created in 1990
São Paulo, Brazil
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

• 1926 Costabile and Gianicola Matarazzo, founded Fábrica Nacional de Cartuchos e Munições
• 1936  sold their operation to Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries
  – renamed Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC)
• 1979 sold & now is privately owned
• All ammunition made in Brazil
• three production facilities
  – São Paulo
  – 2x Rio Grande do Sul
• 2009 CBC purchased Sellier & Bellot
• produce over 1.5 billion cartridges annually