USA
Newington, NH

Sig Sauer traces its roots to 1853 when Friedrich Peyer im Hof, Heinrich Moser, and Conrad Neher established a wagon factory in Switzerland. After seven years of operation, the company entered a challenge from the Ministry of Defense to propose a rifle design for adoption by the Swiss Army. In 1864 they were awarded the contract and changed the company name to the Swiss Industrial Company = Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG). In 1976 SIG formed Sig Sauer GmbH in Germany, a joint venture with J.P. Sauer & Sohn (a German rifle company still in business today). In 1985 Sig Sauer entered the US market via creation of SIGARMS, now a separate corporate entity renamed Sig Sauer, Inc. There has been significant investment in the US for R&D and manufacturing capacity. In 2020 Sig Sauer GmbH announced closure of German production. Sig Sauer Inc. in the US produces all pistols along with a variety of rifles. Sig Sauer AG in Switzerland, corporate descendent of the original SIG, produces a separate lineup of rifle models. All Sig Sauer companies, and J.P. Sauer, are owned by L&O Holdings in Germany.