B&T’s Utah Plant Grew From Three Employees to 7,000 Suppressors a Month While Lawyers Fought Over the Name
The B&T suppressor factory in Herriman, Utah just scaled to a stated capacity of 7,000 cans a month, according to the company’s announcement this week. That works out to 84,000 suppressors a year from a single 88,000-square-foot building. If you’ve been waiting on a B&T can, that’s the kind of number that moves dealer shelves….
The B&T suppressor factory in Herriman, Utah just scaled to a stated capacity of 7,000 cans a month, according to the company’s announcement this week. That works out to 84,000 suppressors a year from a single 88,000-square-foot building.
If you’ve been waiting on a B&T can, that’s the kind of number that moves dealer shelves. And if you’re SilencerCo or Dead Air sharing the same NFA sandbox, somebody next to you just unboxed a much bigger shovel.
Here’s the wrinkle: barely a month before the announcement, a legal settlement put the B&T name in America on its way back to Switzerland. B&T USA just finished the dream shop build while the deed sat in escrow.
The build-out: when upgrades started in Q4 2025, the Herriman floor ran two industrial 3-D printers, one CNC machine, and three employees. Today it runs nine printers and seven CNC machines, with more than 55 people on payroll, over 20 of them machinists.
The building now handles design, 3-D printing, machining, Cerakote, engraving, assembly, inspection, and shipping under one roof. Design to doorstep, no contract houses in between.
The pace: CEO Ridley Key says the plan is more hiring and more equipment through the rest of 2026. Three employees to 55-plus in under a year isn’t a cautious ramp; it’s a sprint with no posted ceiling.
The pedigree: this is the same B&T whose APC9K won the Army’s Sub Compact Weapon contract in 2019 and now rides with the security details guarding the Pentagon’s top brass.
The name problem: in March, B&T USA sued Switzerland-based B&T AG in federal court over the B&T trademarks (B&T USA, LLC v. B&T A.G., No. 8:26-cv-00714, M.D. Fla., filed March 17). On June 25, the two companies announced a comprehensive settlement: all pending litigation gets dismissed, and, per B&T AG’s statement, full control of the U.S. trademarks returns to the Swiss.
B&T AG says it will stand up a wholly Swiss-owned American operation “later this year” to supply authentic Swiss-made products and support. Where a freshly scaled 84,000-can Utah factory fits in that framework, neither company’s statement says.
For now, the settlement keeps the lights on and the phones answered: both sides say warranty, service, technical support, and parts still run through B&T USA during a cooperation window their statement calls “timely limited.” What the Herriman operation is called once that window closes is the open question.
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What it means for buyers: 7,000 a month is a stated maximum, not a confirmed run rate. But even at half that, 3,500 domestic cans a month is volume you feel at the dealer counter, not a press-release number.
Your move: if a B&T can is on your list, the production side of this story is all good news, and the settlement explicitly keeps warranty and parts support running while the transition plays out. Buy through a dealer who’ll chase a claim for you anyway, because the unresolved question isn’t whether cans ship. It’s whether the name engraved on the can you Form 4 this year still answers the phone in two. The shop is built and the machines are running. Just keep an eye on whose name ends up on the deed.
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Sources: B&T USA expansion announcement (via Soldier Systems Daily); B&T USA settlement statement; B&T AG settlement statement; case docket via CourtListener; The War Zone on the Army’s Sub Compact Weapon.
Justin Trump is the managing editor and owner of CAT Outdoors. The son of a Vietnam veteran, he’s a Certified Glock Armorer, an avid gun enthusiast and 2A advocate. He holds two firearm patents for the CAT M4 and Talon tools. When not managing CAT Outdoors, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, rooting for Michigan sports teams, and serving his church.