Sellier & Bellot
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| Private | |
| Industry | Ammunition |
| Founded | Prague (August 5, 1825) |
| Founder | Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot |
| Headquarters | Vlašim, Czech Republic |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Ammunition |
| Parent | CBC |
| Website | sellier-bellot.cz |
Sellier & Bellot is a firearms ammunition manufacturer situated in Vlašim, Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary of the Brazilian company CBC.
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.
A subsidiary plant in Schönebeck (Prussia) is founded.
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.
Heirs of Louis Sellier convince Jean Bellot to give up management of the company and sell it. The factory brings in Czech entrepreneur Martin Hála, who soon transforms the company into a joint-stock company (Czech: a.s.; German: GmbH).
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.
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