PolyCase Ammunition, an ammunition company based in Savannah, has announced it has upgraded its operation with the addition of two 80-ton injection molding machines and has hired 10 additional employees to handle the increased capacity.
“The last two years have seen up and down swings in the ammunition market unlike anything the industry has experienced in recent history,” said Paul Lemke, founder and CEO of PolyCase.
PolyCase has been able to weather the market upheaval due to its unique manufacturing process, Lemke said.
“We are an injection molding company at heart,” he said. “Because we are approaching ammunition from a different point of view, from the drawing board up to the finished product, we are able to carefully consider so many aspects of how this product is made and how it works.”
That flexibility, he said, is the primary driver of PolyCase’s current growth trend.
“The shooting public is looking for something new that improves on existing technology in terms of performance,” Lemke said. “We get great feedback from shooters about the accuracy and low recoil of our ammo. And then, when they realize it is also lead-free, we have customers for life.”
PolyCase located its manufacturing facility in Savannah in 2012. In 2014, the company began manufacturing its patent-pending lead-free
projectiles, which it offers in .380 Auto, 9mm Luger, .40 S&W, and .45 Auto caliber, with plans to introduce rifle calibers in the first quarter of 2015.
“We really have two distinct lines of business,” Lemke said. “We started off making polymer cartridge cases a few years ago, and now we are making our own projectiles as well. You can count the number of U.S. ammunition companies that make both projectiles and cases on one hand, so that puts us in good company with the pacesetters in this industry.”
Southeast Georgia retailers who carry PolyCase products include Patrick’s Uniforms and Range, Savannah; Anderson’s Feed and Seed, Statesboro; The Gun Shop, Savannah; Grey Fox Guns, Rincon and Warrior’s Gear, Savannah.
ABOUT POLYCASE AMMUNITION
PolyCase Ammunition is an injection molding company located in Savannah. Veteran-owned and operated, PolyCase develops, manufactures, markets and sells, patent-pending, injection-molded small arms ammunition products. For more information, go to polycaseammo.com/.