SIG Sauer

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SIG Sauer ([ɛs iː ɡeː ˈzaʊ̯ɐ]) is, since the 1970s, a combined brand name of several firearms manufacturing companies, with SIG referring to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft originally founded 1853, while the latter part comes from Sauer & Sohn, founded in 1751 in Germany and still active there. With Switzerland limiting the export of weapons, the partnership started with the SIG Sauer P220 in 1975. Several sister companies design and manufacture firearms using the trade name SIG Sauer. It is also a registered brand name. The original company, Schweizerische Waggonfabrik (SWF), later Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG), went through several selloffs, leaving the SIG Sauer brand spread over several companies. The original SIG is now known as SIG Group and no longer has any firearms business. The German company branch was SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG. It was formed in 1976 as a partnership between Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) of Switzerland and J.P. Sauer & Sohn of...

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