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delta deFense announCes new President<br />
Delta Defense, the service provider to<br />
the US Concealed Carry Association<br />
(USCCA), the fastest-growing selfdefence<br />
association in the US, has<br />
announced that Mike Lowney has been<br />
named as the company’s President.<br />
Lowney has more than 15 years<br />
of senior management and c-suite<br />
experience, including over a decade<br />
of strategic program development at<br />
Harley-Davidson Motor Company and,<br />
most recently, as Chief Strategy Officer<br />
for Delta Defense.<br />
“Mike’s ability to recognise industry<br />
trends and listen to the customer has<br />
been vital in our continued growth over<br />
the past three years,” said Tim Schmidt,<br />
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner<br />
of Delta Defense. “His leadership and<br />
experience will further strengthen our<br />
industry alliances and national presence,<br />
driving growth that will benefit the over<br />
700,000 members of the USCCA.”<br />
“I am honoured to help lead our<br />
continued growth in <strong>2023</strong> and beyond.<br />
Record numbers of Americans, from<br />
all walks of life, are choosing to be<br />
their family’s first line of defence.<br />
It’s humbling that many of them are<br />
choosing the USCCA to help them on<br />
their self-defence journey,” said Mike<br />
Lowney.<br />
Delta Defense has experienced a<br />
42 per cent average sales growth over<br />
the past three years, adding over 250<br />
Wiley X opens new facility<br />
jobs in Southeastern Wisconsin alone.<br />
Delta Defense now employs over 600<br />
team members across the United States.<br />
Additionally, Delta is a multi-year<br />
recipient of the Milwaukee Journal<br />
Sentinel’s “Best Place to Work” award,<br />
and has held a spot on the INC. 5000<br />
“Fastest Growing Companies” list for the<br />
past 11 years.<br />
Lowney and his team have built critical<br />
alliances with the industry’s largest<br />
firearms manufacturers, and partnership<br />
deals with big-box companies across the<br />
country to offer on-site firearms training<br />
and education. With a network of over<br />
10,000 firearms instructors and educators<br />
across the country, Delta Defense and<br />
USCCA Membership are enabling<br />
millions of Americans to better protect<br />
themselves and their families.<br />
www.usconcealedcarry.com<br />
About<br />
The US Concealed Carry Association<br />
(USCCA) is an association of responsibly<br />
armed Americans whose members get<br />
exceptional self-defence education,<br />
lifesaving training, and self-defence<br />
liability insurance, preparing them for the<br />
before, during and aer of a lawful act<br />
of self-defence. The USCCA is the largest,<br />
fastest-growing self-defence association<br />
dedicated to responsible gun owners.<br />
As Wiley X celebrates<br />
its 35th Anniversary, the<br />
company opened the doors to<br />
its expansive, state-of-the-art<br />
new headquarters in Frisco,<br />
located just north of Dallas,<br />
Texas.<br />
The 65,000 sq/ft facility<br />
has everything the familyowned,<br />
premium protective<br />
eyewear brand needs to run<br />
its expanding global business:<br />
from a large production,<br />
assembly, and warehouse<br />
space to a sophisticated and<br />
expanded testing facility<br />
for safety certifications, as<br />
well as all the necessary<br />
administrative and office<br />
space. The building also<br />
features the first-ever Wiley<br />
X flagship retail store, which<br />
will open in 2024 for local<br />
customers, resellers across the<br />
US and Wiley X fans from<br />
around the world to enjoy.<br />
“We are beyond thrilled to<br />
open the doors to our new<br />
headquarters,” exclaimed<br />
Myles Freeman, co-owner of<br />
Wiley X. “The City of Frisco<br />
and the Frisco Economic<br />
Development Corporation<br />
have been so welcoming to<br />
us.” From ground-breaking<br />
to ribbon cutting, both the<br />
city leadership of Frisco<br />
and the Frisco EDC have<br />
been working in lockstep<br />
with Wiley X on ensuring<br />
a smooth and welcoming<br />
transition. “What a great<br />
way to celebrate 35 years<br />
in business,” added Dan<br />
Freeman, co-owner of Wiley<br />
X. “We are excited to get to<br />
work in Texas and thankful<br />
for all the support we’ve<br />
received here.”<br />
Frisco is an ideal location<br />
for Wiley X for many<br />
reasons. Frisco, and all of<br />
Texas, is home to a large<br />
population of military<br />
veterans; Wiley X is<br />
veteran-founded and has<br />
been providing premium<br />
protective eyewear to the<br />
United States military since<br />
being founded in 1987.<br />
Wiley X also has a long<br />
history of providing eye<br />
protection for outdoorsmen<br />
and women who hunt, fish,<br />
and shoot, as well as the<br />
government/first responder<br />
network, all of which align<br />
with Texan pastimes and<br />
values. Frisco also provides<br />
Wiley X with a great<br />
business climate with a<br />
large talent pool, and the<br />
centralised location within<br />
the United States provides<br />
distribution and shipping<br />
efficiencies.<br />
www.wileyx.com<br />
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