, America\u2019s oldest firearms brand, will consolidate its firearms operations in LaGrange, Georgia. This will align all firearms manufacturing with our planned global headquarters and world class R&amp;D facility in Georgia, which supports and welcomes the firearms industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the closing of the historic facility in Ilion. We have a dedicated workforce at the Ilion facility, but maintaining and operating those very old buildings is cost prohibitive, and NY\u2019s legislative environment remains a concern for our industry. In the coming months, we expect to be working with our Ilion employees and their representative on transition issues.\u201d said Ken D\u2019Arcy, RemArms CEO.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The move is no doubt sad and difficult for the upstate New York town and the remaining Remington workers there, but leaving Ilion has made good business sense for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Remington has been transitioning production and other functions away from Ilion for years, long before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/remington-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the bankruptcy<\/a> and the formation of RemArms, LLC. After New York rammed through the laughably-named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/incendiary-image-of-the-day-safe-act-still-smouldering-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAFE Act<\/a> into law in 2013 after Sandy Hook, Remington reacted entirely rationally to the hostile business environment. They opened a new facility in Huntsville, Alabama in 2014 that will continue to operate there as the company expands operations in LaGrange.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been to the Ilion plant. It\u2019s ancient by any moden manufacturing standards, with production broken up among multiple buildings and floors. Maintaining that facility and trying to compete with the inherently higher costs involved just doesn\u2019t make sense. Add to that the fact that New York government has made it abundantly clear that firearms businesses aren\u2019t welcome in the state and it isn\u2019t difficult to justify the move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/remington-finally-says-goodbye-to-its-ilion-new-york-production-facility\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a very long time coming, but yesterday\u2019s announcement by RemArms, LLC that it will close its Remington Arms production facility in Ilion, New York shouldn\u2019t really have surprised anyone. Company CEO Ken D\u2019Arcy said they\u2019ll be consolidating their operations and headquarters at a new location in LaGrange, Georgia. That means the closure of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}