Company type | State Company |
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Industry | Artillery, Small Arms, Munitions, Explosives, Industrial Machinery, Precision Machinery, Lathes, |
Predecessors | Constructiewerkplaatsen, Artillerie Inrichtingen, Staatsbedrijf der Artillerie-Inrichtingen, Staatsbedrijf Artillerie-Inrichtingen |
Founded | 1679, Delft |
Founder | Willem III of Orange |
Defunct | 1983 |
Successors | Eurometaal, Hembrug Machine Tools, Munitiefabriek Hembrug |
Headquarters | Netherlands |
Products | AR-10 |
Artillerie-Inrichtingen was a Dutch state-owned artillery, small arms, and munitions company which also produced machine tools and was founded in 1679 in Delft, Netherlands. The company was split in 1973 with its defense related businesses becoming Eurometaal and its civilian manufacturing becoming Hembrug Machine Tools. During its years of operation as Artillerie Inrichtingen, the company manufactured armaments and an array of other industrial outputs for the Dutch Army and the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL).