Fear of violence has boosted sales by vehicle armoring companies in recent years, also marked by the unprecedented release of weapons to civilians in Brazil.
Data from Abrablin, the industry association, show that, during the Jair Bolsonaro administration, an average of 18,000 vehicles were protected against shots per year – a level that had dropped to 15,000 in the second term of Dilma Rousseff and also in the Michel government. To fear.
According to Carbon Blindados, the world’s leading civilian vehicle armor company, São Paulo continues to be the flagship of the business.
Between January and October of this year alone, the company carried out 3,400 shields, surpassing the total volume for 2021 (3,000), which had been a record.
The company’s president, Alessandro Ericsson, claims that a good part of this performance is due to the endorsement given by large foreign automakers to extra protection.
Carbon is accredited by Volvo. It is also suitable for armoring Jaguar, Land Rover and Toyota models.
“To a large extent, this joint action with the main brands of premium cars allowed us to reach revenues of R$ 280 million, until October, and the projection is to reach R$320 million until December”, said Ericsson.
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