Where wholesale is based on low-cost operations and volume throughput, manufacturing is based solely on innovation and efficiency. If you cannot offer the consumer innovative products that will satisfy their underlying need and do it at an acceptable price, then you do not have a business.
A-Tec is one of the most exciting young innovators in the hunting and shooting industry. Their cutting-edge products are of the highest quality, evident in their recent collaboration agreement with Heckler & Koch GmbH. We invested in this business because we believe in management’s ability to grow and expand this business aggressively over the next few years.
Anders E. Johansen founded A-Tec in 1999 in Son, Norway. From humble beginnings in a garage, this business grew into a well-known global brand renowned for its quality and superior performance. Today A-Tec is still designed and manufactured in Son, Norway, albeit it is now done in a state-of-the-art 1400 square metre factory.
Anders noticed early on that there was a significant opportunity to improve performance, weight, construction, and design. By ignoring redundant designs and production techniques, the team developed a new concept which led to what we today know as the A-Tec range of suppressors.
A-Tec’s biggest strength is its ability to innovate in an industry not known for constant product improvements. A-Tec
today manufactures almost 100,000 silencers annually for markets ranging from Northern Europe to South Africa and is widely considered the premium manufacturer of firearm suppressors for professionals, hunters and sport shooters alike.