Swiss Arms

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]

SIG SAUER AG
HeadquartersSchaffhausen,
Neuhausen am Rheinfall
,
Switzerland
ProductsFirearms
OwnerL&O Holding
Websitehttp://www.sigsauer.swiss/en/

History

The 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
Swiss Arms SG550
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]
Pistols
Grenade launchers
Pellet rifles

See also

References
  1. "Zefix – Central Business Name Index". www.zefix.ch. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. 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.
  3. "San Swiss Arms Chonicle". swissarms.ch. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. "Unternehmen". Sig Sauer (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  5. "About us". www.sigsauer.swiss. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  6. "The SIG SG550". biggerhammer.net/. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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