My 3/16/22 reply from GOEX

[Larry (Omaha)]

Good Afternoon Sir,

We appreciate you and your friends!

We plan to be back up and running by the end of this year, sometime during the last quarter. Right now, it’s difficult to offer a more precise timeline than that. As you can imagine, we have many things to do between now and then and multiple things or our to-do list, put our schedule at the behest of others.

We’re updating our Distributors, with the most current news on the first Wednesday of each month.
Thank you.
Here’s to looking forward to another 220 years of American Made Black Powder!

Anita Vincenti, Logistics Manager
GOEX Industries LLC

From: Estes Energetics <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:14 PM

Larry

 

[OkieDougie]

Hot dang, that is awesome.

 

[bang]

That's good. By chance do they make primer caps?

 

[FishDFly]

Nope.

 

[hinamanra]

In other words they are dealing with bureaucratic red tape before they can even get to their to do list. I'm guessing we won't see powder until the end of 2023. Goex coming back sure is good news though.

 

[david w]

Yes, red tape, there is always that red tape demon. They are also performing maintenance on equipment.

 

[Archer 756]

"We plan to be back up and running by the end of this year, sometime during the last quarter" Please read , not year 2023

 

[tom_in_vt]

 

[Rató:rats]

Sweet

 

[toot]

YES-YES-YES!!

 

[Snydly]

Looks like they understand us!

 

[hinamanra]

I hope that that they can be up and running by 2023 and I'm rooting for them but I don't think that we shooters and hunters are the largest consumer of black powder. I would assume that their first priority would be model rocket motors. But there is also military, mining, pyrotechnics, fireworks and sporting powders. So there's a lot of powder that needs to be made after a by then 2½ year lapse in powder manufacturing in the US.

 

[Africa58double]

I hope that that they can be up and running by 2023 and I'm rooting for them but I don't think that we shooters and hunters are the largest consumer of black powder. I would assume that their first priority would be model rocket motors. But there is also military, mining, pyrotechnics, fireworks and sporting powders. So there's a lot of powder that needs to be made after a by then 2½ year lapse in powder manufacturing in the US.

Negative Nancy

 

[stephenprops1]

Negative Nancy

No. Hinanamra is just being realistic.

 

[BillKilgore]

Definitely good news from Goex. Thanks for posting.

 

[Okie Hog]

A new operator/buyer don't step into a closed and damaged black powder plant and begin producing black powder.

1. An assessment of the entire plant must be conducted.

2. The three 5.5 ton Krupp black powder mills in use at that plant have not been manufactured since about 1985. There are no spare parts for the black powder mills, parts must be custom manufactured at considerable expense.

3. New employees must be trained.

4. Yep, operating permits must be obtained. The new owner of the GOEX plant may receive push back from locals.

 

[Africa58double]

Seems pretty negative to me- I’d prefer a more optimistic opinion. Perhaps the can half full of black powder, rather than half empty!
We are reading from the company that bought Goex… That they are getting the ball rolling. A few months ago we had no idea if we would ever get any except the imports. Oh and that could be shut down from regulations (no political comments needed!) That’s something to be positive thinking about… Wouldn’t you agree? Or are you also Debby the downer? Now how about that realistic view point?

No. Hinanamra is just being realistic.

 

[Archer 756]

Just a note , OK they are up and running within this year WHAT WILL BE THE COST for powder

 

[Africa58double]

I’m willing to bet they will be competitive with the imports- Yet I’m sure a increase of price is a certainty.

 

[oldwood]

I'm very excited Goex will be back. I hope they can find employees, that seems to be a tough thing to do with all the folks just not wanting to work.