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'''SIG SAUER AG''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] manufacturer of [[Weapon|armaments]]. The company was renamed from '''SAN Swiss Arms AG''' to SIG SAUER AG in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/536506?name=SIG%20SAUER%20AG&searchType=exact|website=www.zefix.ch|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>. 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 ''[[SIG Combibloc Group AG|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft]]. <ref name="GrässlinHarrich2015">{{cite book |last1=Grässlin |first1=Jürgen |last2=Harrich |first2=Daniel |last3=Harrich-Zandberg |first3=Danuta |title=Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Heyne Verlag |language=German |isbn=978-3-641-18226-7 |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref name="Swissarms">{{cite web|title=San Swiss Arms Chonicle|url=http://www.swissarms.ch/en/aboutus.html |publisher=swissarms.ch |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> The company is now part of L&O Holding, which also owns the German-based [[SIG Sauer|SIG SAUER GmbH & Co.KG]] and the US-based [[SIG Sauer Inc.|SIG SAUER Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sigsauer.de/unternehmen/|title=Unternehmen|website=Sig Sauer|language=de-DE|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>
'''SIG SAUER AG''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] manufacturer of [[Weapon|armaments]]. The company was renamed from '''SAN Swiss Arms AG''' to SIG SAUER AG in 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/536506?name=SIG%20SAUER%20AG&searchType=exact|website=www.zefix.ch|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>. 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 ''[[SIG Combibloc Group AG|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft]]. <ref name="GrässlinHarrich2015">{{cite book |last1=Grässlin |first1=Jürgen |last2=Harrich |first2=Daniel |last3=Harrich-Zandberg |first3=Danuta |title=Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Heyne Verlag |language=German |isbn=978-3-641-18226-7 |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref name="Swissarms">{{cite web|title=San Swiss Arms Chonicle|url=http://www.swissarms.ch/en/aboutus.html |publisher=swissarms.ch |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>'' The company is now part of L&O Holding, which also owns the German-based [[SIG Sauer|SIG SAUER GmbH & Co.KG]] and the US-based [[SIG Sauer Inc.|SIG SAUER Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sigsauer.de/unternehmen/|title=Unternehmen|website=Sig Sauer|language=de-DE|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The [[SIG Combibloc Group|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.
SAN Swiss Arms AG was created in 2000 when all of the firearms divisions of [[Sig Holding AG|SIG]] were sold. The firearms companies created from this were [[SIG Sauer|SIG Sauer GmbH]] (Eckernförde, Germany); [[SIG Sauer#SIG_Sauer_Inc.|SIG Sauer, Inc.]] (New Hampshire, USA); and SAN Swiss Arms AG (Neuhausen am Rheinfall).<ref name="Swissarms" /> In 2020, the company changed its name to SIG SAUER AG.

In 2020, the company changed its name to SIG SAUER AG.


==Products==
==Products==

Revision as of 14:03, 25 January 2020

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

SIG SAUER AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. The company was renamed from SAN Swiss Arms AG to SIG SAUER AG in 2020[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]

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.

In 2020, the company changed its name to SIG SAUER AG.

Products

File:Swiss Arms SG 550 Right.jpg
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.[5]
Grenade launchers
Pellet rifles

See also

References

  1. ^ www.zefix.ch https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/536506?name=SIG%20SAUER%20AG&searchType=exact. Retrieved 2020-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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. ^ "The SIG SG550". biggerhammer.net/. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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