Herstal Group
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| Founded | 1889 |
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| Headquarters | Liège, Belgium |
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Key people
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Philippe Claessens (CEO), Patrick Vogne (CFO), Robert Sauvage (PR) |
| Products | small-arms, sporting goods |
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Number of employees
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~3.000 |
| Parent | Wallonia[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Herstal Group is the parent company of small-arms brands manufacturing companies FN Herstal, U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) and Browning Arms Company. It is based in Liège, Belgium, with offices in nine other European countries, North America and Asia. It has a corporate partnership with Japanese company, Miroku.[2] Since 1997, Herstal Group has been 100% owned by the Walloon Region of Belgium, who purchased the remaining shares from GIAT.[1]
In 1957, NATO adopted Herstal Group's 7.62×51mm ammunition design as standard. They later, in 1982, adopted Herstal Group's 5.56×45mm ammunition design.
