HK USA started 2004
Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia

• 1948, three former Mauser engineers, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel, salvaged machine tools and started in the vacant Mauser factory
• December 28, 1949 changed name to Heckler & Koch GmbH
• 1956 G3 battle rifle
• 1969 as the MP5
• 1974 – diversified
  – Defense and Law Enforcement
  – Hunting and Sports
• 2004 – HK416
• 2005 – Heckler & Koch Defense Inc
  – U.S. affiliate of Heckler & Koch
  – Sterling, Virginia
• 2007 – new facility in Ashburn, Virginia
• 2008 – HK begins to build pistols in the USA
  – HK45 first HK officially ‘Made in the USA’
• 2008 Newington, New Hampshire factory opened
  – 70,000 square foot
  – to build HK MR556 and HK MR762
• locations in
  –  Ashburn, Virginia
  – Newington, New Hampshire
  – Columbus, Georgia
• 2017 Closed Newington and moved to Georgia
  – 50,000 square-foot