GOEX was recently awarded an additional $8,617,813 for facility modernization according to “Defense Daily”. Read the published details below:

Goex Industries LLC,* Minden, Louisiana, was awarded an $8,617,813 firm-fixed-price contract for facility modernization at Camp Minden, Louisiana. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 8, 2026. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-24-C-0030).

More information has not been released at this time.

GOEX has been under new ownership since its purchase by Estes Industries in 2022. It took more than a year to bring production of GOEX black powder back, with facility and workforce-related delays to blame. Karl Kulling, Estes Energetics CEO, has spoken with I Love Muzzleloading in the past about his support for maintaining black powder production in tandem with updating the Minden facility for a new era of production.