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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeretta USA Announces Decision to Move Its Entire Maryland Manufacturing Capabilities to Tennessee
http://www.beretta.com/en-us/gallatin/#.U86085EIrnY.twitterSucks for my home state of Maryland ......
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"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. "
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Beretta USA Announces Decision to Move Its Entire Maryland Manufacturing Capabilities to Tennessee (Original Post)
kelly1mm
Jul 2014
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LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)1. Well, you really can't blame Beretta for moving.
It looks like MD might make their plant illegal eventually, anyway, so they might as well make the move now and not risk an interruption in production later. I hate it for the people in MD who lost their jobs, but the political situation in MD isn't good for a gun maker.
msongs
(67,403 posts)2. at least Maryland can wash the blood off its hands...so to speak nt