New Lachaussée

New Lachaussée is a Belgian precision machine builder based in Ans, near Liège, specializing in machinery for the industrial production of metallic and pyrotechnic elements. The company does not manufacture or sell ammunition, primers, detonators, or pyrotechnic compositions itself; instead, it designs and supplies the production lines, individual machines, and tooling that allow its customers to manufacture these products. Its four fields of expertise are ammunition lines, priming and pyrotechnic lines, detonator lines, and engineering. The ammunition lines cover machinery for cups, cases, bullets, projectiles, and cartridges in calibers such as 9mm, 7.62mm, 5.56mm, .22, .50, and medium caliber. Priming and pyrotechnic lines include complete machinery sets for primer manufacture and equipment for pyrotechnic compositions such as primary explosives, incendiaries, and tracer compositions. Detonator lines produce military and civil detonators, including detonator shells, delays, electric fuzes, loading and assembly, and quality inspection. The engineering department measures and analyzes many parameters when designing machines, adapting them to customer needs. Beyond hardware, New Lachaussée offers technology transfer services covering chemical processes, material specification, element drawings, gauges, quality control procedures, facility layout, machine implantation, energies (water, air, electricity), reinforced foundations, and production and safety flows. It also provides worldwide support, including on-site installation, commissioning, fine adjustments until quality production, training of customer technicians, ad hoc interventions for repairs or subsequent adaptations, long-term technical documentation, after-sales service, and maintenance plans. The company honors smaller orders of individual machines or single tools. New Lachaussée is part of the CBC Europa group. Its history dates back to 1830, when Louis Lachaussée founded the company in Liège to build machines for gunpowder production. Over nearly two centuries it has evolved from gunpowder machinery to machine tools and ammunition machines, and later expanded into non-ammunition sectors. Today it positions itself as a know-how partner for fine mechanics and pyrotechnics, serving defense and civil customers worldwide.

New Lachaussée traces its origins to 1830, when Louis Lachaussée founded the company in Liège, Belgium, to build machines for the production of gunpowder. In 1852, Louis Lachaussée died while establishing a gunpowder factory in Serbia. After his death, his wife and a son took over the company, which then specialized in machine tools and ammunition machines. In 1913, Louis Lachaussée, grandson of the founder, moved the factory to Ans. During World War I, he fled to Paris and returned in 1919. He left the military sector and began building machines for hunting and sporting ammunition. During World War II, the factory was practically idle but grew rapidly afterwards. In 1970, the company took over the old Imperia factory in Nessonvaux. It also began building machines for sectors other than ammunition. Over time, the company became part of the CBC Europa group. In 2003, New Lachaussée wanted to build an ammunition factory in Nepal for the production of bullets for FN weapons. In 2005, the company received a permit to build an ammunition factory in Tanzania, which was later withdrawn. Today, New Lachaussée operates from Ans, Belgium, and provides machinery and engineering services for the production of metallic and pyrotechnic elements worldwide.

• 2005

  The company received a permit to build an ammunition factory in Tanzania, which was later withdrawn.

• 2003

  New Lachaussée wanted to build an ammunition factory in Nepal for the production of bullets for FN weapons.

• 1970

  The company took over the old Imperia factory in Nessonvaux.

• 1919

  Louis Lachaussée returned from Paris after World War I and left the military sector, focusing on hunting and sporting ammunition machines.

• 1913

  Louis Lachaussée, grandson of the founder, moved the factory to Ans.

• 1852

  Louis Lachaussée died while establishing a gunpowder factory in Serbia; his wife and a son took over the company.

• 1830

  Louis Lachaussée founded the company in Liège to build machines for gunpowder production.

Precision machine builder for fine mechanics and pyrotechnics; does not manufacture or sell ammunition, primers, detonators, or pyrotechnic compositions, but makes the machines for customers to produce them.

• Ammunition lines

  Machinery for the production of cups, cases, bullets and projectiles, cartridges. 9mm, 7.62mm, 5.56mm, .22, .50, medium caliber.

• Priming and pyrotechnic lines

  Complete set of machinery for the manufacture of primers. Equipment for the manufacture of pyrotechnic compositions: primary explosive, incendiary, tracer compositions.

• Detonator lines

  Machinery for the production of military and civil detonators: detonator shells, delays, electric fuzes, loading and assembly, quality inspection.

• Engineering

  Engineering department measures and analyzes many parameters when designing machines, adapting to customer needs.

• Technology Transfer

  Chemical processes, material specification, element drawings, gauges, quality control procedures, facility layout, machine implantation, energies (water, air, electricity), reinforced foundations, production and safety flows.

• Worldwide Support

  On-site assistance: installation, commissioning, fine adjustments, training, ad hoc interventions, long-term technical documentation, after-sales service, maintenance plans.

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