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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Firearms |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | George Kellgren |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | George Kellgren (President) |
| Products | Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns |
| Website | www.keltecweapons.com |
Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc., commonly referred to as Kel-Tec, is an American developer and manufacturer of firearms. Founded by George Kellgren in 1991 and based in Cocoa, Florida, the company has manufactured firearms since 1995, starting with semi-automatic pistols[1] and expanding to rifles and then shotguns. Kel-Tec is a privately owned Florida corporation. George Kellgren, Kel-Tec owner and chief engineer, is a Swedish designer who also designed many earlier Husqvarna, Swedish Interdynamics AB (in Sweden), Intratec and Grendel brand firearms. The company has been developing and manufacturing a wide variety of firearms, ranging from semi-automatic handguns, i.e. pistols, to semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.
- ^ Johnston, Phil W. "Little Kel-Tec P-11 Pistol Features New, Practical Design." GunWeek. 2001. [1] Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine