Herstal Group
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| Founded | 1889 |
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| Headquarters | Liège, Belgium |
| Key people |
Philippe Claessens (CEO), Patrick Vogne (CFO), Robert Sauvage (PR) |
| Products | small-arms, sporting goods |
| Employees | ~3.000 |
| Parent | Wallonia[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Herstal Group is the parent company of small-arms brands manufacturing companies FN Herstal, U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) and Browning Arms Company. It is based in Liège, Belgium, with offices in nine other European countries throughout North America, and Asia. It has a corporate partnership with Japanese company, Miroku.[2] Since 1997, Herstal Group has been 100% owned by the Walloon Region of Belgium, who purchased it from GIAT.[1]
In 1957, NATO adopted Herstal Group's 7.62 mm caliber ammunition design as standards. They later, in 1982, adopted Herstal Group's 5.56 mm caliber ammunition design as standards.
References
External links
- Official website
- Report: Profiling the Small Arms Industry - World Policy Institute - Research Project
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