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British Aerospace vs Izhevsk Mechanical Plant

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.

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant is the older of the two, founded in 1942 — 35 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1942
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
Izhevsk, Russia
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Employees
Not recorded
7,000
Legal form
joint-stock company
open joint-stock company
Parent
Not recorded
Kalashnikov Concern

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and Izhevsk Mechanical Plant.