Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Bear Enthusiast Marketing Group Craig Dutton (left), Glock director of sales, accepts the Chairman’s Award for Industry Leadership from Michael Brown, NASGW chairman. Mike Fifer (left), Ruger CEO, and Chris Killoy (right), vice president of sales and marketing, accept the Firearms Manufacturer of the Year award from Brown. to take money out of their pockets — we want to put money in! We want our distributors and our dealers to make as much profit as possible, so we keep a two-way open line of communication with them, and make sure that we go to great lengths to enforce our MAP (Minimum Advertising Pricing) policies to ensure their profitability. This is an awesome award for us to receive, especially since it’s voted on by our customers. It truly makes it special.” The Firearms Manufacturer of the Year award was presented to Sturm, Ruger & Co. “We are profoundly honored to receive such a prestigious award from the industry two years in a row,” said Ruger CEO Mike Fifer. “Our company has an ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of our customers — our wholesale partners. We would like to thank the NASGW and its members who selected us for this recognition, and appreciate the affirmation of our hard work and innovation in the market.” Winchester Ammunition was honored with the Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year award, along with recognition for 35 years of participation in the expo. “It’s always a surprise and an honor to receive this kind of recognition from your valued customers,” said Brett Flaugher, Winchester vice president of marketing and sales. “We find that there’s no better way to stay connected than through personal communication with our distributor partners, so we maintain close contact via one-on-one contact, through the Web, e-mail and other outlets. We stay highly involved in the process to keep lines of communication open both ways.” Winchester Ammunition has embraced NASGW’s new programs and is 100-percent compliant with the new ItemHQ PIMS system. “Our groups of distributors have become very technologically advanced over the last few years. We’ve embraced that new level of sophistication with them and changed our business model accordBear Enthusiast Marketing Group ingly,” Flaugher said. The award for Accessory Manufacturer of the Year went to Birchwood Casey, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The company was also recognized for its participation at the NASGW Expo for 35 years. “We are very honored to receive this award,” said Michael Wenner, company vice president. “It’s important to note that this was achieved through the collaboration of our entire team, from the factory, shipping, invoicing and purchasing — they’re the ones that really make it happen. We truly believe that our distributor partners are a big part of that team and we try to be progressive, while sticking to the fundamentals: attention to detail, delivering good products at a reasonable price, and staying ahead of the curve.” The 2009 NASGW Expo will be held Nov. 4-6 in Reno, Nev. For more information, call (772) 621-7162 or visit www.nasgw.org. 9 Bear Enthusiast Marketing Group Mike Ferguson (left), Winchester Ammunition sales manager, and Rick Papendick (right), Winchester Ammunition wholesale distribution manager, accept the Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year award from Brown. Winchester was also honored for 35 years of exhibiting at the Expo. www.shootingindustry.com From left, Todd Binsfeld, Birchwood Casey marketing manager, and Michael Wenner, company vice president, accept the Accessory Manufacturer of the Year award from Brown. Birchwood Casey was also honored for 35 years of exhibiting at the NASGW Expo. FEBRUARY 2009 27 Bear Enthusiast Marketing Group