SIG Sauer AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. The company was previously registered as SAN Swiss Arms AG and changed its name to SIG Sauer AG in December 2019.[1] It was known as SIG Arms AG before 2000 when it was acquired by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft. [2][3] The company is now part of L&O Holding, which also owns the German-based SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG and the US-based SIG Sauer Inc.[4]
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| Headquarters | , |
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| Products | Firearms |
| Owner | L&O Holding |
| Website | http://www.sigsauer.swiss/en/ |
History
editThe SIG "Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft" was founded as "Schweizerische Waggon-Fabrik bei Schaffhausen". Production of arms started in 1860 at the request of the Swiss Army. Between 1970 and 1975, SIG purchased Swiss-based Hämmerli AG as well as the German-based Hämmerli in Tiengen and SAUER & SOHN GmbH in Eckernförde. In 2000, SIG sold the small arms division to the Lüke & Ortmeier Group and the company became SAN Swiss Arms AG. The Castelli-Moser family from Zürich owns a small part of the company.
In 2020, the company changed its name to SIG Sauer AG.[5]
Products
edit- Rifles
- SG 550 line of assault rifles (also includes the SG 551, SG 552 Commando carbines, the SG 553 and various semi-automatic sporting variants). The SG 550 is the standard service rifle of the Swiss Armed Forces and has been exported to several other countries in limited numbers.[6]
- SAN 511
- Pistols
- SIG Sauer SP 2022 (non-blowback, polymer variant)
- Grenade launchers
- Pellet rifles
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Zefix – Central Business Name Index". www.zefix.ch. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Grässlin, Jürgen; Harrich, Daniel; Harrich-Zandberg, Danuta (28 September 2015). Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden (in German). Heyne Verlag. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-3-641-18226-7.
- ^ "San Swiss Arms Chronicle". swissarms.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Unternehmen". Sig Sauer (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "About us". www.sigsauer.swiss. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "The SIG SG550". biggerhammer.net/. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
External links
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