Company Name: ARSENAL JSCo
Company address: 100, Rozova
Dolina Str.,
6100 Kazanlak, BULGARIA
General Director: Nikolay Ibushev
Tel.: +359 431 50
000, +359 431 63 740
Fax:
+359 431 50 001,
+359 431 63 783
e-mail: arsenal2000@arsenal2000.com
www.arsenal2000.com
Territory and buildings
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Overall area – 7 km2;
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Built area – 412510 m2
Staff:
Employees – over 9000
Technical personnel - over 1000
History and General
Information
Rich and long-term experience, excellent
management, highly skilled personnel, well equipped production lines, good
feeling of the market, Customers’ thrust and recognition – all this combined is
ARSENAL Co., Kazanlak - the biggest Company from the Bulgarian Defence
Industry Association and a
distinguished multi-functional infra-structural Company with a leading position
in the National Economics and traditions in design, production, engineering and
trade of military and civilian products.
ARSENAL Co. has more than a 146-year-long
history. It was established in 1878 in the town of Rousse as the first factory
meant to serve the newly created Bulgarian Army.
In 1924, due to some strategic considerations
it was transferred to Kazanlak by law of the National Assembly, and was given
the name of State Military Works for the production of cartridges and repair of
all military equipment for the needs of the Army.
Activity
Nowadays,
the activities of ARSENAL JSCo. are:
- design, manufacturing
and trade in small arms and artillery armaments, ammunition, primers, powders,
charges, pyrotechnic products, hunting and sport weapons and ammunition,
cemented carbide tools, tips and inserts, casting, forging etc.;
- engineering activity.
Our Company performs an energetic innovation
activity, as well as modernization of the military products.
Development, production and submission of the
new and modernized articles are performed without termination of submission of
the well-known articles.
The engineering activity of ARSENAL JSCo started in
1987. The Engineering Department performs transfer of know-how, helps a
Customer to manufacture weapons and ammunition, installs workshops and tests
equipment in the Customer`s country, trains its personnel, performs quality
control and gives any necessary technical assistance.
During that period numerous Contracts have
been concluded with companies all over the world for:
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Factories
for production of anti-aircraft systems, grenade launchers, ammunition, etc.;
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Workshops
for assembly of assault rifles, machine guns, ammunition for them, etc.;
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Workshops
for electroplating and heat treatment;
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Workshops
for forging-pressing processing;
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Lines
for electro-mechanical machining;
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Lines
for deep-hole drilling of work pieces;
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Test
ranges for small arms;
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Workshops
for production of special tooling, etc.
Quality
ARSENAL JSCo. has
a structured Quality Management System applicable for design and production of
armaments, ammunition and their components in accordance with the requirements
of NATO Publication- AQAP 2110. This Quality Management System is approved and
certified by the Ministry of Defence, Certificate SK No 255/2023.
According to
the requirements of ISO 9001, ARSENAL
JSCo. has
structured Quality Management System for repair and recycling
of metal cutting machines and accessories. Lloyd’s
Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) with Certificate Identity Number: 10361519,
current issue date: 31 May 2021,
Expiry date: 30 May 2024, Original Approvals: 30th
August 2000, has approved and certified this Quality
Management System.
The QAS is subjected to continuous monitoring and audits by the Ministry of Defence and through the implementation of the Government Quality Assurance.