gadwall8 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Beretta USA Announces Decision to Move Its Entire Maryland Manufacturing Capabilities to Tennessee Beretta U.S.A. Corp., located in Accokeek, Maryland, announced today that it has decided to move its manufacturing capabilities from its existing location to a new production facility that it is building in Gallatin, Tennessee. The Gallatin facility is scheduled to be opened in mid-2015. Beretta U.S.A. had previously planned to use the new Gallatin, Tennessee facility for new machinery and production of new products only. “During the legislative session in Maryland that resulted in passage of the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, the version of the statute that passed the Maryland Senate would have prohibited Beretta U.S.A. from being able to manufacture, store or even import into the State products that we sell to customers throughout the United States and around the world. While we were able in the Maryland House of Delegates to reverse some of those obstructive provisions, the possibility that such restrictions might be reinstated in the future leaves us very worried about the wisdom of maintaining a firearm manufacturing factory in the State,” stated Jeff Cooper, General Manager for Beretta U.S.A. Corp. “While we had originally planned to use the Tennessee facility for new equipment and for production of new product lines only, we have decided that it is more prudent from the point of view of our future welfare to move the Maryland production lines in their entirety to the new Tennessee facility,” Cooper added. The transition of production from Beretta U.S.A.’s Maryland facility to the Tennessee facility will not occur until 2015 and will be managed so as not to disrupt deliveries to Beretta customers. Beretta U.S.A.’s production of the U.S. Armed Forces M9 9mm pistol will continue at the Accokeek, Maryland facility until all current orders from the U.S. Armed Forces have been filled. “We have not yet begun groundbreaking on the Tennessee facility and we do not anticipate that that building will be completed until the middle part of 2015,” continued Cooper. “That timing, combined with our need to plan an orderly transition of production from one facility to the other so that our delivery obligations to customers are not disrupted, means that no Beretta U.S.A. Maryland employee will be impacted by this news for many months. More importantly, we will use this time to meet with every Beretta U.S.A. employee whose Maryland job might be affected by the move to discuss with them their interest in taking a position at our new facility in Tennessee or, if they are not willing to do so, to lay out a long-term strategy for remaining with the Company while our production in Maryland continues.” Beretta U.S.A. anticipates that the Gallatin, Tennessee facility will involve $45 million of investment in building and equipment and the employment of around 300 employees during the next five years. Beretta U.S.A. has no plans to relocate its office, administrative and executive support functions from its Accokeek, Maryland facility. Media Contact: Jeff Reh JReh@BerettaUSA.com 301-283-2191 ext. 1223 "I came into this world naked, screaming at the top of my lungs, and covered in someone else's blood. I got no problem leaving it that way."Who can hope to be safe? Who sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush. Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Right in my back yard. Gallatin, Tennessee is a nice area. Right on I-65. 30 minutes to Nashville and a good sized airport. Couple of TVA lakes. 40# stripers get caught almost all winter long in the Cumberland river on artificials. Near good trout fishing on the Caney. An hour to the small mouth bass capital of the world... Dale Hollow reservoir. BBQ. Decent deer hunting. The Beretta employees could do a whole lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dena Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Remember the name Martin O'Malley. He is the governor of Maryland that pushed these regs through. He has Presidential aspirations. If you like these regs, and others, and rising taxes and fees, millionaires taxes, he's your guy. Material abundance without character is the path of destruction. -Thomas JeffersonThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. -Soren Kierkegaard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRaider Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Good for Beretta Screw the gun grabbing bed wetters in Maryland A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Remember the name Martin O'Malley. He is the governor of Maryland that pushed these regs through. He has Presidential aspirations. If you like these regs, and others, and rising taxes and fees, millionaires taxes, he's your guy. Was he the genius behind the rain tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 There will be crying about states screwing their people by offering tax incentives to greedy corporations. They may not do it aloud, but it will happen. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Good for beretta, gallatin is a nice area as slacker noted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 There will be crying about states screwing their people by offering tax incentives to greedy corporations. They may not do it aloud, but it will happen. Folks down here don't trip over the dollars to get to the pennies. They are smart enough to know that 300 new skilled labor jobs is worth an investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Right in my back yard. Gallatin, Tennessee is a nice area. Right on I-65. 30 minutes to Nashville and a good sized airport. Couple of TVA lakes. 40# stripers get caught almost all winter long in the Cumberland river on artificials. Near good trout fishing on the Caney. An hour to the small mouth bass capital of the world... Dale Hollow reservoir. BBQ. Decent deer hunting. The Beretta employees could do a whole lot worse. It was my backyard. I grew up on the mouth of Station Camp Creek. **** gun grabbers “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxBeetle Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I'm not into guns, but I'd rather buy a gun made in Tennessee than Maryland. I don't get this post. Its like clam chowder. You want it from New York? Or you want it from New England? Classic .........as we continue on....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bat guano Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by AxBeetle I'm not into guns, but I'd rather buy a gun made in Tennessee than Maryland. I don't get this post. Its like clam chowder. You want it from New York? Or you want it from New England? “During the legislative session in Maryland that resulted in passage of the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, the version of the statute that passed the Maryland Senate would have prohibited Beretta U.S.A. from being able to manufacture, store or even import into the State products that we sell to customers throughout the United States and around the world. While we were able in the Maryland House of Delegates to reverse some of those obstructive provisions, the possibility that such restrictions might be reinstated in the future leaves us very worried about the wisdom of maintaining a firearm manufacturing factory in the State,” stated Jeff Cooper, General Manager for Beretta U.S.A. Corp. It is simple, Maryland is not a good place for Beretta to conduct business. MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Sears Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 It was my backyard. I grew up on the mouth of Station Camp Creek. **** gun grabbers You forgot NO State income tax Must have required Items when and if Moving from MD to TN, Pickup Truck, Big Dog, a Gun and Good Knife oh Ball Cap, and Red Wing Boots, Great area around Savannah, Shilo, Cat Fish Capitol of USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garv Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Can't wait until my kids grow up so I can leave this state. Biggest mistake I ever made, settling in Maryland, when Virginia is just down the road. GarvThe real measure of illiteracy in America should be the percentage of those who cannot read the writing on the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadwall8 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Eventually the economic impact of these manufacturers moving will be felt. One might say, "it's only 300 jobs", but, when subcontractors and service providers close or move on, home prices stagnate, and taxes are raised, that is when the economic impact of "only 300 jobs" is felt. Perhaps then, the voters will realize they are are not any safer, only poorer and will vote the bastards out... a day late and a dollar short. "I came into this world naked, screaming at the top of my lungs, and covered in someone else's blood. I got no problem leaving it that way."Who can hope to be safe? Who sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush. Horace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Quote:Originally Posted by gadwall8 Perhaps then, the voters will realize they are are not any safer, only poorer and will vote the bastards out... a day late and a dollar short. Doubtful. See Detroit. Detroit can no longer afford to supply water to its citizens, and the citizens in increasing numbers can no longer afford running water. MAybe the Rennaisance of Detroit will start with a guy moving there and starting a bucket and stick factory. “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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