{"id":13,"date":"2009-04-01T08:01:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T15:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacticalgearsewing.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2009-04-01T08:01:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T15:01:33","slug":"a-new-era-of-tactical-gear-sewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tacticalgearsewing.com\/blog\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"A New Era of Tactical Gear Sewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tetonic plates of the Midwest shifted yesterday. No there wasn&#8217;t an earthquake. Rather, there was a very big announcement in the tactical nylon gear industry. ATK has announced the purchase of Eagle Industries. Eagle has been a solid manufacturer of soft goods to the government as well as an OEM supplier for others in the industry. There will be a lot of eyes focused on how this change in ownership will effect their position in the market. Will it be business as usual or soemthing entirely different. 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