In 2017, the board approved the investment of a €100 million plant in Sorgues (Vaucluse) to make hexogen explosive. Eurenco already has 250 employees there working to make Nitrotriazolone (NTO) powder.[6] Hexogen is less stable than NTO, and so cannot be characterized as an Extremely Insensitive Detonating Substance nor an Insensitive Munition.[7]
In July 2020, Nexter placed a big artillery shell order with Eurenco.[8]
In April 2023, Eurenco relocated its gunpowder plant from Sweden to France.[9]
In May 2023, Eurenco restarted a nitrocellulose plant in Bergerac.[10]
In July 2023, Eurenco had 1,100 employees and a sales revenue of €300 million.[11]
In October 2023, Eurenco opened an American joint venture subsidiary in Texas.[12]
In March 2024, Emmanuel Macron and Sébastien Lecornu visited the Eurenco plant to decorate employees.[13] At the time, it planned to double its production capacity over two years and forecast sales of €1 billion in 2030.[14][15] It planned to produce 1,200 metric tonnes per year of gunpowder for 155 mm caliber shells,[16][17] with an investment of €250 million in France. Some support was from the ASAP programme.[18]