200,000-square-foot
founded in 1939
US plant in 1984

• based in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Founded as a tool and die forging plant
• 1941 first revolver, the Model 38101SO
• 1968 introduced to U.S. market
• 1971, the Bangor Punta Corporation, then the owner of Smith & Wesson, purchased 54 percent of Forjas Taurus
• 1977 purchased by current owners
• 1980 purchased Beretta’s São Paulo manufacturing plant
  with tooling, technical drawings, and work force
• 1984 created a subsidiary Taurus USA in Miami, Florida
• 1997 purchased rights & equipment to manufacture Rossi revolvers
• 1999 ISO 9001 manufacturing designation
• 2005 Model PT 1911
• 2006 The Judge
• 2012 purchased Heritage Manufacturing
• 2013 PT-111 Millennium
• 2015 the Curve .380 ACP
• 2017 Spectrum
• 2018 Raging Hunter
• 2019 relocation of its U.S. facility to Bainbridge, Georgia
  200,000-square-foot