April 13, 2026

SAAMI Welcomes Supply Energetics to Institute

SHELTON, Conn. — The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc.^®, (SAAMI^®), is pleased to announce that Supply Energetics has joined SAAMI as an Affiliate Member. Based in Parsons, Kan., Supply Energetics is a manufacturer of nitrocellulose with expansion plans to include propellants.

“We are very pleased to have Supply Energetics join the SAAMI family,” said Joe Bartozzi, SAAMI’s President and CEO. “They are joining a long list of leading organizations who are at the forefront of promoting firearm safety by the creation of standards that ensure the safety, reliability and interchangeability of firearms and ammunition.”

As an Affiliate member, Supply Energetics will have full access to SAAMI firearms and ammunition technical standards, as well as SAAMI’s reference ammunition program assessments. This status also lets their customers know they support the work SAAMI does for the entirety of the industry and the safety of participants of the shooting sports.

About SAAMI

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, founded in 1926 at the request of the federal government, is dedicated to creating and promulgating technical, performance and safety standards for firearms, ammunition, suppressors, and components, and is committed to being the preeminent global resource for the safe and responsible design, manufacture, transportation, storage and use of these products.

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