Founded in 1878 as the principal armaments workshop of the newly re-established Bulgarian state, Arsenal JSCo has grown into one of Europe’s largest vertically integrated defense manufacturers. Today, the company employs roughly 10,000 highly skilled personnel at a 10 square kilometres industrial complex in Kazanlak, supplemented by satellite facilities for precision machining, energetics, and R&D. Arsenal’s product portfolio spans the full lifecycle of small- and medium-caliber infantry weapons.