Rio Ammunition

Rio Ammunition manufactures shotgun shells at a factory in Marshall, Texas. This subsidiary of the Spanish explosives firm MAXAM is a member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI).[1] MAXAM originated as Unión Española de Explosivos (UEE) in 1896, and began marketing shotgun ammunition in the United States in 2002.[2] The Rio Ammunition plant in McEwen, Tennessee, was damaged by an explosion in 2014.[3] The Texas factory began operations in 2015 loading locally manufactured shotgun shells with smokeless powder, wads, primers, and shot manufactured in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[4] The labor pool for the Texas manufacturing site includes skilled personnel formerly employed at the nearby Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant closed in 1997.[5] Rio Ammunition produces conventional target and hunting ammunition plus specialized cartridges for law enforcement use. Non-lead hunting cartridges are loaded with steel or bismuth shot. Combined production of factories in Spain, Texas, the United Kingdom and Turkey is estimated at 500,000,000 shotgun shells annually.[6]

Rio Ammunition, Inc.
IndustryManufacturer of ammunition components
Headquarters433 E Las Colinas Blvd, Ste 900, Irving TX 75039
ProductsShotgun shells
ParentMAXAM
Websitehttp://www.rioammo.com/

Sources
  1. "Member Companies". SAAMI. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. "About RIO". RIO Ammunition. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. "McEwen, TN ammunition plant explosion ruled accidental". Times Free Press. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. Taylor, John. "How It's Made: Exploring Rio Ammunition's New Texas Facility". Wildfowl Magazine. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. Wagoner, Ryan. "Rio Ammunition manufacturing facility opens in Marshall". Longview News-Journal. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. "Rio Ammunition Announces New Cartridge Manufacturing Facility in Marshall, Texas". Ammoland. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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