Hips Archery Targets, the nation's oldest operating archery target manufacturer, based in San Antonio, Texas, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Austin Foam Plastics (AFP), the largest foam fabricator in the United States.

Effective immediately, AFP will begin manufacturing the complete line of Hips Archery Targets. AFP currently has five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in the United States.

Darrin Brown, owner of Hips Archery Targets, states that the new partnership brings many advantages to the Hips brand, which ultimately carries over to Hips dealers.

“The partnership with AFP gives Hips Archery Targets virtually unlimited manufacturing capacity,” says Brown. “AFP can build them better, faster and they have the logistical capability to fulfill orders quickly from any one of their five locations across the country. That means we can put the pedal to floor and focus on sales, marketing and new product development, with the knowledge that we can fulfill all orders at any time, to any place, with complete confidence.”

Rick Lange, Vice President of Operations for AFP concurs with Brown on the benefits the newly signed partnership brings to both parties.

“AFP is excited to expand their production into the archery industry,” says Lange.” With both companies having their roots in Texas it's a perfect fit and we look forward to providing design, manufacturing, inventory control and fulfillment services from any one of our technologically advanced facilities.”

AFP's team of engineers will also be assisting Hips Archery Targets with the development of innovative new products for the consumer market. This will allow Hips Archery Targets to introduce new products into the market quickly and efficiently on a regular basis.

“This partnership takes Hips to an entirely new level,” says Brown. “In the end it's all about capacity, capacity, capacity, and our partnership with AFP now gives Hips the capacity needed to market, sell, build and develop with unequalled confidence long into the future.”

Hips Archery Targets design and manufacture a full line of advanced foam archery targets for all ability levels for over 35 years.  

For more information please visit www.hipstargets.com or call 210-492-8774.