or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . december 2011 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message sellier & bellot type private industry ammunition founded prague august 5 1825 1825 08 05 founder louis sellier jean maria nicolaus bellot headquarters vla im czech republic area served worldwide products ammunition parent cbc website http www.sellier bellot.cz sellier & bellot is a firearms ammunition manufacturer situated in vla im czech republic . 1 it is a subsidiary of the brazilian company cbc . 2 contents 1 foundation 2 subsequent development 3 references 4 external links foundation edit side on view of sellier & bellot .45 acp fmj cartridge with ruler for scale headstamp on a sellier & bellot .45 acp cartridge view of the head stamp on a sellier & bellot 7.62 mm tokarev cartridge view of sellier & bellot .38 special fmj a .38 special jacketed soft point cartridge made by s & b sellier & bellot was founded in august 5 1825 by a german businessman of french origins called louis sellier . his family had been royalists who had fled france during the french revolution . louis sellier began manufacturing percussion caps for infantry firearms in a factory in prague bohemia on the request of francis i the emperor of austria . sellier was soon joined by his countryman jean maria nicolaus bellot who led the company to quickly gain momentum . sellier & bellot products soon established themselves on both european and overseas markets . as early as 1830 the manufacture of percussion caps was in excess of 60 million and peaked later in 1837 at the enormous quantity of 156 million caps . 3 subsequent development edit 1829 a subsidiary plant in the sch nebeck prussia is founded . 1870 cartridge production starts . together with flobert s rimfire and lefaucheux s pin primer cartridges the first centrefire cartridges appear in the production program . in just a few years the annual output grows to 10 million cartridges . louis sellier died and his heirs acquired his share . 1872 heirs of louis sellier convince jean bellot to give up management of the company and sell it . the factory brings in czech entrepreneur martin h la who soon transforms the company into a joint stock company czech a.s. ; german gmbh . 1884 another subsidiary plant is established in riga latvia then part of russia and this soon covers demand for percussion caps in the whole of russia and scandinavia . 1893 the first trade mark sellier & bellot is listed in prague . 1895 hunting cartridge cases quickly followed by hunting cartridges are brought into the production program . this program is extended by copper primers for blasting works and ammunition manufacture in koda pilsen . 1914 1918 during world war i the production of commercial ammunition is curbed and total capacity used to manufacture rifle and handgun cartridges for the army . the steyr 9 mm cartridge is developed and introduced to serial production during this period . after the independent state of czechoslovakia is founded in october 1918 the company becomes the dominant supplier of handgun ammunition for the czechoslovak army and police . the production of commercial ammunition for competition shooting and hunting purposes is further extended . the company expands into the asian and south american markets where sellier & bellot s infantry cartridges meet with a great success . based on the invention of its managing director dr. ing . franti ek blechta the company became the only manufacturer of silver azide in the world . owing to this the production of industrial detonators increased significantly . 1936 the company s transfer from prague to vla im lead to further growth . 1945 nationalization of the company and the decision of the czechoslovak government to introduce state monopoly for the manufacture of both military and commercial ammunition supplies a key incentive for further development of sellier & bellot . the range of commercial ammunition is extended to forty rifle calibre types ten pistol and twenty revolver types . shot shell manufacture ranges from 12 to 410 calibre types . total output soon increases five times . approximately 70 % of the output is exported . original 7.62 45 7.62 39 and 7.62 54r cartridges are successfully introduced into production to cover the demands of the czechoslovak army . 1964 company starts to produce antifriction bearings . 1965 production of packaging machines now concentrated in the subsidiary company sellier & bellot stroje ltd. begins . 1972 manufacture of cartridges according to valid c.i.p. regulations begins . 1992 transformation of the state owned company to a joint stock company sellier & bellot a.s. jsc . the company s shareholders are czech natural and legal persons ; a part of the equity is held by company s employees . almost 70 % of production volume is exported through the daughter company sellier & bellot trade a.s. the company s products are exported to more than seventy countries around the world . 1998 the company is granted iso 9001 certification . 1999 sellier & bellot earns the bronze medal in deutsches waffen journal readers vote in the category of ammunition . 2005 sellier & bellot jsc celebrates its 180th anniversary . it is not only one of the oldest engineering companies in the czech republic but also one of the oldest companies in the world . it has been manufacturing products bearing its trademark uninterrupted since 1825 . 2009 sellier & bellot is acquired by cbc of brazil . 4 references edit sellier & bellot . sellier & bellot . reweb . cbc . history overview . sellier & bellot . reweb . cbc . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sellier % 26 bellot & oldid 715686715 categories ammunition manufacturerscompanies of czechoslovakiahidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2011all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from december 2011all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles containing czech language textarticles containing german language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages lietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 17 april 2016 at 11 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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