Company type | State-owned company |
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Industry | Arms Metallurgy |
Predecessor | Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares |
Founded | 1941 |
Founder | Government of Argentina |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Cdor. Hugo Pascarelli (President) |
Products | UAVs, freight wagons, small arms, fertiliser, artillery, SAMs |
Owner | Government of Argentina |
Parent | Ministry of Defence |
Website | fm.gob.ar |
Fabricaciones Militares Sociedad del Estado (Spanish for Military Industries State Corporation), is a state-owned Argentine arms manufacturer based in Buenos Aires. The company was a government agency under the name Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares ("Directorate General of Military Industries").
Founded in 1941, over the years the company has diversified into different areas such as mining, petroleum, rolling stock and petrochemicals. The company is under the direction of the Argentine Ministry of Defence.