Winston County, Alabama Advantage » Exxel Outdoors http://www.winstonadvantage.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Exxel Outdoors Bringing Jobs Back to the US http://www.winstonadvantage.com/blog/2009/08/20/exxel-outdoors-bringing-jobs-back-to-the-us.htm http://www.winstonadvantage.com/blog/2009/08/20/exxel-outdoors-bringing-jobs-back-to-the-us.htm#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:26:47 +0000 Grady Batchelor http://www.winstonadvantage.com/?p=763 Exxel Bringing Back the Jobs

Exxel Bringing Back the Jobs

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CNBC recently featured Exxel Outdoors of Haleyville, Alabama as an economic success story because it is bringing jobs back from China. Exxel Outdoors founded in 1996 is a privately held company which currently has approximately 30% of the US sleeping bag market.  Exxel Outdoors employees approximately 115 employees earning an average wage of $14 per hour plus health and other benefits.

Harry Kazazian, CEO of Exxel Outdoors, shared his company through investing in technology can produce a sleeping bag 3% cheeper than it can be produced in China. He futrther shared that Exxel Outdoors now has the most efficient sleeping bag production facility in the world.

Reasons for Coming Back to the US

Reasons for Coming Back to the US


Production by Country

Production by Country


Exxel Outdoors at a Glance

Exxel Outdoors at a Glance


Exxel Outdoor Customers

Exxel Outdoor Customers

Source: CNBC.com Mon. Aug. 17 2009 | 1:44 PM ET – How one U.S. manufacturing company is bringing jobs back to the United States, with Harry Kazazian, Exxel Outdoors CEO and CNBC’s Erin Burnett.

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