founded in 1985
Virginia, New Hampshire

Old World Sig

•  founded in 1853 in
  – Friedrich Peyer im Hof (1817–1900)
  – Heinrich Moser (1805-1874)
  – Johann Conrad Neher (1818-1877)
• 1860 awarded contract to produce 30,000 Prelaz-Burnand rifles
• 1860 company name was changed to Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
  (SIG, German for “Swiss Industrial Company”)
• 1947 SIG P210 pistol was developed
  – single-action semi-automatic
• 1949 adopted by the Swiss military as “Pistole 49”
• 1970s SIG purchased J. P. Sauer and Sohn
  – renamed  SIG Sauer
• 1977 – 1980 Browning BDA, amodified SIG Sauer P220 design was produced for the Browning Arms
  –  the first SIG Sauer P220 type sold in the US
• Swiss law limits the ability of Swiss companies to export firearms
  – have to use a foreign partner

SIG in the USA

• January 1985 established SIGARMS, in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
  – to import the P220 and P230 models into the US
• 1987 moved to a larger facility in Herndon, Virginia
  – P225, P226 and P228
• 1990 moved to Exeter, New Hampshire
• 1992 production began on the P229
• 1996 SIG Sauer Academy in Epping, New Hampshire
• 2000 became known as Swiss Arms
  – still using the SIG Sauer brand
• 2007, SIGARMS changed its name to SIG Sauer Inc
• Sig 556
• 2014 new corporate headquarter and production facility in Newington, New Hampshire
  – 206,000-square-foot
• 2015 expanded to include suppressors, optics, ammo and airguns
• January 2017 awarded US Army contract for the P320
• July 12, 2018 Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) used the SIG SAUER P320
• 2019 Swiss Arms was renamed SIG SAUER AG
•  one-third of law enforcement in the United States use SIG firearms
• June 4, 2020 closing factory Eckernförde, Germany

SIG SAUER, Inc.
72 Pease Boulevard
Newington, NH 03801

603-610-3000

sigsauer.com