Heckler & Koch is a Germany-based small arms manufacturer known for high quality and advanced technology. The company's customer base consists mainly of hunters and police departments.
Fast Facts:
- Stock symbol:
- Annual revenue (2007): $9.6 million
- Founders: Edmund Heckler, Theodore Koch
- Year Established: 1949
- Industry: Firearms, Weaponry
- Phone: 205-655-8299
- Fax: 205-655-7078
- HQ: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
- American HQ: Trussville, Alabama
- President: Brian Marvin
- CEO: Martin Newton
- Staff: 50+
- Products: Pistols, Rifles, Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, Machine Guns, Submachine Guns, Sniper Rifles
Key Dates
- 1949: Company founded in Germany after post-war collapse of Mauser
- 1955: Company's G3 rifle becomes standard-issue for West German Army
- 1969: Introduces P9S pistol; adopted by Navy Seals
- 1970: Releases first pistol constructed using polymers, the VP70
- 1995: German military adopts P8 service pistol and G36 infantry rifle
- 2002: Company taken over by private investors
- 2005: Civilian and defense sectors split; Heckler and Koch Jagd and Hunting and Target weapons founded.
