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In the late 1990s, in a continuing effort to control
costs, improve efficiency and ensure quality, the
company began purchasing components from highly
specialized manufacturers. In becoming an assembly
operation, Daisy no longer required the large
manufacturing facility built in Rogers, Arkansas in
1958.
In 1995 Daisy acquired Brass Eagle in order to offer
a complete line of paintball markets. (Daisy had
manufactured markers for the forestry and cattle
industries since the 1970s). While Daisy
Manufacturing Company’s corporate headquarters,
customer service operations, some assembly
operations and BB shot manufacturing remained at the
plant at 2111 South 8th Street in Rogers, Brass
Eagle operations were located to an assembly
facility in Granby, Missouri. From April, 1996 until
November, 1997, some Daisy products were also
assembled in the Granby facility while other
production lines remained in Rogers, Arkansas.
When the paintball business became sufficient to
stand alone, the two companies were separated and
stock in Brass Eagle was offered to the public in
November, 1997. However, by April, 1997, Daisy
Manufacturing Company had selected an underground
location in Neosho, Missouri for its assembly
operations. The limestone walls of the underground
facility provided insulation from outside
temperatures. The Neosho facility was headquarters
for not only assembly operations, but for the
purchasing, shipping and receiving, engineering
research and development and quality control staff.
The corporate offices continued to remain in Rogers
as they had since 1958.
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