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Page 27

Organization is the key to being able to locate and

ship items quickly. The aisles were designated to different

product types; air rifle, air pistol, ammo, airsoft, accessories

and more. Each product location in the racks were marked

with a bar code for easy identification while picking an order

for a customer.

To see how fast P/A can process orders, we tagged

along with Warehouse

Manager Todd Bahr as

orders came in. It was

a good thing that we

had sneakers on as we

chased behind him as

he was quickly going up

and down aisles picking

items. The use of high-

tech equipment greatly

aided him in processing

orders from the time

orders come in, to the

time the item(s) is

shipped.

After our

time with Todd, we

understood how P/A is able to ship most orders the same

day, if the customer orders before noon Eastern time.

The next stop was to the airgun repair area where we

met with Gene Salvino, P/A’s Senior Technician. Gene showed

us around the shop. Each airgun smith had an impressive

array of parts, tools and equipment to repair most any type

of airgun. After a short time with Gene, it felt like home to us

swapping different ideas and repair techniques.

Since many at P/A are airgun enthusiasts, we took the

opportunity to show off a few of our customized airguns that

we had brought. About that time, Josh Ungier, the owner and

CEO came to meet us. After checking out our customs and

giving us some shooting tips, Josh invited us to his office to

talk airguns.

Josh’s office was something to see. As you can

imagine, there were numerous airguns in his office. You can

tell his passion for airguns as Josh showed us airguns ranging

from a Crosman 150 to a mint in box one of a kind airgun

that never made it to production. The walls were lined with

various items, including a picture of his parents.

We must admit, upon pulling up to Pyramyd Air’s

new facility in Solon Ohio, we were not quite sure how long

our visit at Pyramyd Air would last or exactly what we’d see

inside. But we were sure excited!

Upon entering the reception area, what was instantly

noticed was that the building was huge and had plenty of

room for future growth.

Marketing Specialist, Stormie VanMeenen greeted

us and

guided us

to our first

stop, the

warehouse.

This massive

58,000

square foot

area of the

building

contains over

4,000 sellable SKU’s.

Walking up and down the numerous aisles of

products was a treat. There were so many products that we

would like to buy, we wished we’d brought a shopping cart

and had higher credit card limits.

Imagine seeing all the products that you’ve only

viewed

online or in

catalogs right

in front you.

The colorful

boxes almost

begged us

to open the

package

to see the

product in

person.

Pyramyd Air’s 70,000 square foot facility.

Shelves packed

with AirForce,

HatsanUSA, Daisy,

and other brands

of air rifles. (Top)

More shelves

packed with

Umarex and more

brands of air pis-

tols. (Bottom)

Todd Bahr picking an order.

Pyramyd Air Owner & CEO: Joshua Ungier.

by Tim Smith

(Cont. on page 28)