Brass Eagle Paint Manufacturing shutting its doors.

Painthappy · 12-30-2009, 08:08 PM

Link:
Southwest Missouri paintball manufacturing plant to close, costing 60 jobs -- chicagotribune.com

"The Brass Eagle plant in the town of Neosho will shut down in mid-February, although a paintball distribution operation will remain in business."

sparky · 12-30-2009, 08:11 PM

I had no clue that BE paint manufacturing place was is in Neosho, it's random place I've been to before. Sucks about the loss of jobs for the region. But at least the paint quality was poor at the best of times...

fraggy0117 · 12-30-2009, 08:17 PM

does that mean the half case of monsterballs in my bedroom will start gaining value? Joking aside, this might put strain on the outlaw ballers that depend on super cheap paint.

b-cuzz · 12-30-2009, 08:24 PM

More of the Corporate Cutthroats at work. When they own everything, their competition won't hurt them if they cut costs and manufacturing. So what if 60 families won't be provided for, it costs them less in insurance. Just adds more sad statistics to the current (and rather large) unemployment rate in southwest Missouri. Yee ha.

thisissparta · 12-30-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I had no clue that BE paint manufacturing place was is in Neosho, it's random place I've been to before. Sucks about the loss of jobs for the region. But at least the paint quality was poor at the best of times...

My sentiments exactly.

Kahnif · 12-30-2009, 10:47 PM

Neosho is about 10 minutes from the Oklahoma D-Day field, both sitting on the Missouri-Oklahoma border. I'm not sure why anybody else would visit Neosho because there's nothing there. I almost toured the plant this past summer and was hoping I could this upcoming summer. Oh well

Does anybody else find it weird the Chicago Tribune wrote about this? Out of all the news going on.. they cover the closing of a small plant that loses only 60 jobs? That's obviously not good for those 60 families but for only losing 60 people I'm surprised it made news.

Deuce · 12-30-2009, 10:59 PM

I actually used BE paint probably the first 2-3yrs I played, before I discovered my love for Marballizer.

heinous · 12-30-2009, 11:10 PM

does that mean that monster-ball-with-a-new-name would be gone too?

Overkillforeva · 12-30-2009, 11:47 PM

Reaction will be no more? That's a shame..I turn to Monsterball and Reaction when I want to plink in the yard.

custar · 12-31-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kahnif

Does anybody else find it weird the Chicago Tribune wrote about this? Out of all the news going on.. they cover the closing of a small plant that loses only 60 jobs? That's obviously not good for those 60 families but for only losing 60 people I'm surprised it made news.

I saw the article two days ago in a Joplin newspaper and posted in on Axiscommand.org. To the credit of the local Chamber of Commerce, it sounds like they will put out serious efforts to find jobs for the displaced workers.

custar

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b-cuzz MCB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nevada, Missouri	More of the Corporate Cutthroats at work. When they own everything, their competition won't hurt them if they cut costs and manufacturing. So what if 60 families won't be provided for, it costs them less in insurance. Just adds more sad statistics to the current (and rather large) unemployment rate in southwest Missouri. Yee ha. __________________ Worm 4 insists it's personal. "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt". -William Shakespeare My feedback: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/f...-feedback.html My weapons: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/gallery/...rsenal&cat=500

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Kahnif MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St. Louis/Mizzou	Neosho is about 10 minutes from the Oklahoma D-Day field, both sitting on the Missouri-Oklahoma border. I'm not sure why anybody else would visit Neosho because there's nothing there. I almost toured the plant this past summer and was hoping I could this upcoming summer. Oh well Does anybody else find it weird the Chicago Tribune wrote about this? Out of all the news going on.. they cover the closing of a small plant that loses only 60 jobs? That's obviously not good for those 60 families but for only losing 60 people I'm surprised it made news. __________________ Feedback

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