ARSENAL JSCo. was founded in 1878 in Rousse as the first factory meant to serve the newly created Bulgarian Army.

In 1924 due to some strategic considerations the factory was transferred to Kazanlak by the law of the National Assembly and was given the name of State Military Works for production of cartridges and repair of all military equipment for the needs of the Army.

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, universal milling machines, CNC milling machines, drilling machines, casting, forging etc.;
• engineering activity.

Arsenal JSCo. 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:

• Factories for production of anti-aircraft systems, grenade launchers, ammunition, etc.;
• Workshops for assembly of assault rifles, machine guns, ammunition for them, etc.;
• Workshops for electroplating and heat treatment;
• Workshops for forging-pressing processing;
• Lines for electro-mechanical machining;
• Lines for deep-hole drilling of work pieces;
• Test ranges for small arms;
• Workshops for production of special tooling, etc.