Escalade, Incorporated's wholly owned subsidiary, Escalade Sports, acquired substantially all of the assets of Carolina Archery Products. Carolina Archery Products is based in Hillsborough, North Carolina and is best known for its patented Whisker Biscuit Arrow Rest. Carolina Archery Products also produces a line of fiber-optic sights under the Foxfire brand and a line of stabilizers sold under the LORE brand.

Jim Allshouse, President of Escalade Sports, stated that, “The addition of Carolina Archery Products adds greater breadth to our current Bear Archery® family of strong brands and will enhance our position in the archery industry. In addition, this acquisition adds valuable and important intellectual properties that complement our growing lines of archery products for hunters, shooters and archery enthusiasts of all skill levels and ages.”