When Did Remington Buy AAC?

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Had to contact AAC Customer service today as I had an unfortunate baffle strike occur on my 762SD. The interaction and following up on what the customer service rep said would happen was A+!!! But, I was, and still am, a little shocked that the e-mail I got with the detailed instructions on what to do with my suppressor came from Remington Arms...When Did AAC sell their shop to Remington?
 
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Moved out of GA some time later to Huntsville to be closer to Remington I guess. And upgrade their facilities I presume.
 
AAC moved in 2015 as Remington was standing up the new Huntsville facility. AAC is in the same buildings as Remington in Huntsville. After all the RIFs and people leaving there is, I believe, only one or two of the original work force from GA still working for AAC. Remington is a mess, hopefully that does not effect your repair.
 
I get what you're laying down. Instead of beating around a tree, just come and say that I should of used the search function prior to starting an entire new thread...my bad
Just did a "search " on your question. Found many links with that information.
 
Sorry, Earl gave the best and most concise answer for a couple of reasons.
REMINGTON® ACQUIRES ADVANCED ARMAMENT CORP™
Madison, N.C.

AAC will continue day-to-day operations at their Georgia-based location under the guidance of company founder, Kevin Brittingham, and report to the Remington Military Products Division (MPD).

“We welcome Kevin and his team of engineers and designers on board,” commented Theodore (Ted) Torbeck, CEO of Remington and its parent, Freedom Group, Inc. “With the acquisition of AAC, we can enhance our research and development capabilities and deliver a more competitive product to the end user; further strengthening Remington’s position in the domestic and international markets.”
Since this "news release":
1. AAC DIDN'T continue operations in Georgia......they moved to Alabama.
2. Kevin Brittingham was famously fired and escorted out of AAC offices. Several of his senior staff left that day on their own.
3. KB subsequently sued Remington and reportedly won somewhere around $16 million for Remington violating the buyout agreement. Here's the TTAG article: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/kevin-brittingham-post/
4. The Remington executive (Jason Schauble) responsible for the KB debacle left Remington shortly thereafter. He was hired at Tracking Point ("smart" rifles) who fired him after a little more than a year:https://www.statesman.com/article/20131126/NEWS/311269653
5. Kevin Brittingham and his minions get hired by Sig to design the Sig line of silencers. He lasts two years....KB leaves Sig with his minions and forms a new silencer company, Q.
6. Jason Schauble resurfaces as Silencerco's "Chief Revenue Officer"........named company president in March 2017. SiCo and Schauble part ways eight months later.
7. Why did Silencerco need a "Chief Revenue Officer"? Well, they ran off the best guys they had: Mike Pappas, Gary Hughes and Henry Graham. And then got in a snit fit with the largest distributor of silencers in the country...Silencer Shop.
8. Pappas founded Dead Air, Graham founded Rugged.....
9. SiCo basically created two of their biggest competitors and Remington neutered theirs in addition to enabling the rise of Sig and Q.

Who needs Tiger King when the silencer biz has this much drama?:rofl:
 
Nope, stay away from Remington business wise. They can not find their butt with either hand. When was the last time it was taught in a school of business that you pay millions for a company then destroy it within 2 years. Perhaps that is their new business model, dump millions in the toilet then flush vigorously.
 
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