Year
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Event
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| 2009 |
Founding of RUAG Ammotec, Tampa, USA. From now on RUAG Ammotec manufactures in five countries.
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| 2008 |
RUAG takes over the MFS 2000 in Syrok, Hungary.
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| 2003 |
RUAG Ammotec takes over the sales- and trademark rights of the Hirtenberger AG, Austria. |
| 2002 |
The Swiss RUAG absorbs the sector of small arms ammunition of the Dynamit Nobel, Germany. The new group functions under the name of RUAG Ammotec.
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| 1999 |
Foundation of RUAG Holding, incorporation of SM, name change to RUAG Munition in 2001. |
| 1995 |
Both Swiss ammunition factories in Altdorf and Thun merge into the Schweizerische Munitionsfabrik (SM). |
| 1990 |
Dynamit Nobel purchases Norma which has manufactured ammunition in Åmotfors, Sweden since 1902. |
| 1980 |
SINTOX®, the first environment-friendly priming composition is launched on the market. |
| 1963 |
Dynamit Nobel AG takes over the Gustav Genschow & Co. AG (Geco), which was founded in 1912 in Karlsruhe. |
| 1931 |
Fusion of the RWS with the Dynamit Nobel AG. |
| 1926 |
RWS patents the corrosion- and erosion-free priming compositions SINOXID. The DAG merges with the Vereinigte Köln-Rottweil AG. |
| 1907 |
The first Waidmannsheil shotshell cartridge is manufactured by the Vereinigte Köln-Rottweil AG in Rottweil am Neckar. |
| 1896 |
The Swiss federal development workshop in Altdorf is started, in 1902 reformed to the Munitionsfabrik Altdorf (MFA). |
| 1895 |
The Enger brothers start the Norma Projektilfabrik A/S in Oslo, Norway. Later it moves to Sweden. |
| 1893 |
RWS establishes an ammunition factory in Stadeln, Fürth, Germany. |
| 1889 |
RWS takes over the ammunition factory of Mr H. Utendoerffer in Nuremberg.
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| 1887 |
Introduction of the smokeless gun powder PC88 in Thun.
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| 1886 |
Foundation of the Rheinisch-Westfälischer Sprengstoff AG (RWS).
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| 1876 |
The Alfred Nobel & Co is reformed to the Dynamit AG, former Alfred Nobel & Co (also abbreviated like DAG) and begins ammunition manufacturing. |
| 1865 |
Alfred Nobel launches the explosives company Alfred Nobel & Co in Hamburg.
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| 1863 |
The Swiss Confederation starts the Eidgenossische Munitionsfabrik Thun in the Bernese Oberland.
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