Industry News

Smart Parts, Inc., WDP, Ltd., and Dye Precision, Inc. are pleased to announce the settlement of litigation pending between the companies. WDP, Smart Parts and DYE Settle Patent Disputes

In a weekend packed with major tournament competitions around the globe, DraXxuS™ powered Teams dominated the top ranks! ProCaps Dominates Across Two Oceans

Redz International has signed a deal to sponsor the New England Hurricanes, a professionally-ranked NPPL team. Redz Comfort Sponsors N.E. Hurricanes For 2006

The popular Reball™ synthetic paintball is now available directly from the manufacturer in the United States. ReBall USA Now Open For Business

Ft. Wayne, IN – BT Paintball Designs Inc. (“BT Paintball”), a leading manufacturer of innovative and high performance paintball markers and accessories is pleased to announce that Pursuit Marketing Inc. (“PMI”) will distribute BT’s full line of products, effective March 1, 2006.

BT EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION

Pursuit Marketing Inc. (PMI) has been informed by Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Luxfer) that a small number of their composite cylinders which PMI uses in some of the Pure Energy Air Systems may not have been fully tested by Luxfer’s certified third party inspector.

Luxfer Issues Recall On Small Number Of Bottles

Tippmann Sports, LLC, BT Paintball Designs, Inc., and Ben Tippmann announced today that they have reached an amicable settlement of a lawsuit involving various intellectual property issues.

TIPPMANN AND BT DESIGNS SETTLE

Tippmann Sports, the world-leading manufacturer of high performance paintball markers and related accessories, announced that it has terminated distribution of all Tippmann products through Pursuit Marketing Inc. (PMI).

Tippmann Terminates Distribution Through PMI

Tippmann Sports, LLC, BT Paintball Designs, Inc., and Ben Tippmann announced today that they have reached an amicable settlement of a lawsuit involving various intellectual property issues.

TIPPMANN AND BT DESIGNS SETTLE

Real Action Paintball is proud to announce their sponsorship of the Purdue University Formula SAE® racing team in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Real Action Paintball Gets Into Racing

NXe announced today that it is lowering the retail and wholesale prices on its new highly touted Elevation Series of paintball Harnesses.

NXe Listens to Its Customers, Consumers, and Responds

Blue Arc Paintball, which until recently was a supplier of paint to National Paintball Supply is currently shut down for the slow part of the season, according to Stewart Cohen, managing partner for Blue Arc Paintball.

Blue Arc Paintball Vandalized After Seasonal Shutdown

Team Tremor to be sponsored by Planet Eclipse for the 2006 NPPL and Millennium Series Paintball Season!

TREMOR AND PLANET ECLIPSE JOIN UP

Tippmann Sports, the world-leading manufacturer of high performance paintball markers and related accessories, is excited to announce it has formed three major distribution alliances with ProCaps Direct, PBL Canada and Estratego.

TIPPMANN PARTNERSHIPS

Procaps LP, makers of the DraXxuS™ and XBall™ paintballs and VForce™ masks, proudly announces the official launch of Procaps Direct™, the new wholesale-only nationwide distribution network. Serving Paintball GameFields and retailers from coast to coast, the 100% factory-owned Procaps Direct facilities are now being stocked with the newly designed boxes of factory-fresh DraXxuS and XBall paintballs and VForce Vision Systems™ masks.

Procaps Announces 5 New Warehouse Locations And Support Staff

Did you ever see a goggle take a hit at over 400 feet per second? How about the inside of a test laboratory? Check out VentsGoggles.com for these videos, great music, a killer look and some user controlled images of the entire Vents goggle lineup.

New Vents Goggle Website

National Paintball Supply, the World's largest paintball product supplier, is joining BT Paintball Designs, one of paintball's leading innovators, in defense of a lawsuit brought by Tippmann Sports, LLC, which is controlled by Summit Partners.

National Paintball Supply And BT Paintball Designs Fight for Players' Right To Choose

Tippmann Sports, the world-leading manufacturer of high performance paintball markers and related accessories, announced today that it has suspended distribution of all Tippmann products through National Paintball Supply. The action, effective immediately, was taken due to pending litigation that alleges National Paintball is infringing on certain intellectual property rights of Tippmann Sports.

Tippmann Suspends Distribution Through NPS

Tippmann Sports, the world-leading manufacturer of high performance paintball markers and related accessories, has purchased Straight Shot, Inc., manufacturer of the Straight Shot squeegee. Under terms of the deal, which was finalized on September 9, Tippmann assumes ownership of the Straight Shot brand and all existing inventory of the company’s products.

TIPPMANN SPORTS PURCHASE

A new distribution center, carrying paint, gear and accessories for the sport of paintball has opened in the Midwest. Tomahawk USA stands to be the largest product source in the region and resides in Elmhurst, Illinois, just northwest of Chicago.

TOMAHAWK USA OPENS NEW CENTER

In a phone call late this afternoon, PMI President Jeff Perlmutter stated that the previously ongoing talks between National Paintball Supply and PMI had ceased and no transaction had taken place.

NPS/PMI Merger Talks Have Ceased

In a press release issued by National Paintball Supply on September 2nd, NPS alleged that there had been “rumors and misinformation circulated by Procaps, LP”, and went on to add the comment, ”unless you hear it directly from NPS, do not believe it”.

Pro-Caps Responds To Recent NPS Press Release

In 2004 and 2005, IGNITION Air Systems, distributed by ARCHON Paintball Inc., were assembled using GCI (Global Composites International) carbon fiber bottles. These bottles were manufactured in the USA by GCI and supplied to ARCHON with correct DOT specification and certification.

Procaps L.P., the makers of the popular DraXxuS ™ and XBall ™ paintball brands and VForce Vision Systems ™ paintball masks, hereby announces their decision to terminate their previous distribution agreement with National Paintball Supply of New Jersey.
Procaps Terminates Distribution Agreement With NPS

On August 1st, Ant Jones handed over the reins of Paintball Games International to Ian 'Beaker' Miller, a long time friend and colleague.

The staff at Performance Angel is pleased to announce a new customer service and shipping system that was released on August 1, 2005.

At the recent ASTM meeting in Reno, many paintball standards were submitted. Some were new standards, submitted for initial consideration by small task groups. Other standards were already in place, but were being reviewed for updates and revisions.

In a world where the internet is often a primary news source and this “news” is often less than accurate, we feel it is imperative to set the record straight.

ACI and System X MergeSystem X and Air Concepts Industries are merging. Rumors of the merger had been spreading throughout the industry over the past week or so, but nothing was confirmed.

ARCHON Paintball Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of quality paintball products, has moved to a new location from Paramount to Santa Fe Springs, California.

It was announced today that NXe has appointed Paintball City as it’s Master Distributor of the NXe line of paintball gear for South Africa and the surrounding Africa regions.
NXE ANNOUNCES MASTER DISTRIBUTOR

The AMERICAN PAINTBALL LEAGUE announced that USF&G Insurance Company has approved certain PTI training certifications in lieu of three years field operations experience that had previously been required. This paintball field insurance program offered by the APL is a preferred risk program.