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Article: Straight arrows.(Business)(BowTech makes a name for itself producing high-speed bows that take the arch out of archery)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2005
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Byline: Mike Stahlberg The Register-Guard
An estimated 3 to 4 million archers will hunt big game in the United States this fall, and a rapidly growing number of them will be carrying bows made in Oregon.
In an impressive archery industry success story, Eugene-based BowTech has come from nowhere to rank among the world's leading bow manufacturers.
"We're probably the third-largest bow company in the world right now," said BowTech creative director Gene Shands, who's been with the company since its beginning in 1999.
Shands knows that BowTech is on track to produce 40,000 bows this year. The uncertainty about the company's market share, ...