SIG Sauer AG
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The company was previously registered as SAN Swiss Arms AG and changed its name to SIG Sauer AG in December 2019.[2] It was known as SIG Arms AG before it was acquired in 2000 by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft.[3][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. 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
- 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