The use of sporting weapons would be legally restricted more and more. In the award of public authorities contracts, a few local producers would prefer"". Sig Sauer will be excluded because of its international orientation "of the tenders to be systematically" the company said. Would add the effects of the Corona-crisis, "the burden of continuing the business operations in Eckernförde economically significantly".

Of the decision are affected, according to the company, 120 employees at the site in schleswig-Holstein, Eckernförde. Media reports that the company is broke, rejected Sig-Sauer.

Sig Sauer Germany's oldest weapons manufacturer. The company belongs since 2000 to the L&O Holding, which also owns the US-sister Sig Sauer in Newington, New Hampshire. In Eckernförde, the entire bandwidth according to the company, to Short - and long-arms manufactured and marketed.

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