WARSAW, April 24 (Reuters) - Polish explosives-maker
Nitro-Chem said on Wednesday it had signed deal to supply TNT
(trinitrotoluene) to U.S.-based Paramount Enterprises
International (PEI) for bombs and ammunitions.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a $95 billion bill to aid
Ukraine and Israel, among others, and replenish U.S. stocks of
weapons shipped abroad. Global munitions manufacturers are
searching for suppliers of the chemical compounds needed for
artillery and other explosives.
"The agreement ... assumes regular deliveries of TNT to the
United States, which will be used to implement American
government weapons programs for 2026," Nitro-Chem, a subsidiary
of Poland's state-owned PGZ group, said in a press release.
"Strategic cooperation with Paramount Enterprises
International from the United States resulted in another
contract for the supply of TNT for producing Mk-series bombs and
large caliber ammunition."
Wednesday's deal is of similar scale to an agreement signed
by Nitro-Chem with PEI in November, the Polish company's
spokesperson told Reuters.
The values and volumes of both deals were not disclosed due
to confidentiality clauses, but would not involve increasing
employment nor an expansion of production lines by Nitro-Chem,
the spokesperson said.
Representatives of U.S. weapons-maker General Dynamics
Ordnance and Tactical Systems, owned by General Dynamics ( GD ),
and Poland's PGZ group were also present at Wednesday's deal
signing, according to Nitro-Chem.
Nitro-Chem is Poland's top armaments exporter and among the
leading explosives makers internationally, according to the
company's website.