| SIG Sauer AG | |
| Location City: | Neuhausen am Rheinfall (canton of Schaffhausen) |
| Location Country: | Switzerland |
| Products: | Firearms |
| Owner: | L&O Holding |
| Homepage: | http://www.sigsauer.swiss/en/ |
SIG Sauer AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. The company was previously registered as SAN Swiss Arms AG and changed its name to SIG Sauer AG in December 2019.[1] It was known as SIG Arms AG before 2000 when it was acquired by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft. [2] [3] The company is now part of L&O Holding, which also owns the German-based SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG and the US-based SIG Sauer Inc.[4]
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.[5]