Turnover: 350 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

  • EURENCO was created in 2004 from the merger between SNPE Explosifs & Propulseurs and NEXPLO.
  • Operations in several European countries
  • European leader in military explosives, propellants and fuels, and in explosives for the civil sector (oil and gas drilling, mining), with the world's largest production capacity for 2-EHN (fuel additive)
  • 1200 employees

 

News

Eurenco brings the powder to Bergerac 07/05/2023

  • Eurenco is an explosives specialist 100% owned by the Agence des participations de l'État.
  • The project consists of developing a powder manufacturing capacity for large-calibre artillery systems (155 mm) in Bergerac (Dordogne).
  • France is determined to be self-sufficient in ammunition.
  • Powder is used to propel shells, particularly those for Caesar guns, over a distance of more than 40 km.
  • By 2025, Eurenco will be supplying enough powder to equip 95,000 shells a year. an investment of 60 million euros
  • Eurenco is based in Sorgues (Vaucluse) and employs 1100 people.

Eurenco relocates its artillery powder production to France 04/04/2023

  • Eurenco is the European leader in powders and explosives
  • - Production sites: Sorgues (Vaucluse) and Bergerac (Dordogne)
  • - Planned production capacity: 1,200 tonnes of powder per year, covering the needs of 500,000 modular charges
  • - Employment: 500 employees in Sorgues out of a total of 1,200
  • - Activities in Sorgues: production of explosives (1/3 of business) and fuel additives
  • - Current sales: 250 million euros by 2022, two-thirds of which from exports
  • - Market growth: 5% p.a. (excluding war in Ukraine)