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Brazil-based company to bring $300 million investment to MidAmerica Industrial Park

Rhett Morgan
May 16, 2025

CBC Global Ammunition to create four factories and 350 jobs on 550-acre campus

Returning to its gunpowder roots, MidAmerica Industrial Park (MAIP)  announced a business deal this week with one of the largest ammunition makers in the world.

Brazil-based CBC Global Ammunition said it is planning to build a $300 million facility at MAIP, a project expected to create 350 jobs.

The 550-acre CBC campus will occupy land that used to house Oklahoma Ordnance Works, a munitions complex used to support the country’s military during World War II. Established on that same acreage roughly 20 years after the global conflict was MAIP, which is home to about 5,000 employees and more than 80 companies.

“We feel really welcome here in Tulsa and in Oklahoma,” Fabio Mazzaro, president of CBC and a board member of CBC Global Ammunition, said at a news conference Thursday at Tulsa’s Mayo Hotel. “And we’re very, very glad to work with MidAmerica to bring back the heritage of ammunition production and the Oklahoma Ordnance Works.”

CBC, the holding company for an international group in the ammunition sector, is one of the world’s leading producers of military and civilian ammunition for portable weapons. A supplier to the United States military and allied forces globally, CBC also serves law enforcement and commercial markets. Magtech Ammunition, Inc. serves as its master distributor in the United States for all brands within the group.

The average salary of the CBC jobs will be $55,635, according to Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) documents. Groundbreaking on the campus, which will encompass four factories, is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2025.

“These aren’t just jobs; they are careers, in engineering, advanced manufacturing, logistics and management,” said David Stewart, chief administrator of MidAmerica. “They represent opportunity for our citizens, growth for our region and strength for our national defense. In many ways, CBC is laying the foundation for the future of the ammunition industry in the United States.”

A total of $66 million in labor income will be supported because of the CBC project, according to data produced by Dr. Ama Abrokwah, the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s vice president of research. Also, annual operations of CBC are expected to generate about $33 million in local state and federal tax revenue.

“As a region, we are stronger when we work together,” said Mike Neal, president and CEO of the Tulsa Regional Chamber. “That’s the of the mission of Tulsa’s Future, the Chamber-led regional economic development partnership. Since its inception in 2005, Tulsa’s Future has been rooted in collaboration – across city limits, county lines, tribal reservations and industry. The success we’re celebrating (Thursday) is a direct result of that partnership.”

Globally, CBC has more than 4,000 employees and produces nearly two billion rounds of ammunition each year. The new Oklahoma facility (CBC USA) will be capable of producing all centerfire cartridges, from 9mm up to 12.7mm, and will supply law enforcement, U.S. military and the U.S. sports and hunting market.

Oklahoma sealed the deal thanks in part to the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund. CBC is slated to receive $10 million from this performance-based incentive, which dispenses funds only after agreed-upon benchmarks are achieved.

CBC visited 11 sites in seven states before choosing Oklahoma, Mazzaro said.

“We’re really convinced that this project will be a success,” he said. “We’re here for the long ru

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