Brownell's Acquires Sinclair International
Dateline: Montezuma, Iowa–6/26/2007
Late Breaking story–Today Frank Brownell confirmed that Brownell’s is acquiring the business and all the assets of Sinclair International, one of the leading vendors for the precision shooting market. More than a catalog and online retailer, Sinclair designs and manufactures many of its own specialty reloading products. Sinclair Int’l will function as a separate entity of Brownells, and Bill Gravatt will continue as the President of Sinclair Int’l. Sinclair will maintain its facilities and operations in Indiana, and will continue to sell its full product line as a Brownells-owned enterprise.
Here is the official press release:
“Brownells® Purchases Sinclair International
Brownells, the World’s Largest Supplier of Firearms Accessories and Gunsmithing Tools, is extremely pleased and proud to announce the acquisition of Sinclair International, Inc. Sinclair International is one of the most respected manufacturers and suppliers of high quality reloading tools and shooting accessories in the world. Sinclair International, located in Indiana, is in its 22nd year and provides products to customers around the world. Brownells, operating out of Iowa, is in its 68th year and also supplies customers world-wide.
The joining of these two highly-respected companies brings to the firearms world the top-quality selection of the very best products, the exceptional personal customer service and the absolute guarantee of customer satisfaction their customers expect. ‘It was a very natural decision,’ said Frank Brownell, President of Brownells, ‘for us to join with another very successful, highly regarded company with the same values, the same care and concern for their customers and the same quality and service standards we hold dear.’ Bill Gravatt, president of Sinclair remarked that, ‘With Brownells Sinclair will continue providing the very best products available, and will strengthen our product line for shooters of all disciplines. I’m extremely excited about the future for both companies.’
Sinclair International will function as a separate entity of Brownells, and Bill Gravatt, will continue as the President of Sinclair International. The focus of Sinclair International will continue to be on providing high-quality products to their customers along with exceptional, personal customer service. For more information, please contact Larry Weeks at (641) 623-5401 or larryw@brownells.com or Bill Gravatt at (260) 493-1858 or billg@sinclairintl.com.”
Here is the text of an email sent by Frank Brownell today, with more details:
“Dear Customers and Friends,
We’ve got some Great News to tell you–the Brownells family is growing! After working out the details with our close friend, Bill Gravatt, President of Sinclair International, Brownells has purchased Sinclair International. Bill, Pete and I have been talking about the project for some time, and we all decided to go ahead and wrap it up and get to the business of serving you better!
The purchase means big things for both companies. For Brownells, we will be adding Bill to our Management Team, Marketing Team and Strategic team while adding top quality reloading products to our growing family of products for you. For Sinclair, it will allow them to strengthen their product line for shooters of all disciplines.
Frankly, we are plum delighted. Brownells is the World’s largest Supplier of Firearms Accessories and Gunsmithing Tools. Likewise, Sinclair is known the world over for its high quality reloading tools and shooting accessories. Our strengths and skills, deep concern for our customers, extremely high levels of customer service and outstanding product lines definitely dovetail into each other. Together, under our extremely strong teams, we will be able to provide our customers with truly exemplary service–truly an all new benchmark of service, selection and satisfaction.
The Sinclair name isn’t changing, their operation will remain at the facilities in Indiana.
It’s exciting times for both our families and our family-owned and family-founded companies.
Best Regards,
Frank Brownell
President”