Remington has always been a household name when it comes to shotguns, when their historic factory in New York shut down last year it was a true travesty, but things are looking up today as Remington has announced that the factory is opening back up.
From Guns.com:
The historic Remington flagship factory in Ilion, New York, is back up and running this week, as employees who have been laid off since last year returned and reportedly began work on new shotguns.
Shut down in the aftermath of Remington Outdoors’ federal bankruptcy filing and resulting auction last September, the New York factory along with a Tennessee-based pistol barrel plant was acquired by Roundhill Group for $13 million. Now, as Vista Outdoors is moving forward with the traditional Remington branding for a wide range of outdoor products as well as the former company’s primary ammo lines, Roundhill has rebooted the storied gun-making concern as RemArms.
The (Herkimer) Times Telegram reports that 230 now-RemArms employees have been called back and production of the classic Model 870 pump-action shotgun, a staple of Remington’s catalog since 1950, is set to resume.
“We are going to stabilize at that number for the next few months, to better understand the needs of that facility before we go forward with more hires,” Richmond Italia, a managing partner for the Roundhill Group, told the paper in an email.
The reopening of this plant is not only great from an industry standpoint but it is great for the people of Ilion. This plant is going to bring jobs back to the small town that was crippled during the pandemic.
