From PBN: SP closes, Temporarily.

shadawg · 01-07-2010, 07:43 AM

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=3291634Smart
Smart Parts Temporary Closure

Smart Parts Inc., undergoes temporary closure for restructuring during the month of January 2009.

Loyalhanna, PA – January 6, 2010 – Paintball manufacturer Smart Parts, Inc. is temporarily shutting down all manufacturing and sale operations in order to facilitate a corporate restructuring. During this time, the company will not be able accept or process orders, ship or receive products or perform repairs. The restructuring process is expected to be completed by the end of January 2010.

“It is important that people do not send equipment in for service during this time,” said company Vice President, Adam Gardner. “Our buildings will not be staffed during the restructuring, so there will be no one there to receive packages. They will automatically be refused and returned to the sender.

“To the players, field owners and store owners, please know that we appreciate your support and are looking forward to a fresh start for the 2010 paintball season. We apologize for any inconvenience this short closure may cause, and hope to make it up to you in the future.”

Smart Parts, Inc., is a leading developer and manufacturer of equipment and accessories for the sport of paintball.

Drum · 01-07-2010, 07:50 AM

Is that a typo or is this news one year old already?

shadawg · 01-07-2010, 07:51 AM

it's a typo, Ed must not have had his coffee yet when posting.

Fixed.

Meph · 01-07-2010, 09:17 AM

Is it legal to put in a press release that one is a leading developer when one has not developed anything?

freebird · 01-07-2010, 10:12 AM

you know whats funny. My local field owner heard a rumor from his distributor that SP got bought out by AGD......

Harbinger[TG] · 01-07-2010, 10:30 AM

SP has effectively been closed for awhile now. And I guess restructuring means we are GIMilsim and moving to Taiwan...

BlueDragonX · 01-07-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by freebird

you know whats funny. My local field owner heard a rumor from his distributor that SP got bought out by AGD......

That would be the icing on the cake. Them or AKA.

chrislognshot · 01-07-2010, 11:16 AM

i might not been what sp want to do. when in chapter 11 gov will try to help find ways to make your company stick around. they want to try to keep company's around that to big to fall or big enough might hurt on part of industry or small company's. if smart parts fall off face earth will hurt paintball industry since to many small and local fields will be hurt by this since a lot carry there paint and other stuff. so give chance to see if can get out of it or make shut down for good. small and local fields will go somewhere else now for paint and other stuff. sp got big to quickly and was not prepared for this crash. they over spent when they shouldn't. fact that's why to many house company went in to chapter 11 or going out of business. got to big to handle the market crash.

Shawn_Savage · 01-07-2010, 11:34 AM

I didn't even know that SP made paint. What paint is it?

Marauder_Pilot · 01-07-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by freebird

you know whats funny. My local field owner heard a rumor from his distributor that SP got bought out by AGD......

I'm fairly certain that's essentially impossible on so many levels.

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Drum Mod/mod Join Date: May 2006 Location: Trenchtown	Is that a typo or is this news one year old already?

01-07-2010, 11:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
chrislognshot Post Whore Join Date: Jul 2006	i might not been what sp want to do. when in chapter 11 gov will try to help find ways to make your company stick around. they want to try to keep company's around that to big to fall or big enough might hurt on part of industry or small company's. if smart parts fall off face earth will hurt paintball industry since to many small and local fields will be hurt by this since a lot carry there paint and other stuff. so give chance to see if can get out of it or make shut down for good. small and local fields will go somewhere else now for paint and other stuff. sp got big to quickly and was not prepared for this crash. they over spent when they shouldn't. fact that's why to many house company went in to chapter 11 or going out of business. got to big to handle the market crash.