{"id":25156,"date":"2013-08-13T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T02:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=25156"},"modified":"2013-08-13T21:34:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T02:34:54","slug":"remington-breaks-ground-for-ammunition-facility-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/remington-breaks-ground-for-ammunition-facility-expansion\/25156\/","title":{"rendered":"Remington Breaks Ground for Ammunition Facility Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25157\" alt=\"RemingtonAmmoCeremony\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RemingtonAmmoCeremony.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/>Remington Arms Company, LLC (&#8220;Remington&#8221;) broke ground last Thursday on the expansion of its operations at the Remington Ammunition Plant in Lonoke, Arkansas. Work on the expansion, which will include the construction of a new building, is projected to be in operation by the second quarter of 2014. Speaking at the event alongside Remington officials were Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Governor Mike Beebe (D-AR).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Existing industries are vitally important to the economic well-being of our state,&#8221; Governor Mike Beebe said. &#8220;Remington Arms has had a strong presence here for almost a half century, and I am pleased that the company continues to choose Arkansas as the best location for its expansion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an avid hunter and gun owner, I&#8217;m particularly excited to help announce this expansion,&#8221; Senator Mark Pryor said. &#8220;Remington has been an economic engine in our state for years, and this will allow them to bring even more jobs and development to central Arkansas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Remington expansion will help meet consumer demand for quality ammunition products at a time when many sportsmen and gun owners are struggling to find supply. Further, it will stimulate both the state and local economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This groundbreaking ceremony marks a significant event for Remington and for the Lonoke community,&#8221; said George Kollitides, Chief Executive Officer of Remington. &#8220;It demonstrates our commitment to state-of-the-art facilities; ensuring quality, increasing product availability and improving on-time delivery to our customers. The expansion also allows us the opportunity to provide job growth within a community that has supported us since we laid the first cornerstone here in 1969. We are honored and pleased to celebrate this expansion with such great partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Remington Ammunition Plant, established in 1969, designs and manufactures leading ammunition products with superior craftsmanship. More information about Remington Ammunition can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remington.com\/product-categories\/ammunition.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.remington.com\/product-categories\/ammunition.aspx<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on the expansion, which will include the construction of a new building, is projected to be in operation by the second quarter of 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[3183],"class_list":["post-25156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-remington-arms-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}