Federal Ammunition Breaks Ground on New Warehouse

Federal Ammunition recently celebrated a warehouse expansion project with a groundbreaking ceremony held in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The multi-million-dollar, 100,000-square -foot warehouse will be constructed in the eastern part of Federal’s property, which sits within the city limits of Coon Rapids. Jason Vanderbrink, Federal’s president; Tom Becker from Federal’s construction partner, The Opus Group; and Jerry Koch, mayor of Coon Rapids, gave short speeches and turned the dirt on the building site with golden shovels as part of the celebration event. The new facility is planned to be operational by early spring 2023.

“This year, our company celebrated its 100-year anniversary, and this project continues the legacy of growth and investment in Anoka County,” said Vanderbrink. “This is our first major building on our property within the city of Coon Rapids. Expanding operations across our grounds is very important as we become even more vertically integrated. This project will improve efficiency in our manufacturing process by storing, in close proximity and in one location, the raw materials needed to build ammunition for our loyal customers. I see this as the next big step in continuing our marketplace leadership and expanding our progress as the largest ammunition manufacturer in the country.”

Federal’s Anoka facility currently encompasses 175 acres in Anoka County, Minnesota, with nearly 1 million square feet of manufacturing and operations space. This property crosses the city lines of Anoka and Coon Rapids. The Anoka location has approximately 1,500 employees and the factory runs 24/7. The facility manufactures four types of ammunition products, including shotshell, rifle, handgun, and rimfire ammunition, as well as bullets, primers, and reloading components. Federal’s factory is vertically integrated with tons of raw materials coming in and finished goods shipping out every day.

“Our mission is to empower Federal’s mission statement, which is ‘build better ammunition in America to create community, power defense, and conserve our heritage,’ through the buildings we design and construct,” said Becker. “We are also a Minnesota company, and we are proud to be Federal’s partner on this project. We know this new facility will help Federal by eliminating their current need of on- and off-site material storage, ultimately allowing them to enhance their manufacturing capabilities on their factory floor and advance their overall mission.” (federalpremium.com)