# VMZ Sopot

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> State-controlled (Bulgarian Ministry of Defence holds via Kintex / DCAF holding)<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Sopot-based, founded 1936 (Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi). Major artillery-ammunition producer for NATO and partner armies. Has been operating at maximum capacity since 2022 supplying Ukraine. One of NATO's structurally important post-Soviet ammunition producers. Bulgaria's VMZ plus Czechia's Sellier &amp; Bellot and STV Group have been quietly critical to keeping European ammunition supplies flowing.<br><a href="https://www.vmz.bg">https://www.vmz.bg</a></p>

https://www.vmz.bg