43-407: Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms . Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons . Eliphalet Remington II was born in 1793 in the town of Suffield, Connecticut . He was the second child of four surviving children (but
86-508: A typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers . Formed in 1927 following a merger, Remington Rand was a diversified conglomerate making other office equipment, electric shavers, etc. The Remington Rand Building at 315 Park Avenue South in New York City is a 20-floor skyscraper completed in 1911. After 1955, Remington Rand had
129-545: A long series of mergers and acquisitions that eventually resulted in the formation of Unisys . During World War II , Remington Rand produced M1911 pistols used by the United States Armed Forces. Remington Rand was formed in 1927 by the merger of the Remington Typewriter Company and Rand Kardex Corporation . One of its earliest factories, the former Herschell–Spillman Motor Company Complex ,
172-836: A major sporting goods chain that also owned the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in Bridgeport and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven , both in Connecticut. At this time, the company formally changed its name to the Remington Arms Company. When the US entered World War I , Remington became deeply involved in the war effort. Remington was left with huge stocks of guns and ammunition and no prospects for payment. The US government purchased
215-539: A plan for national expansion. With the aid of DuPont, Remington built the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (named Lake City Arsenal initially) and Denver Ordnance ammunition plants, and three more plants later on, including the Lowell Ordnance Plant . Though the plants belonged to the US government, Remington was asked to oversee their operation. Among the weapons that Remington manufactured for
258-403: A pre-approved restructuring plan supported by 97% of its creditors, which canceled all shares of common stock issued before the bankruptcy proceedings, and the issuance of new shares to convert over $ 775 million of company debt into equity. The families of nine victims and a teacher who were shot and survived the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting with a Remington Bushmaster rifle filed
301-490: A wrongful death lawsuit in Connecticut state court seeking a jury trial to recover unspecified damages. The case was briefly moved to federal court before being referred back to the state court level. In 2016, the suit was initially dismissed by a Connecticut Superior Court citing the immunity provided to firearms manufacturers by the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) of 2005. Remington's bankruptcy delayed
344-742: Is Remington Firearms owned by RemArms, LLC. , and the ammunition business is Remington Ammunition owned by Vista Outdoor Inc . Founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington as E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York , it was one of the oldest gun makers in the United States and claimed to be the oldest factory in the country that still made its original product. The company was the largest rifle manufacturer in North America according to 2015 ATF statistics. The company developed or adopted more cartridges than any other gun maker or ammunition manufacturer in
387-525: The 1952 U.S. presidential election . With a sample of 1% of the voting population it predicted Eisenhower's win. In 1949, Remington Rand designed the Remington Rand 409 , a control panel programmed punched card calculator (but not introduced as a product until 1952 as the UNIVAC ;60 then in 1953 as the UNIVAC 120 with double the memory). They also sold punched card systems, beginning with
430-515: The Ithaca Gun Company . After the war all contracts for the 1911A1 were cancelled. The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the second commercial computer made in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly , the inventors of the ENIAC . Design work was begun by their company, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation , and was completed after
473-587: The National Shooting Sports Foundation president, the article said that since 1986, "interest in hunting" had "declined". The sale of long guns—which represented 75% of Remington sales had become "slack" by 1993, while the sale of handguns had become the "fastest-growing segment" of the gun industry. In June 2007, a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management , acquired Remington Arms for $ 370 million, including $ 252 million in assumed debt. It became part of Cerberus' Freedom Group. Remington
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#1733116254729516-571: The Remington 700 BDL , Remington 700P SS for police and law enforcement agencies (the rifle, later renamed 700P, is very popular among law enforcement agencies) and the military M24 SWS , which was the United States Army standard sniper rifle between 1988 and 2010. Other armed forces worldwide still use it, such as the IDF . Other firearms companies designed and manufactured sniper rifles based on
559-674: The "Remington Express." On February 17, 2014, Remington announced a plan to build a new state-of-the-art plant in Huntsville, Alabama . Remington said it decided to move two production lines from the Ilion, New York , plant as a result of the fallout from the NY SAFE Act , which restricted gun ownership in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting . AR-15 style semi-automatic rifles from Bushmaster , DPMS , and Remington (R-15) and 1911 style R-1 pistols were produced in
602-639: The 1927 merger, the Remington Rand Corp. continued to manufacture and sell typewriters. During World War II, Remington Rand produced 958,764 licensed copies of the M1911 pistol for the war effort between 1943 and 1945. These were shipped to the Springfield Armory as each contract was fulfilled. Colt Manufacturing Company was unable to fulfill the demand and was assisted by Remington Rand, Singer Corporation , Union Switch & Signal , Remington Arms and
645-500: The 1928 acquisition of the Powers Accounting Machine Company and ending in the 1950s. Remington Rand also made electric razors . The Remington brand of razor was originally produced by a division of Remington Rand, starting in 1937. Sperry Corporation sold the division in 1979 to Victor Kiam , who became the company spokesman of the new Remington Products Company. His line, "I liked the shaver so much, I bought
688-602: The Air Force and the Army, were among the first to use the computers. When companies started to buy the computers, they would leave the computers at the Remington Rand facility since they were so big and bulky. The UNIVAC I was about the size of a one-car garage, and 46 of them were built and sold for $ 1 million each. Remington Rand was acquired by Sperry Corporation in 1955 to form Sperry Rand (later shortened to Sperry). However,
731-502: The CBS news program 60 Minutes about X-Mark Pro trigger defects linked to several deaths, and amassed some $ 950 million worth of debt. The low sales and debt were blamed on either a reduction in "panic-buying", or diminishing quality and reputation. Remington filed for bankruptcy in March 2018, and exited bankruptcy on May 17, 2018, less than two months later. The company's quick exit was due to
774-605: The Obama administration, were creating a rise in demand. In 2009, Remington's former ammunition factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was investigated by the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures . The site was eventually purchased by Peter DiNardo Enterprises Inc. and was scheduled for demolition. In October 2009, Remington Military products acquired suppressor manufacturer Advanced Armament Corporation . In 2010, Remington introduced
817-575: The brand "Remington Rand" continued as a subdivision for many years. Sperry merged in 1986 with Burroughs to form Unisys . Remington Rand was a regular co-sponsor of the CBS panel show What's My Line? throughout much of the show's run. Remington Rand had a major worker strike between 1936 and 1937 when the company bought the Noiseless Typewriter Company in 1924, and the Noiseless Typewriter Company kept their company name and their workers were getting paid by Remington Rand. Also in
860-522: The company had been acquired by Remington Rand. (In the years before successor models of the UNIVAC I appeared, the machine was simply known as "the UNIVAC".) The first UNIVAC was delivered to the United States Census Bureau on March 31, 1951, and was dedicated on June 14 that year. The fifth machine (built for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ) was used by CBS to predict the result of
903-792: The facility in Lonoke, Arkansas. A year later, Remington built a new clay targets plant in Athens, Georgia . According to an article in The New York Times , in 1993, Remington's parent company—DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont)—sold Remington to the New York investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) for $ 300 million. The Times , citing the National Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association said that "rifle and shotgun sales totaled $ 900 million" in 1992. Citing
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#1733116254729946-569: The family business, he formed the firm of E. Remington and Sons , which he headed until his death in 1861. The company continued to grow and to develop its product and gradually began the manufacture of other sporting goods, such as bicycles. The company operated as Remington Arms until its bankruptcy in 2020. Remington married Abigail Paddock (1790–1841), and together they had five children: Philo , Eliphalet III, Samuel, Mary Ann and Naria. He donated substantial sums of money to then newly established Syracuse University . In August 1861, Remington
989-604: The fastest commercially available shotgun shell, Hypersonic Steel, with a patented wad technology that allows the shot to travel at 1,700 ft/s (520 m/s). After a 12-year absence from the handgun market, Remington announced the Remington 1911 R1 in 2010. It had previously ceased production of its last handgun, the Model XP-100R in 1998. Later in 2010, Remington introduced the Versa Max auto-loading shotgun. Its patented "Versa Port" system self-regulates gas pressure based on
1032-628: The firearms. During the Great Depression , Remington was purchased by DuPont , which had made its name with improvements to gunpowder . A year later, Remington purchased the Peters Cartridge Company ; today, many of the Remington headstamps still have "R-P" on them for Remington-Peters. In 1940, the US Army became worried about its ammunition capacity and asked Remington to collaborate on
1075-515: The government during World War II was the famous M1903A3 Springfield bolt-action rifle. During the 1950s and 1960s, Remington expanded into other products besides guns, with the purchase of Mall Tool Company in 1956. One of the products was chain saws . In 1962, Remington introduced the Model 700 bolt-action rifle . The rifle became one of Remington's most successful firearms and quickly lent itself to developments of many sub-variants, including
1118-424: The gunsmithing business. By 1828, he moved his operation to nearby Ilion . The modern Remington firearms plant still uses this site. On March 7, 1888, two years after spinning off the typewriter business which later became Remington Rand , the Remington family sold the ownership of E. Remington & Sons to new owners, Marcellus Hartley and Partners. This consisted of Hartley and Graham of New York, New York ,
1161-491: The idea of the Mohawk Valley Formula to try to break up the strike. The Mohawk Valley Formula was used to spread propaganda about the union strikes. The propaganda was carried out by spreading rumors and lambasting the union strikers for hurting their families, by having no income for their households since they were out of work. The propaganda was also often used to call the union strikers communist or anarchist, to make
1204-443: The length of the cartridge used, enabling the shotgun to shoot light 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (70 mm) target loads, 3 in (76 mm) hunting loads, and 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) magnum hunting loads. In 2012, Remington won a US Army contract to manufacture 24,000 M4A1 carbines at $ 673 per unit worth $ 16,163,252 total. In 2013, for the first time since 1928, Remington began to offer an air rifle, called
1247-457: The makers of the ENIAC , and in 1952, they acquired Engineering Research Associates (ERA), both of which were pioneers in electronic computing. At that time, Remington Rand was one of the biggest computer companies in the United States. On June 14, 1951, the company's first computer was introduced, the UNIVAC ;I (Universal Automatic Computer). Many branches of the U.S. military, including
1290-541: The only son) of Elizabeth (née Kilbourn) and Eliphalet Remington, whose family origins lay in Yorkshire , England . He was a cousin of the western artist Frederic Remington . Eliphalet II followed in his father's footsteps and entered the blacksmith trade at the family's rural forge in Herkimer County , New York . The original family home at Kinne Corners, New York , built about 1810 and known as Remington House ,
1333-557: The plant was closing. The Middletown plant was run by strikebreakers until the closing of the plant in 1940. Today the building is the home of Stubborn Beauty Brewery. Initially produced by E. Remington and Sons , Remington typewriters were the first to use the QWERTY keyboard layout. Remington had bought the design from its inventor, Christopher Sholes . The Remington No.1 was the first model released. All keys were uppercase. Remington spun off Remington Typewriter Company in 1886, and after
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1376-589: The plant. The plant was touted by Alabama's Department of Commerce Secretary and by Remington as a boon to Alabama's economy. The president of United Mine Workers Local 717, which represented workers at Ilion, expressed fears about the future of the New York facility and blamed the NY SAFE Act for the company's decision to favor Alabama over New York. Subsequently, about 100 Remington jobs were shifted from New York to Alabama. Beginning in late 2017, Remington began bankruptcy planning, having suffered declining sales and reputation; damage from an August 2017 exposé on
1419-506: The public hate the union strikers. In 1937, the NLRB decided in favor of the workers, and the board ordered Rand to stop interfering with employees' unions and their right to organize. After the strike ended in the summer 1940, the Middletown plant had closed permanently, leaving 1,200 employees without jobs. There were still legal battles being fought for the employees that were in the strike while
1462-581: The reliable and accurate Remington Model 700 action. In 1969, Remington broke ground on a new ammunition manufacturing plant in Lonoke, Arkansas . By 1970, centerfire ammunition in the Remington, UMC and Peter's brand names were being produced by the facility. The company's shotshell then rimfire ammunition production operations were subsequently moved to the Lonoke facility in the mid 1970s and early 1980s. In 1986, Remington closed its ammunition plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut , completely transferring operations to
1505-545: The suit. On March 14, 2019, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, 4–3, that the suit's wrongful marketing claim could proceed to trial under Connecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA) which addressed marketing including "truly unethical and irresponsible marketing practices promoting criminal conduct" and was not preempted by the PLCAA. The US Supreme Court declined to hear the case. On February 15, 2022, it
1548-556: The summer of 1936, James Rand Jr. tried to break up the strike by firing union workers and hiring new workers to take their places. Rand Jr. also threatened to close the plant. The strike got so severe that state and local police helped keep the strikers from throwing stones at workers and vehicles. The strike was started by the Federal Union, which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). James Rand Jr. used
1591-477: The world. The Remington company was founded in 1816. Eliphalet Remington II (1793–1861) believed he could build a better gun than he could buy. Remington began designing and building a flintlock rifle for himself. At age 23 (in late 1816), he entered a shooting match; though he finished second, his well-made gun impressed other contestants. Before Remington left the field that day, he had received so many orders from other competitors that he had officially entered
1634-557: Was a contract manufacturer of the M1911A1 .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Remington Rand produced more M1911A1 pistols than any other wartime manufacturer. Remington Rand ranked 66th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. In 1950, Remington Rand acquired the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation , founded by
1677-479: Was announced that a $ 73 million settlement had been reached between the Sandy Hook families and Remington. The cost of the settlement was borne by insurers. On July 28, 2020, Remington filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and its assets were divided up and sold to various buyers, including: Remington Rand Remington Rand, Inc. was an early American business machine manufacturer, originally
1720-503: Was diagnosed with "inflammation of the bowels". He would die shortly after on August 12, 1861. Remington Arms Remington Arms Company, LLC , was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition . It was formerly owned by the Remington Outdoor Company , which went bankrupt in 2020 with its lines of business sold to several purchasers. Two resulting companies each bear the Remington name—the firearms manufacturer
1763-472: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The younger Remington worked with his father in the forge, and at 23 he hand-made a flintlock rifle using a firing mechanism bought from a gunsmith , but constructing the barrel himself. The rifle received such a response that Remington decided to manufacture it in quantity. By 1840, when his three sons began to take a more active role in
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1806-620: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Within the first year, Remington Rand acquired the Dalton Adding Machine Company, the Powers Accounting Machine Company , the Baker-Vawter Company, and the Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Company. From 1936 to 1937 Remington Rand workers went on strike, which resulted in violence and the loss of jobs. From 1942 to 1945, Remington Rand
1849-585: Was millions of dollars in debt and did not report a profit from 2003 to 2005. In 2015, the Freedom Group was renamed Remington Outdoor Company . In December 2007, Remington Arms acquired rifle-maker Marlin Firearms . In 2009, ammunition sales continued to remain high despite the ongoing United States Ammunition Shortage during that time. Chief Executive Officer Ted Torbeck said that consumer concerns over future restrictions, and taxes on ammunition and firearms by
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