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

Industry Aviation, Space, Technology and Defence Predecessor Eidgenössische KonstruktionswerkstätteEidgenössische 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 Profiles YouTube Twitter

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.

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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