Magpul... sales gimmick or sincere ideology?

[JLawson]

From the article:

The gun parts manufacturer Magpul Industries made headlines six months ago when it threatened to leave Colorado in protest of its new gun laws, but is still in its same location in Boulder County.

And many of its customers and supporters aren’t too happy about it.

“Hmmm. I hope I am wrong, but I’m starting to feel dumb for buying a bunch of your stuff to support your company during your move and beyond,” Arizona customer Michael Franklin wrote on the company’s Facebook page last week. “What happened to the principles you were passionate about?”

Six months?  Is that enough time to move a company?


http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/18/magpul-still-in-colorado-customers-starting-to-get-irked/

[Solus]

I'd say no.

How many folks could move to a new house in 6 months...some probably if the circumstances were dire...

But I bet most would like that time to find the best buy in the best place where they want to move...once they have decided where it is they want to move.

Then they might want some time to get top dollar for the property they are leaving.

And they might want to be sure all working members of the family have a chance to find decent jobs...and the kids get spots in decent schools...

Given a choice, I'd say most folks would find the 6 months very beneficial.

I can only think a company would need more time than that.

[kmitch200]

Six months?  Is that enough time to move a company?

As Solus pointed out, they need a place to go first...then finance it, etc., etc. 
I could easily move in six months but I'm not a company.

[TAB]

you would be lucky to just find a location to fit your needs in 6 months. In town. Out of state it would be worse.   

[TAB]

now that i think about it, there is still tons of ex manufactoring space in central or.  It use to be building materials, coachs(rv)  and other smaller industrys.  Still several million sqft  empty.  Might be a good place to relocate  *wink*     does anyone know how big their factory is?   

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[tombogan03884]

Another thing to keep in mind is that they deal in plastic products, there are a butt load of EPA regulations they need to comply with, paperwork, environmental studies etc. etc .

[JC5123]

It has been on the news here pretty frequently in the last few months, Gillette, WY has been lobbying them HARD to move there. I know people from both the city council (including the mayor) and the county commission have both met with MAGPUL repeatedly. We have our fingers crossed. It would be awesome to be hosting yet another industry hated by the left! Guns, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas! OH MY!!!!

[scottr]

From what Magpul has said a good bit of their parts molding is done by subs. So you have to consider them too.

And you should be near a major shipment hub or at least on an interstate close to a UPS/Fedex distribution center. That is in a gun friendly state and county and city. Without ruinous taxes. Not looking at governmental bankruptcy. With a semi-skilled to skilled blue collar workforce needing jobs. With good inexpensive housing available. Decent schools. And cheap industrial space. With excess (and cheap) electrical capacity. That is fun to work and live in.

Kind of limits the possibilities.

[lhprop1]

From what Magpul has said a good bit of their parts molding is done by subs. So you have to consider them too.

And you should be near a major shipment hub or at least on an interstate close to a UPS/Fedex distribution center. That is in a gun friendly state and county and city. Without ruinous taxes. Not looking at governmental bankruptcy. With a semi-skilled to skilled blue collar workforce needing jobs. With good inexpensive housing available. Decent schools. And cheap industrial space. With excess (and cheap) electrical capacity. That is fun to work and live in.

Kind of limits the possibilities.

I work in trucking and I can tell you that moving to Gillette, WY would significantly increase their shipping costs.  The cost of getting raw materials shipped in would nearly double.  The cost of shipping finished product out would decrease slightly or stay the same, but the availability of trucks in that area is almost zero.

As far as shipping out finished product goes, a quick search shows me that there are only 43 available trucks in the entire northern half of WY/western SD right now.  Only 1 of them is within 100 miles and only 18 of them are within 250 miles.  That won't be good for getting your product to market. 

[TAB]

Raw materails need not be shipped by truck, rail freight is much cheaper, but not always accessable.   plastics almost always come in about bb sized pellets for injection moulding  they come in barels and large sacks,( like pallet sized)  so they can be shipped by almost means