RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — A gunmaker is expanding in northwest Wisconsin.
Rice Lake-based Henry Repeating Arms is consolidating all of its manufacturing operations from New Jersey to Wisconsin, the company announced this week. Andy Wickstrom, company president, said more than 100 jobs have been created with the local expansion.
“This is our next move. This is going to allow us to advance our technology, improve quality and delivery and lower costs,” Wickstrom said. “Putting our roots down in Wisconsin has made us more efficient and more productive.”
Wickstrom said the move will be completed in the next two months, and they will employ more than 650 people in Rice Lake and Ladysmith. The company produces 400 thousand firearms annually, including shotguns, revolvers and their signature Henry Big Boy lever-action rifles.