Servicios Industriales de la Marina
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| Company type | State company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipbuilding Naval architecture |
| Founded | 1845 (1950 as state owned company under private law) |
| Headquarters | Callao, Peru |
Key people | Eduardo Novoa Monge, (Executive Director) |
| Website | www.sima.com.pe |
Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (Shipyard Marine Industrial Services), well known as SIMA or SIMA PERU S.A., is a state owned company established under private law in 1950 pursuing the activities of the former Naval Factory founded in 1845, and continually extending its operational capacity, first to the shipbuilding which SIMA pioneered in South America and then to the greatest metalworking structures manufacture, contributing to the defense and socio-economic development of Peru. The SIMA principally serve the Navy of Peru as well as domestic and foreign private clients through a wide range of products.[1]
Its SIMA-CEFAR ("Servicios Industriales de la Marina-Centro de Fabricacion de Armas") unit builds the MGP-84 submachine gun.[2]
History
On May, 22 1845 during the first government of President Ramón Castilla, the State Factory in the city of Callao was established. Then named Naval Factory, this facility would become a leading establishment of its kind in South America. Such decision to establish this factory was due to the fact that Peru had taken steps to acquire the steamship "Rimac", first steam warship of the national navy at that time in the year of 1844, making it necessary to have an establishment where maintenance and repair could be provided.[3]
On August, 7 1861 by orders of the President of the Republic, General Juan Antonio Pezet, the Naval Factory was entirely taken over by the Navy, arranging the creation of the Naval Factory Superintendence, thus achieving performance optimization. Years later the Naval Factory made history participating in the construction of the first South American armored ship monitor "Victoria" and the conversion of steamship "Loa" into an armored vehicle; installing machinery, artillery and hull armor. Both ships were part of the national fleet that confronted de Spanish fleet during the nabal Battle of Callao in 1866.
References
- ^ "SIMA, the company". sima.com.pe. August 14, 2015.
- ^ "PERU'S MGP-84 MINI TOWARDS A MORE COMPACT SUB-MACHINEGUN". Jane's International Defence Review. Apr 1, 1995. Retrieved 2008-09-08. [dead link]
- ^ "History´s SIMA". sima.com.pe. August 14, 2015.