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British Aerospace vs Sturm, Ruger & Co.

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.

Sturm, Ruger & Co. is the older of the two, founded in 1949 — 28 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1949
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
Southport, United States
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
William B. Ruger
Employees
Not recorded
1,100
Legal form
joint-stock company
joint-stock company
Listed on
Not recorded
New York Stock Exchange

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and Sturm, Ruger & Co..