Crimson Trace Founder and Industry Icon Announces Retirement

By Justin Stakes

Wilsonville, OR -(AmmoLand.com)- Nearly everyone who owns a firearm has heard of Crimson Trace, the shooting sports industry leader in laser sight design and manufacturing.

Many of those firearm owners have also heard of the man behind the iconic company and brand –Crimson Trace’s Founder Lew Danielson. After more than two decades as a leader in the company and the industry, Danielson has announced his retirement.

“I am very proud of what Crimson Trace has become and what we have accomplished in the laser sighting industry with the many innovations we’ve introduced to the market place,” said Danielson. “I’m also proud of the team of employees who have worked hard to make our company the industry leader that it is today.”

Danielson, a trained engineer, co-founded Crimson Trace in the backroom of an Oregon machine shop in 1994. Many news features, magazine articles and television shows have reported on Danielson’s simple 18-point business plan—handwritten on a piece of standard yellow notepad paper—for the fledgling company.

“Lew is a one-of-a-kind guy who believed in an idea and had the tenacity and foresight to take risks and follow his dream,” stated Lane Tobiassen, President of Crimson Trace. “Everyone …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand