PB CLERMONT S.A. by EURENCO

EURENCO is the European leader in Energetic materials for strategic markets: Defense, Security, Space, Oil & Gas. The European group has a turnover of more than €220M and 800 employees in France, Sweden, Belgium and USA. Its product range includes explosives, propellants and combustible items for land, naval and aerospace applications. 

EURENCO owns two of the world’s best small caliber propellants brands: BOFORS POWDERS^TM and PB CLERMONT^TM. They have developed world class powders for more than 100 years. Their current product range includes hundreds of spherical and extruded propellants for the Military, Sports, Hunting and Reloading markets from .22 to 20mm. Together, PB CLERMONT™ and BOFORS POWDERS™ have the largest production capacity in Europe(> 2800 MT per year). They are also at the forefront of the development of innovative propellants. 

PB CLERMONT™ traces its roots back to 1850 when the first Belgian black powder factory was founded by G. Hilgers & Co in Clermont-sous-Huy. The company became S.A. Poudreries Réunies de Belgique in 1919 and started to produce spherical powders in 1952. It was at the time the first company to produce spherical powders in Europe. PRB was renamed PB CLERMONT™ in 1990 when thecompany was acquired by the SNPE Group and became a subsidiary of EURENCO when the European company was created in 2004.

The PB CLERMONT™ brand has now expanded its presence throughout Europe, Middle-East, Asia and the Americas, becoming one of the world’ s most famous small caliber propellant brands. PB Clermont is the reference for many leading ammunition manufacturers for their Defense, Security and Civil ammunition ranges. PB CLERMONT™ has also continuously expanded its production capacity to remain Europe’s largest producer of spherical powders and n°2 worldwide. Further investments are ongoing to maintain its leading position in the coming years.

The brand is especially recognized for its high quality powders and excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility. Our laboratories and ballistic test range ensure quality control at all steps of the production process through microcalorimetric controls for powder life expectancy and ballistic stability, manometric bomb tests and a wide range of physico-chemical and metrological analysis. Moreover, our team of highly skilled scientists, engineers and techniciansprovide our customers with a strong technical support and a high level of customization whatever your new project.