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British Aerospace vs FN Herstal

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

FN Herstal is the older of the two, founded in 1889 — 88 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1889
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
Herstal, Belgium
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Henri Pieper
Employees
Not recorded
3,000
Legal form
joint-stock company
Public limited company (Belgium)
Parent
Not recorded
FN Browning Group

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and FN Herstal.