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Swiss Arms

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Swiss firearms manufacturer

SIG Sauer AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. 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 2019.2 It is part of Lüke & Ortmeier Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • Industryweapons industry1
  • HeadquartersNeuhausen am Rheinfall1
  • Websitewww.swissarms.ch
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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SIG Sauer AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. 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.2

Corporate structure

Swiss Arms is part of a group headed by Lüke & Ortmeier Group. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Swiss Arms reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on SIG Sauer AG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • firearm

Listed on Wikidata.1

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.

SAN 511

Pistols

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SIG Sauer SP 2022 (non-blowback, polymer variant)

Grenade launchers

GLG 40 and GL 5040/5140

Pellet rifles

TG-1

From Wikipedia’s article on SIG Sauer AG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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