Federal Cartridge
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| legal form | Company |
| founding | 1916 |
| Seat | Anoka ( USA ) |
| management | Gerald W. Bersett |
| Number of employees | 1000 |
| Branch | Defense industry |
| Website | www.federalpremium.com |
| Status: February 24, 2012 | |
The Federal Cartridge Company is an American ammunition and weapons manufacturer owned by Vista Outdoor . The company is based in Anoka , approximately 34 kilometers northwest of Minneapolis , Minnesota . About 1,000 people are employed.
history
The Federal Cartridge Company was founded in 1916 by the brothers Harry and Lewis Sherman as the Federal Cartridge and Bicycle Company . They started making ammunition and bicycles . A year later, the Sherman brothers reorganized the company and from then on operated as the Federal Cartridge Company . Due to internal problems, ineffective sales and marketing problems, the brothers closed the company in 1920. Two years later, on April 27, 1922, Charles L. Horn took over the management of the Federal Cartridge Company.
The following decades were marked by growth and the expansion of the company's product portfolio. During World War II , the Federal Cartridge Company won an $ 87 million contract to build a new Twin Cities Ordnance Plant in New Brighton . After the Second World War, the plant produced ammunition for the Korean and Vietnam wars .
In 1985, Federal Cartridge was sold to private investors. They sold Federal Cartridge to Pentair Inc. three years later, in 1988, for $ 175 million . In 1992, Federal Cartridge ousted Remington Arms from second place among ammunition producers in the small-caliber ammunition segment. After nine years with Pentair Inc., Federal Cartridge was sold to Blount International in 1997 for $ 112 million. The owners of Blount International two years later sold the entire company to Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking . 2001 became Alliant Techsystems Federal Premium Ammunition and other companies from the portfolio of Lehmann Brother Merchant Banking and formed from the division ATK Security and Sporting . In 2015 this division became independent under the name Vista Outdoor. Ammunition has been marketed under the name Federal Premium Ammunition since 2002 .
Logo and trademarks
The logo colors of Federal Premium Ammunition are gold ( PANTONE Metallic optionally 872 C or U; alternatively PANTONE 126 C or 125 U) and black (Pantone alternatively Process Black C or U; alternatively PANTONE Black C or U). There is a detailed description of how to use it to reproduce the logo.
Federal Cartridge has an extensive portfolio of brands . 115 trademarks are currently registered.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bloomberg Businessweek (ed.): Federal Cartridge Company . ( HTML [accessed February 24, 2012]).
- ↑ a b c Federal Cartridge Company: 80 Years Young Archive Version ( Memento of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ New York Times (Ed.): Sale to Pentair . November 15, 1988 ( HTML [accessed February 24, 2012]).
- ↑ Barnaby J. Feder: As Gun Debate Rages, Ammunition Makers Are Quietly, and Busily, at Work . Ed .: New York Times. March 20, 1992 ( HTML [accessed February 24, 2012]).
- ^ New York Times (ed.): COMPANY BRIEFS . November 6, 1997 ( HTML [accessed February 24, 2012]).
- ↑ Blount International (Ed.): Blount History . ( HTML [accessed February 24, 2012]).
- ↑ Federal Premium Ammunition (Ed.): Federal Premium logo usage . S. 2 ( PDF 125kB [accessed on February 24, 2012]).
- ^ Trademarkia, Inc (Ed.): Federal Cartridge Company . ( HTML ).
Coordinates: 45 ° 12 ′ 6.9 ″ N , 93 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ W.