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The company will also resume production of the explosive powder used to make propellant charges, after France shut down powder production in 2007 and switched to imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site of the shuttered powder production had become a wasteland. The investment in Bergerac \u201cis, for me, the image of this industrial reconquest and military sovereignty that we want for ourselves and for Europe,\u201d Macron said. The site started production of artillery powder during the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The target is for the Bergerac site to produce 1,200 metric tons of explosive powder a year, equivalent to 500,000 modular propellant charges, the Armed Forces Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gouv.fr\/actualites\/sebastien-lecornu-annonce-plan-trois-points-accelerer-production-munitions\">said in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France has concluded that if it wants to accelerate artillery shell production and secure supply, it needs to control the entire process, including powder, the president said. Currently, French shell production relies on powder manufactured in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eurenco will increase the workforce in Bergerac to 450 in the next 18 to 24 months, after already growing the number of employees to 250 from 200 previously, according to Macron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company was awarded about \u20ac76 million in subsidies as part of the European Commission\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/03\/15\/eu-sprinkles-560-million-over-defense-firms-to-grow-ammunition-output\/\">Act in Support of Ammunition Production<\/a> to increase production capacity in France and Sweden. Eurenco says it will boost powder production tenfold, double production capacity for modular charges by 2026, and double its ammunition and explosives loading production by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France needs to increase propellant production both to aid Ukraine as well as for its own defense, Macron said. 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