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