7 - the state has about 205,000 bowhunters. (Ohio’s deer archery season started Sept. TenPoint’s assembly workers get busy months before the crossbows they build will be used for hunting or target shooting.Ĭrossbows need to be assembled and shipped to retailers well ahead of hunting season. crossbows, across its three brands of TenPoint, Horton and Wicked Ridge, range in price from $400 to more than $2,700 for a state-of-the-art product made with carbon fiber and equipped with the company’s latest technology. (The family-owned business does not disclose financials.) TenPoint also exports its crossbows to 27 countries, Bednar said. The company typically ships product to a retail partner within two days of getting an order the goal is to offer same-day fulfillment, Bednar said. “We tend not to ship direct to customers,” Bednar said. TenPoint crossbow buyers also like to wear TenPoint apparel, much in the same way Harley-Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts buy branded clothing and related items. Online behemoth Amazon sells TenPoint products.
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Tens of thousands of its crossbows are sold by national sports retailers such as Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, and Gander Mountain, along with about 900 individual stores. Two of Bednar’s sons work for the company, as do other family members. TenPoint now has about 100 employees - the number typically fluctuates to a low of 75 and a high of 125, depending on the time of year. “This is where I’ve chosen to stay, do all this expansion and stay here rather than move somewhere that might be a little more convenient.” “This is where I was born and raised,” Bednar said. TenPoint purchased the 17,500-square-foot former supermarket building three years ago as Bednar planned for expansion. We needed office space,” Bednar said of the upcoming moves. With them will go the 3-D printers that the company uses to create prototypes.
TenPoint’s engineering unit will relocate from the headquarters building to the Innovation Center. Then, the current retail store - which dates back to the founding of the business in 1961 and sits next to the headquarters, manufacturing and distribution center - will be renovated and expanded to become TenPoint’s new Innovation Center. Part of the plan is to put the “customer experience” parts of its business in a singular location.
All will be in a renovated former Giant Eagle supermarket within short walking distance of headquarters off Waterloo Road.
“We started out with a glass of water and a credit card.”įueled by that growth, within just a couple of weeks, TenPoint will open a new public archery range and relocate its retail operation, Hunters Outlet Archery Center, and some corporate offices. We’ve grown every year for 22 consecutive years,” Bednar said. The company’s Portage County campus is just a short drive off state Route 43 from Goodyear’s Wingfoot Lake blimp base. That is, when he’s not out with his sons on hunting trips - that’s when his eyes are trained on cross hairs, hoping to get a trophy buck or elk.īednar is president, chief executive officer and chairman of one of the premier crossbow companies in the United States, TenPoint Crossbow Technologies in Suffield Township. Richard Bednar’s eyes are trained firmly on the future.
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