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Title: ORC Industries
Post by solotripper on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 8:40pm

I like to support American Made products.
It's even better when they employ the disabled and service the Military.

I just purchased a LEVEL 4 Windshirt from these folks.
If your like minded, check them out. :thumbup

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Title: Re: ORC Industries
Post by zski on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 10:05pm

Didn't realize till now that Bell Canoe is part of ORC. extra :thumbup

Title: Re: ORC Industries
Post by prouboy on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 2:39am

Hey Zski -- short version, ORC owns Bell Canoe Works, but they're not making any canoes. Haven't made canoes for a number of years.

Ted Bell has a new company, and is making canoes once again. I think you'll be seeing/reading a bunch of new information about his new canoe company pretty soon.

prouboy

Title: Re: ORC Industries
Post by zski on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 10:41am

Prouboy, ok got it now. this connection with orc is older than the news you'd already recently provided about Ted Bell starting to mfg again. thanks.

Title: Re: ORC Industries
Post by solotripper on Mar 5^th, 2014 at 11:06pm

My Level 4 Windshirt just arrived.
Very well made but elegant in it's simplicity.
It has a big front zipper that opens top or bottom to vent excess heat.
Considering I looked at some shirts that were well above $100+, this was a steal at their sale price.

Title: Re: ORC Industries
Post by charlie wilson on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 1:42pm

The issue with ORC was three fold. Initially, I guess they came up with the acronym without reading the Hobbit and/or Lord of the Rings?

Secondly, they could not build boats with the sheltered work staff. Parts left out of laminations, pre-cut thwarts in the wrong boats, etc, etc.

Lastly, they never immersed in Paddlesports culture, insisting they had a better way, which caused retailers to pull away, which left them without a market.

So it goes.