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Is Smart Parts Going Out of Business? For about a week now there's been a rumor going around that Smart Parts will be closing its doors at the end of the year. Similar rumors have popped up in the past, especially when they laid off numerous employees earlier this year. Previously, though, Smart Parts released an official statement that discounted the rumors, but nothing has come up this time and store owners report an inability to order products. If Smart Parts has an official statement to make about the status of their company, I'd be happy to publish it - just contact me.Whether or not Smart Parts is dying, the fact that the rumor seems so plausible is just another indication of the current troubles of the paintball industry. A few years ago it would have been unthinkable for one of the largest and longest-lived paintball companies to close its doors, but now I almost expect a major manufacturer to announce plans to end its operations. When Smart Parts released the Ion a few years ago, it really was at the top of the paintball world. Of course, at that time, GM was also still the world's largest auto producer. Times have changed.Is Smart Parts Going Out of Business? originally appeared on About.com Paintball on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 13:53:40.Permalink | Comment | Email this paintball.about.com |
Smart Parts is Closed (Temporarily) Smart Parts is temporarily closed while they go through corporate restructuring. They claim in their press release that they will be finished by the end of January, but it will be interesting to see what type of company (if any) emerges.The press release reads in part:During this time, the company will not be able accept or process orders, ship or receive products or perform repairs. The restructuring process is expected to be completed by the end of January 2010."It is important that people do not send equipment in for service during this time," said company Vice President, Adam Gardner. "Our buildings will not be staffed during the restructuring, so there will be no one there to receive packages. They will automatically be refused and returned to the sender.Smart Parts is Closed (Temporarily) originally appeared on About.com Paintball on Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 16:53:22.Permalink | Comment | Email this paintball.about.com |
KEE Action Sports Buys JT Following the news that JT was closing its Brass Eagle paintball manufacturing facility, the writing was on the wall that JT's days were numbered. After several days of rumors, KEE officially announced that they will acquire JT's assets including the JT, ViewLoader and Brass Eagle brands.With this purchase, KEE now is the unchallenged paintball giant in terms of the size and scope of paintball equipment offered - ranging from guns to soft goods to paintballs and everything in between. With the addition of JT, KEE now owns roughly half of the common brands of paintball gear including Pure Energy, BT, Empire, Halo, Invert, Diablo and RPS.I hope their increasing market share will drive them to perpetual innovation and not to a monopolistic control of the industry. Only time will tell how it turns out for them and for paintball as a whole.KEE Action Sports Buys JT originally appeared on About.com Paintball on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 15:11:07.Permalink | Comment | Email this paintball.about.com |