Heckler & Koch vs Thorn Electrical Industries

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.

Thorn Electrical Industries is the older of the two, founded in 1928 — 21 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1928
Status: Active; Closed 1980
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; London, United Kingdom
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Jules Thorn
Employees: 923; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; private company limited by shares
Website: heckler-koch.com; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and Thorn Electrical Industries.