remington

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Introduction:
Remington is a firearm and ammunition manufacturing company. Remington is one America’s largest firearm seller. They have fulfilled military contracts for foreign countries, and have armed the US military for 150 years. It is primarily stationed in Madison, North Carolina, and provides goods/services for private and public sale. Remington was created in 1816, and since then they have fulfilled many military contracts for the United States as well as for 55 foreign countries. It is currently one of the largest firearm producers in the world, and is renowned for its upmost quality. Due to Remington’s patriotic oriented business format, all of its firearms and ammunition is created in the United States.

Brief history of Remington:
Remington was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington II in Ilion Gulch, New York. Eliphalet Remington II had created the first Remington rifle himself. Once Eliphalet Remington II’s rifle was unveiled to the public, immediately buy orders came in to produce more rifles.
Remington quickly grew and was seen as a leading firearm which then expanded its firearm goods by creating the first hammerless auto-loading shotgun, as well as many their own repeating firearms. As the array of firearms created by Remington grew, more interest was put into the company, and therefore in 1865 it was formed into a stock company.
Quickly, Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn, which was another firearm oriented business merged with Remington, froming Remington U.M.C.
As the Great War took place, Remington U.M.C capital increased do to their demand for firearms. To employ the new capital potential of the company, Remington entered many other markets and started producing apparel, cash registers,...

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...s hunting needs. Another primary good of Remington is the production of ammunition. The company branches off into the clothing market with its Remington 1816 brand, but that is a separate company and has little in common with Remington Arms, other than that both are managed by Freedom Group.
The goods which Remington produces are known for their high quality.
The specific products which Remington makes are based on which brand is creating them. To help explain the array of products manufactured by Remington, firstly one must understand what each of Remington brands are responsible for.
Each of Remington brands are actually individual companies all acting as a subsidiaries to Remington.
Since Remington is in a multitude of markets, it does not do it all under one main brand. The corporation is split up into lesser divisions whom all focus on their specific market.

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