Company profile

EXPAL Bulgaria JSC
Defense Activities in Gabrovo Plant
Industrial Group
Part of a great Industrial Group
Since its foundation by Alfred Nobel
in 1872, MAXAM has become a
multinational industrial group:
Formed by more than 100 companies
With over 6.000 employees worldwide
Organized in five business areas
Production facilities in more than 40 countries
And sales in more than 100, in every continent
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Industrial Group
MAXAM is a leading industrial group in…
Development, manufacture and sale of civil explosives and initiation
systems for the mining, quarry and infrastructure industries
Production of chemicals and fertilizers
Hunting cartridges and gunpowder for sporting use
Products for the defence industry
Energy and environmental consulting
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Industrial Group
BUSINESS AREA
Civil Explosives
MAIN PRODUCTS
Cartridged explosives
Bulk explosives
Seismic explosives
Delivery systems
CLIENTS
LEADERSHIP
#1 in Europe
# 2 worldwide
Mining
Public sector
Initiation Systems
Electric detonators
Non-electric detonators
Electronic detonators
Detonating cord
Boosters
Safety fuse
Chem
Raw materials:
Ammonium nitrate
Nitrocelulose
Fine chemicals
Cartridges
Components
Powder
Shooting clubs
Outdoors
Defence
Ammunitions and energetics,
weapons systems, maintenance
and demil services
Defence Ministries
(NATO Area)
Defence Companies
Energy
Environment consulting
Wind Energy
Internal resources
and abilities
Infrastructures
Quarries
# 1 in Europe
Internal needs
# 1 in Europe
Chemical sector
# 1 worldwide
Hunting
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# 1 in Demilitarization
Recycling in Europe
Defence Activities
Leader in Defense
EXPAL, head of the Business Unit of
Defence of the MAXAM Group,
constitutes the most important
industrial group in Spain within the
industry of ammunition and
explosives as well as the number 1 in
Demilitarization and Soil remediation.
With a wide and complete range of
products, EXPAL also provides
services of maintenance and
modernization of platforms, armoured
vehicles and aircraft systems.
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Defence Activities
EXPAL manages the entire lifecycle of ammunitions and explosives, from their
design, development, manufacturing, until their destruction at the end of their
working life, allocating all recycled components to their reuse in the civil
industry, explosives for public works, mining industry, hunting powder, etc.
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Defence Activities
EXPAL develops, manufactures, markets and maintains products, systems and
services for the Defense & Security Sector.
Its products are operating in Armed Forces from a large list of countries.
Weapon Systems
Ammunitions &
propellants
Technological
Systems &
Applications
Maintenance Services
& Integrated Logistic
Support
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Demilitarization
& EOD Services
Defence Activities
Weapon Systems, Artillery Ammunition, Air
Armament, Fuzes, Medium Caliber Ammunition,
Mortar Systems, Naval Ammunition, small caliber
ammunition, propellants & Energetics.
Weapon Systems, ammunition & energetic products
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Defence Activities
Guiding Systems & Digital Control Systems
Systems and Technology Applications
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Defence Activities
Armored Vehicles
Maintenance & Modernization Services and Integrated Logistic Support
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Defence Activities
Aeronautical Systems
Maintenance & Modernization Services and Integrated Logistic Support
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Defence Activities
Training, Demining, BAC (Battle Area Clearance) & ERW
(explosives remnants of war) and UXO´s (unexploded
ordnances)
EOD & Soil Remediation Services
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Defence Activities
We share knowledge
With
more
than
600
Professionals, EXPAL has 7
centers in Spain and other 4
factories in Europe: 1 in
Denmark, 1 in Italy, 1 in
Belarus and 1 in Bulgaria.
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Defence Activities
We share knowledge
With two centers in USA, EXPAL USA develop
and produce energetic components
TEXAS
Load, assembly and pack.
LOUISIANA
Energetics processing
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Defence Activities
With a Global Sales Network
EXPAL Bulgaria as part of EXPAL has a
world-wide commercial network and solid
collaboration agreements with important
companies of the Defense Industry
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Gabrovo Plant
More than 100 years history…
Started its activity in 1.895
manufacturing of military powders
with
the
It has produced diverse defense products like
hand grenades, anti-tank mines, engineering
field explosives or small and medium calibers
Acquired in 2007 by MAXAM Group
Since 2007 investment
demilitarization activities
is
focused
in
Today is one of the most modern, safe and
environmental friendly facilities in Europe for
demilitarization activities
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Gabrovo Plant
Wide experience
Authorization, facilities, equipment, manpower, knowledge and experience for
the disposal of conventional ammunition NATO and Warsaw
High explosive rounds, armour piercing, pre-fragmented, illuminating,
incendiary, cargo, smoke, WP, mortar ammo., hand grenades, rockets,
aviation, cluster, small calibers, blasting mines, engineering explosives,
pyrothecnics, detonating cord, blasting caps…
More than 500 references destroyed in last two years
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Gabrovo Plant
Good location and good access
Facilities for storage, demilitarization and recycling on one single site in
Gabrovo (center of Bulgaria) at 240 km east of Sofia and 260 km west of
Burgas port in the Black Sea
Located in crossroads between north-south main way from Romania to Turkey,
and west-east main road to Black Sea cost
Accessibility by truck, trailer, semi-trailer and containers of any size
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Gabrovo Plant
Big storage capacity
Reception of ammunition by sea is facilitated by the use of authorized
warehouses sited close to Burgas port in the Black Sea
Authorized decontainerization area inside factory with capacity for 230
containers 20 feet
21 storage warehouses for ammunition and civil explosives authorized for
2.220 tons NEQ with all safety requirements according to legislation
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Gabrovo Plant
Explosive discharge
Discharge plant for high-explosive
TNT ammunition
Environmental friendly, free of red
waters
Drying and flaking capabilities with
capacity up to 5 tons per working day
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Gabrovo Plant
Explosive discharge
Discharge plant for high-explosive composition-B,
hexotonal, tritonal and D-explosive with capacity up
to 3 tons
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Gabrovo Plant
White phosphorous discharge
Discharge plant for WP ammunition with capacity
up to 3 tons of WP per working day
From hand grenades to 155 mm ammunition
Environmental friendly, completely free of air
emissions
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Gabrovo Plant
Fuze dismantling
Four equipment for the safe dismantling and fuze
removal with capacity up to 1.500 units per
working day
Operation is automated
armored room for safety
and performed in
Operation is controlled remotely
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Gabrovo Plant
Cartridge dismantling
Three equipment for the safe removal,
dismantling and inertization of cartridges with
capacity up to 1.100 units per working day
Operation is automated
armored room for safety
and performed in
Operation is controlled remotely
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Gabrovo Plant
Furnace
Furnace for the safe and environmental friendly
inertization of pyrothecnics and initiators
With filtering system and temperature control
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Gabrovo Plant
Powder recycling
Plant for the recycling of double-based powder with
drying and cutting capabilities and with capacity up to
1,1 tons per working day
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Gabrovo Plant
Mines disposal
Six press machines and specific cutting equipment for
the disposal of mines
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Gabrovo Plant
Rockets and manpads
Safe dismantling and disposal of subcomponents
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Gabrovo Plant
Cluster ammunition
Safe dismantling and disposal of elements
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Gabrovo Plant
Specific lean equipment
Other specific equipment for the different operations
needed for the safe disposal of engineering explosives,
demolition charges, flares…
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Gabrovo Plant
Health & Safety
Two Health & Safety certified
technicians and two EOD technicians
perform risk assessment, operators
training and evaluation for every task
EXPAL Bulgaria is certified according
OSHAS 18001:2007
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Gabrovo Plant
Environmental care
One environment certified technician
performs environmental risk assessment
and analysis for all operations
EXPAL Bulgaria is certified ISO
14001:2004 for environmental care and
own all required authorizations for store
and disposal of the different wastes from
demilitarization activities
Wastes are segregated and treated
according to its nature
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Gabrovo Plant
Quality
Quality department performs a quality
plan specific to the requirements of each
customer and each demilitarization
contract, including process flow, control
plan, and verification of safety disposal
of hazardous and scrap materials
Quality inspectors verify the complete
accomplishment of operations
EXPAL Bulgaria is certified
9001:2008 and AQAP 2120
ISO
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Gabrovo Plant
Security
One security coordinator performs
security plan for material movement and
storage, and periodic inspections
Storage facilities are
dedicated personnel
controlled
by
Warehouses are submitted to video
surveillance
Operators fill and sign daily file with
tasks developed and ammunition
involved
All
ammunition
components
and
subcomponents movements are tracked
and recorded
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Gabrovo Plant
We recover, reuse and recycle
TNT
Boosters
Comp.
B
Plastic
Bonded
Explosives
Powder
Explosives
Double,Triple
Base
Propellants
Emulsion
&
Watergels
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Single Base
Propellants
Hunting
Cartridges
WP
Bodies
&
Cartridge Cases
Defense/
Civil Purposes Training Ammo
(when allowed)
Gabrovo Plant
We recover, reuse and recycle
EXPAL Bulgaria can recycle and reuse,
incorporated on its production of
industrial explosives most of the
energetic
materials
coming
from
demilitarization activities, including TNT,
Compo-B, black powder or double
based powder
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EXPAL Bulgaria
KV Charkovo, 5300 Gabrovo (Bulgaria)
expal-bg@expal.biz