SIG Sauer

SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG
Company typePrivate
IndustryWeapons
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Defunct2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Headquarters,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFirearms and accessories
Number of employees
200 Edit this on Wikidata
ParentLüke & Ortmeier Holding Gruppe, aka L&O Holding
Websitesigsauer.de
SIG Sauer, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryWeapons
PredecessorSIGARMS, Inc.
Founded1 October 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-01) in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ron Cohen (CEO and President)
ProductsPistols, rifles, airguns, electro-optics, ammunition, suppressors, shooting accessories
ServicesGunsmithing, training
Number of employees
>1200 (2017)
ParentLüke & Ortmeier Holding Gruppe, aka L&O Holding
Websitesigsauer.com
SIG Sauer AG
Company typePrivate
HeadquartersSchaffhausen, ,
ProductsFirearms
Number of employees
200 Edit this on Wikidata
ParentLüke & Ortmeier Holding Gruppe, aka L&O Holding
Websitewww.sigsauer.swiss/en/

SIG Sauer is a Swiss brand name of firearms originally manufactured in Neuhausen am Rheinfall. Several sister companies that design and manufacture firearms use the trade name SIG Sauer [ɛs ɡeː ˈzaʊ̯ɐ] and it is also registered brand name. The original company, Schweizerische Waggonfabrik (SWF), later Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG), went through several selloffs, leaving the SIG Sauer brand spread over several companies. The original SIG is now known as SIG Group and no longer has any firearms business.

  • The German company was SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG. It was formed in 1976 as a partnership between Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) of Switzerland and J.P. Sauer & Sohn of Germany.[1]
  • The Swiss company is SIG Sauer AG. Its predecessor SIG Arms AG was sold to L&O Holding in western Germany and was first renamed SAN Swiss Arms AG, commonly known as Swiss Arms, and in late 2019 was further renamed SIG Sauer AG.[2]
  • The American company is Sig Sauer, Inc (stylized as SIG SAUER). Its predecessor SIGARMS was founded in Virginia in 1985 to import and distribute SIG Sauer firearms into the United States: Its headquarters were moved to New Hampshire in 1990. This company was renamed Sig Sauer, Inc. in 2007, and since 2000 is organizationally separate from SIG Sauer GmbH.[1][3]

L&O Holding is the parent company of the German SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG, the Swiss SIG Sauer AG, and the American Sig Sauer, Inc.[4]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". swissarms.ch. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ AG, DV Bern. "SIG Sauer AG". Official Companies Register of the Canton of Schaffhausen. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ "History". SIG Sauer. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ^ "Unternehmen" (in German). Sig Sauer. Retrieved 2020-01-25.[dead link]