All Rite Distributing Wins Defense Contract

More great member news, and news for our local defense industry. Yesterday we talked about the grant that Ivy Tech Northeast received which will help train our defense industry workforce. Well, Chamber member All Rite Distributing Co., Inc has more good news - they have been awarded a defense contract to supply the U.S. Army with 2,000 machine gun mounts. The contract is valued around $14 million and starts November of next year.

All Rite Distributing was founded here in Fort Wayne in the 70's and has 11 local employees. They started as a wholesale distributor warehouse in the automotive aftermarket. They became a registered defense contractor about 10 years ago, and began working with Partners in Contracting Corporation (PICC), an organization that helps Indiana companies secure government contracts. Since PICC opened a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) this fall in Fort Wayne, All Rite has begun working with Gil Perry, counselor/trainer for the local PTAC, who works out of the Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center.

All Rite currently receives 50 to 100 government contracts a month, ranging from $50 to $100,000. Last year they completed around $3 million in defense contracts.

Their president, J. Brian McNaughton, had this to say: “We take tremendous pride evolving as a government/defense contractor. The service of God and country has been important to our family and has served us well in our overall direction and goals as a supplier to assist those men and women that defend us and this great nation.”

Congratulations All Rite Distributing! To read the whole story about their new contract, click here.