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Alliance Industry News: SMC TO PRODUCE OMEGA CARABINER LINE

March 24, 2020 by Todd Elsworth Leave a Comment

Alliance Mission
We exist to connect, protect and grow the outdoor recreation ecosystem in Washington State. We serve as the collective eyes & ears, heart, mind and voice.  

We seek to help be the voice for our industry. In service to our industry members, the outdoor recreation sector, and the public, we are in a position to share exciting industry news from our Alliance Members. The following is a press release from Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC).

EVENT ON HOLD: We had planned an Alliance Gathering at member business, Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC), on Tuesday, June 2nd in Ferndale, WA. and meet their team and get a behind the scenes look at their business. 

Industry News


February 26, 2020

SMC TO PRODUCE OMEGA CARABINER LINE

SMC, a specialty rescue and climbing hardgoods company, to carry forward a range of Omega Pacific’s top selling ISO forged carabiners. 

Ferndale, WA. February 25th, 2020 – Seattle Manufacturing Corporation (SMC) announced today that it has purchased the tooling and machinery to produce Omega Pacific’s top selling carabiners – specifically the ISO forged D’s, Ovals, and select HMS models.  

On January 20th of this year, Omega Pacific, one of the U.S.’s largest manufacturers of carabiners announced that it would be winding down operations after 37 years in business stating the pronouncement was based on economic factors and the owner’s decision to retire.

Along with the tooling and machinery, Omega Pacific is collaborating with SMC to transfer all the required intellectual capital, supply chain, and customer contact information. “I can’t overstate how cooperative the entire Omega Pacific team has been” says John Evans, SMC’s Sales and Marketing Director. “It’s obvious they are truly looking out for the needs of their customers and trying to make the transition as seamless as possible”. 

Rob Nadeau, Omega Pacific’s CEO commented “SMC was the obvious choice to continue Omega Pacific’s legacy of reliable, quality carabiners. Our closing was going to leave a huge void in the recreational climbing, industrial, OEM, rescue and military markets. This agreement ensures those key products that have become vital components in so many applications, will be available for decades to come.”

Evans notes that “for many of Omega Pacific’s existing customers, SMC’s product line, which includes pulleys, edge protection, and steel carabiners, will be a great compliment to their product assortment.”

While the transfer is still in its early stages, SMC hopes to begin deliveries in early June. The Omega name will be removed from the carabiners and the line will become SMC’s new “Force” series.  All technical specifications as well as the NSN numbers will remain the same. Models will include both the locking and non-locking styles and will be offered in the same popular color options. 

About SMC 

SMC is one of America’s most trusted technical rescue brands. Founded in 1967 as Seattle Manufacturing Corporation, during the golden age of high-altitude mountaineering, SMC products have accompanied many of the Northwest’s finest climbers on historic ascents of peaks like K2 and Everest. Today SMC continues to produce Kobah ice axes and other mountaineering equipment, as well as being a leading supplier of technical rescue equipment for fire rescue and industrial safety. SMC is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer, an independent, third party certification process that guarantees reliability and efficiency in manufacturing. All SMC products are made in the USA at their Ferndale Washington facility. Read more about SMC. 

For more information contact: John Evans, 360 -366-5534 ext. 202•


If you are a Washington Outdoor Business Alliance Member and have news to share, please send it to us. Contact Recreation Northwest. We will post it to our blog, The Confluence. 

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Todd Elsworth

Todd Elsworth is one of the many “Mossy-haired lunatics roaming the dripping peninsulas”, described in “I’m Here for the Weather” by Tom Robbins. As executive director, he works to fulfill our mission to teach the health benefits of nature, promote outdoor recreation, and steward the places where we play.

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