Rio Ammunition

Shotgun shell manufacturer

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Rio Ammunition, Inc.

Industry| Manufacturer of ammunition components
Headquarters| 433 E Las Colinas Blvd, Ste 900, Irving TX 75039
Products| Shotgun shells
Parent| MAXAM
Website| http://www.rioammo.com/

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]

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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.