Société nationale des poudres et des explosifs
| Société nationale des poudres et des explosifs | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1971 |
| resolution | 2013 |
| Seat | |
| Number of employees | about 5000 |
| Branch | armor |
The Société nationale des poudres et des explosifs , abbreviated to Groupe SNPE , was a French arms company that went back to the French powder monopoly from 1336. In 2007 it was split into
- Energetic materials ( Eurenco for explosives, SME for solid rocket fuels (today SAFRAN Herakles ), Roxel for rocket motors)
- Civil explosives ( Nobel Explosif France, Bergerac NitroCellulose , Durlin )
- Fine chemicals ( Isochem )
In 2013, all remnants of the company were taken over by Nexter .
The Groupe SNPE had factories in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles , Vert-le-Petit , Bergerac , Sorgues , Toulouse , Angoulême , Pithiviers , Pont-de-Claix and Gennevilliers .