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specializing in professional wood

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primarily made from

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acquired the company after David Chandler filed for bankruptcy.

History

Furniture maker David Chandler founded Chandler bats in 2009. David started RxSport in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and quickly began making bats in Norristown. In the first year that Chandler bats were available on the public market, they sold 11,000 bats out of a warehouse. Chandler has increased production every year since their opening. In 2013, the company received a $500,000 investment from Benjamin Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania for expansion. A large portion of these funds was put towards purchasing more raw materials, maple and ash wood, in an effort to further increase production of bats.

References

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