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RUAG

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Type
  
AG

Headquarters
  
Bern, Switzerland

Number of employees
  
8,163

Motto
  
Together ahead.

Area served
  
worldwide

Owner
  
Switzerland

Founded
  
1998

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Industry
  
Aviation, Space, Technology and Defence

Predecessor
  
Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte Eidgenössische Flugzeugwerke Emmen

Key people
  
Hans-Peter Schwald (Chairman) Urs Breitmeier (CEO)

Products
  
All kind of technical products from ammunition to satellite equipment

CEO
  
Urs Breitmeier (1 Apr 2013–)

Subsidiaries
  
Clearswift, RUAG Ammotec AG, RUAG Space

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RUAG (originally Rüstungs Unternehmen Aktiengesellschaft; Joint Stock Defense Company) is a Swiss technology company, with its headquarters in Bern. It has production sites in Switzerland (Nyon, Aigle, Thun, Bern, Emmen, Altdorf, and Interlaken), Germany (Oberpfaffenhofen, Hamburg and Fürth), Sweden (Gothenburg, Linköping and Åmotfors), Hungary (Sirok, Eger), Austria (Vienna, Berndorf) and United States (Tampa), and sales companies in Australia, UK, France, Belgium, Brazil and Malaysia.

Contents

Structure

The RUAG has following producing divisions:

Aerospace

  • RUAG Aerostructures (component manufacturing, aerostructures and recycling with products mainly for the civil market)
  • RUAG Space (in Switzerland, Sweden and Austria)
  • RUAG Aviation (MRO for civil and military use, producer of the Do228 NG, system solutions)

    • Defence

  • RUAG Ammotec (small arms ammunition up to 12.7 mm for defence, law enforcement, hunting and sport). RUAG is also the original producer of the HG 85. Producing subsidiaries are located in Germany, Hungary, USA and Sweden. The products for the civil market are branded under the names RWS, Geco, Rottweil.
  • RUAG Defence (simulation and training, telematics, maintenance, network enabled operations, combat and support vehicles, protection solutions etc.) Production in Switzerland and Germany

    • References

    RUAG Wikipedia
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