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05-19-2008, 03:50 PM
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| nelson fanboy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Monmouth, Oregon
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  | Is Mike Casady/CCI a machine shop or? I am wondering, since i came upon a site A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. same street as CCI's address, one of the pics on there, shows phantom parts and complete phantom....makes me wonder, is Mike of CCI a machinist there, or is he just an assembler? from its history web site In 1987 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. became the major machined part supplier of Component Concepts, the leading producer of premium pump paintball markers.
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05-19-2008, 03:51 PM
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| Binky (mod)  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY
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| Edit: "In 1987 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. became the major machined part supplier of Component Concepts, the leading producer of premium pump paintball markers." from A.R.E's history page. Super EDIT: I'd originally had "I believe he owns both.... but I could be wrong" ..... then changed to the above.... and probably should have read your complete post  E
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| Village Idiot  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Barre VT
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| Lord humungus the Mod  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Finally!!!
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| Whoa!!! Look at some of those machines...thats one tooled up dude. -Jake
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05-19-2008, 04:01 PM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hinton Alberta
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| I figured Mike was a busy fellow, but not that busyy. If he owns both companies, wow. Good business practices pay off. That and it would explain why he's a "one man company", but is able to produce as many markers as he has. One man on the books, but everything is contracted out to his own, other company.
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| nelson fanboy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Monmouth, Oregon
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| again from ARE's website, no mention of Mike Casady.....I dont think he owns the companies, more of is the vendor through which they make parts for to sell. CUSTOMER SERVICE: Phone: 503-538-0350 Email: customerservice@aremfg.biz QUOTING: Phone: 503-538-0350 Email: quotes@aremfg.biz Name Posistion Phone Ext. Alvin Elbert President 225 Alvin@aremfg.biz Susan Snyder Accounting 223 Susan@aremfg.biz Paul Parlette Production Manager 226 Paul@aremfg.biz Janice Elbert Production Coordinator 222 Janice@aremfg.biz Richard Cook Quality Manager 227 Richard@aremfg.biz Tina Brewster Customer Service 221 Tina@aremfg.biz
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| He made pneumatic tools (I believe for the dental industry) before paintball guns. CCI, I think, also does other things aside from paintball, designing and manufacturing parts He does not make all phantom parts, some are made by other companies. All phantoms are assembled by him at CCI though
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05-19-2008, 04:07 PM
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| Binky (mod) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY
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| Yeah the "dental tool" bit was mentioned in an article about the semi auto phantom... mind is failing as I can't remember the name... major brain fart. E
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05-19-2008, 04:09 PM
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| nelson fanboy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Monmouth, Oregon
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| right, the way i see it is, Mike assembles, and receives certain parts, and stocks up and sells them through his shop, but that means he's a 2nd party retailer, not the 1st party, so the costs of parts and such is taken down from his retail, to what he pays for them from A.R.E. MFG, who does them on a bigger scale, for the economy of scale to pay off handsomely, and it seems they do not make large profit on the parts, while Mike is making enough to keep himself in business as well as expand somewhat...it is possible that he and A.R.E. were allied from the beginning, since CCI was founded in 1987, coincindent with A.R.E. becoming the major machined part supplier...
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