FounderDuels

British Aerospace vs Western Cartridge Company

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.

Western Cartridge Company is the older of the two, founded in 1898 — 79 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1898
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
East Alton, United States
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Franklin W. Olin
Legal form
joint-stock company
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and Western Cartridge Company.