History
Mathews Inc. was launched in Austin, Minnesota in 1992 with two employees. Like many companies in their infancy, job descriptions were short and to the point – “we do what we need to do to get the work done.” That teamwork and dedication was the framework for our company’s management philosophy, “people first, business second.” CEO Matt McPherson’s goal, then and now, is to provide quality jobs that support families, provide competitive benefits and a working environment second to none.
Fast forward three years to 1995. Mathews Inc. and 30 of 39 employees move to a new location in Sparta, Wisconsin, a true testament to their faith in McPherson’s vision for the company. Their new facility was an enormous 12,400 square feet. Joel Maxfield, Vice President of Marketing, recalls thinking, “If we ever produce enough bows to utilize ‘all this space,’ we will truly be an amazing company.”
Fast forward another 13 years to today, and we see that Mathews has grown well beyond Joel’s expectations. Since that time in 1995, the company has expanded its space 6 times to approximately 100,000 square feet and now have approximantely 240 employees that have helped Mathews become the largest grossing archery manufacturer in the world. By putting people first and business second, Matt McPherson has successfully built a major force in the archery industry.
Virtually every year, Mathews has redefined the compound bow with what has become a long list of innovations:
- High Let-off Revolution- bows were taken from an average of 50% let-off to a remarkable 75% Let-off under the McPherson brand (1985)
- Single Cam Technology (1992)
- Dramatically Lighter and Shorter Bows (1994)
- The First Carbon Cable Guard (1994)
- Zebra® ZS Twist Bowstring (1994)
- Even Tiller, Dual Feed Single Cam (1995)
- Parallel Limb Design (1996)
- High Efficiency- High Speed Cam Geometry (1997)
- Perimeter-Weighted Technology™ (1997)
- StraightLine, dual feed Single Cam (1998)
- Harmonic Damping System™ (2000)
- String Suppressors™ (2002)
- Angled Roller Guard (2002)
- V-LOCK™ Zero Tolerance Limb Cup System (2003)
- Inline Grip (2004)
- SE Composite SlimLimb Design (2006)
- SphereLock Pivoting Limb Lock System (2006)
- Limb Turret (2006)
- ArrowWeb T-Series Quiver with Spider Claw Quick Twist System (2006)
- Lost Camo (2007)
- Quick Change Axle- QCA (2008)
- Advanced Vectoring Cam System-AVS (2008)
- QUAD VLock Limbs (2008)
- Harmonic Stabilizer (2009)
- Grid Lock Riser Technology (2010)
- Reverse Assist Roller Guard (2010)
