Norma Precision

The Norma Precision AB is a Swedish company based in Åmotfors (municipality Eda ), which manufactures cartridges that are predominantly used in hunting and sports. 30 million cartridges in 110 different calibers are produced per year ( 2011) from the current 135 employees and sold worldwide. Norma Precision is Royal Swedish purveyor for many years. The name Norma comes from the preference of one of the founders of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.

History

The origins of the company go to 1895 by the brothers Passenger in her hometown of Oslo, Norway, founded Norma Projektilfabrik A / S back. The brothers Enger founded in 1902 in Åmotfors a branch. 1911 a factory was built, which was followed in 1940 ten more permanent establishments. Norma Precision merged in 1965 with Svenska Metallverken. Repeatedly Norma Precision changes ownership. 1975 bought Hasselfors Bruks AB, the company, in 1979 FFV, in 1990 bought Dynamit Nobel AB, the company and finally RUAG Ammotech is based in Thun, Switzerland, the owner of Norma Precision. RUAG Ammotec AG is a subsidiary of RUAG Holding, based in Bern, Switzerland.