January 9, 2018 — Kimber Mfg., Inc., a leading American firearms manufacturer, today announced that it has finalized plans to expand manufacturing operations to Alabama. Kimber will begin operations in early 2019, with a new design engineering and manufacturing facility in the City of Troy.
Once a small manufacturing company based in Yonkers, NY, Kimber has grown at a rapid pace over the past 21 years with locations in the New York metro area and Montana. The new Troy facility will double Kimber’s manufacturing capacity.
“Due to an unprecedented year-over-year growth in demand, every time the company has embarked upon a planned expansion, the newly created capacity is exhausted before the expansion is complete,” said James Cox, Kimber’s chief financial officer. “As we continue to move into uncharted waters in regards to Kimber product demand, it was important to us to build a facility that will allow us to secure a significant new plateau of capacity.”
“We are pleased with the impressive track record that Alabama has with attracting and retaining world-class manufacturing companies,” said Leslie Edelman, Kimber’s president and chief executive officer. “Growing our company intelligently depends significantly on being in the right manufacturing environment, and in Troy, we have a community dedicated to our long-term success. Working with the Alabama Department of Commerce as well as Mayor Jason Reeves and his team has been a pleasurable and rewarding experience.”
“We will be building a large, automated, state-of-the-art design engineering and manufacturing facility in Troy to support Kimber’s growth plan and strategy,” said Greg Grogan, Kimber’s chief operating officer. “Troy offers us expansion with a passionate workforce, affordable utility costs, a pro-business environment, experienced local training support, and long-term incentives from the State of Alabama and the City of Troy alike. This expansion, in conjunction with our existing manufacturing facilities, talented and experienced employees, and best-in-class products provides for exciting times here at Kimber.”
“This is a dream come true for the City of Troy and for me personally; a firearms manufacturing company with such a stellar brand as Kimber, creating jobs and capital investment for the community,” said Jason Reeves, Mayor of the City of Troy. “Troy has a strong manufacturing base and Kimber will certainly, positively add to that.”
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Roll Tide
War eagle
Boomer Sooner….
Weird they did not pick Ca.
Another gun company leaves NY. This isnt really a surprise. The anti gunners in NY may not care but Kimber is taking jobs with them
NY expat. Screw Cuomo and his stooges in Albany. Sad a State with so much beauty and history is now a bastion of leftist thuggery.
I agree Stefan. NY is basically about NYC, the mayor has more influence than the Gov and DeBalsio is a socialist. NY is an amazing state geographically and as you said so rich in history especially during the Revolution.
Include Mass, Maryland, Conn, RI, Delaware, all have great history going back to Pre-Revolutionary war days. All are a quagmire of anti-2A politics, that along with California, would make our founding fathers roll in their graves.
They aren’t leaving. They are expanding
Indeed – ROLL TIDE!
Another win for the state of Alabama! what do we got now? Steyr and a lot of the lines wrapped up under the Remington name?
Well, you got Doug Jones instead of Roy Moore
Touché!
Looks like Alabama is a big player in the firearm and missile game now