SIG Sauer AG is a
Swiss
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manufacturer of
armaments
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. The company is part of L&O Holding, which also owns the German-based
SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG and the US-based
Sig Sauer Inc.
The company was previously registered as SAN Swiss Arms AG and changed its name to SIG Sauer AG in December 2019. 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
SIG Group AG is a Swiss multinational corporation and one of the biggest manufacturers in the packaging industry.
Originally founded 1853 as a railway car producer named ''Schweizerische Waggonfabrik'' ("Swiss Wagon Factory"), it was renamed ...
''.
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
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owns a small part of the company.
In 2020, the company changed its name to SIG Sauer AG.
Products
; Rifles
*
SG 550 line of
assault rifle
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s (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.
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SAN 511
; Pistols
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SIG Sauer SP 2022 (non-blowback, polymer variant)
;Grenade launchers
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GLG 40 and GL 5040/5140
;Pellet rifles
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TG-1
References
External links
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Firearm manufacturers of Switzerland
Lüke & Ortmeier Gruppe
Companies based in the canton of Schaffhausen
Neuhausen am Rheinfall
SIG Sauer