Email reply from Hodgdon ref Goex buyout

[roundball]

As of January 2, 2009 Hodgdon Powder Company purchased GOEX. We intend to make no changes in the location of manufacture nor in the personnel who manufacture GOEX. As the largest share of the GOEX production goes to the military and commercial applications, we have great expectations that sales will continue strong and the sporting market will benefit from the volume being produced.
Rest assured, we want GOEX to go on for another hundred years.

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Mike Daly
Customer Satisfaction Manager
The Hodgdon Powder Company Family of Propellants:
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IMR Smokeless Powders
Winchester Smokeless Powders

 

[BrownBear]

Hmmph.

I was hoping to see that they're continuing Goex' quiet effort to get the hazmat designation changed. Hodgdon is a lot bigger outfit and would seem to have more clout.

 

[PreglerD]

Sounds interesting! So we can perhaps purchase Goex bp in Germany too, because until now Goex didn't have a importer for its bp. But Hogdon has several here in Germany.

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[Musketeer]

Nooooo!!! PyrGOdEX! :shocked2: :blah:

 

[nw_hunter]

Call me a pessimist (an informed optimist), but I like to see a little competition.With none, the prices tend to increase, and if they have control and decide to discontinue a product, where do we turn.

The older I get, the less I like change :grin:

 

[roundball]

Call me a pessimist (an informed optimist), but I like to see a little competition.With none, the prices tend to increase, and if they have control and decide to discontinue a product, where do we turn.

The older I get, the less I like change :grin:

I hear you...but the flip side is they may have been just about ready to go out of business altogether.

 

[oldarmy]

Time to stock up anyway...with the changes in Washington.
It's only a matter of time before Black Powder is a thing of the past.
Also I need a road trip to Maine while gas is still a bargain.
Buy as much as you can afford..It keeps for a long time

 

[catman]

I called Powder Inc. this afternoon and ask them if they heard of any unforseen problems with the buyout and with any new Government regs. and the possibles with new regulations if any may happen. They said they didn't see any problems in the future of Goex as it stands or with new regs. as of now. :hmm: I guess we'll see.

 

[Old Sarge]

Oh No...Here we go again!!!!!!! :bull:

 

[Finnwolf]

Things sure have changed from the days when I used to take my empty GOEX can to the plant here in Springbrook and they used to fill it for a buck and a half!
'Course we don't miss the periodic explosions