started in 1990
Georgetown, Texas

• 1990 Tripp Research, Inc.
  – Virgil Tripp started building custom M1911s for competition
  – designed parts for 1911s
  – his parts were sold and marketed by Chip McCormick
• 1993 Sandy Strayer joined Tripp Research, Inc.
• changed name to STI (Strayer-Tripp International)
• manufactures modular M1911 based in Georgetown, Texas
• June 1994, Sandy Strayer left STI to start a new company called Strayer Voigt Inc
• 1997 Dave and Shirley Skinner purchase of STI from Virgil Tripp
  – renamed the company to STI International, Inc
• 1997 Virgil started Tripp Research, Inc
• January 2005, Dave Skinner sold the company to the employees of STI
  – first employee-owned company in the firearms industry
• 2010-2014 Tim Dillon was hired and made President and CEO
• 2017 private Investor group purchased STI (Westwind Investors)

• May 26, 2020, STI Firearms changed name to Staccato

STI International
Staccato
114 Halmar Cove
Georgetown, TX 78628

512.819.0656