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A Brief History
Website: http://www.medefence.net/product-category/ammunition/
Information taken from website:
Ammunition company that started out producing shotshells in 1981 in Turkey. One of the first exporters of centerfire ammunition in Cyprus, beginning in 2003. Medef Defense Ltd. established in 2017. Manufactures "Venom" pistol and rifle cartridges and bullets for reloading.
Contact information:
Sister company to Medef Turkey called Medef USA LLC:
1110 Brickell Ave #430-62, Miami, FL 33131
info@medefence.net
A Brief History
Nammo Lapua Oy
Lapua Site
P.O.Box 5
FIN-62101 Lapua, Finland
Tel. company +358 6 431 0111
Fax +358 6 431 0317
Lapua Website
From Website:
History of Nammo Lapua Oy
1923
Lapua Ltd. was founded on 23rd May 1923. During 1927 the name of the factory was made official: State Cartridge Factory (Valtion Patruunatehdas). During the first years the business was quite modest. The political situation of world politics rapidly changed before World War Two, production got off to a good pace. In the year 1946 the cartridge factory was incorporated into the State Metal Factory.
1946
In connection with war indemnity payments Lapua developed a new product: conveyor and power transmission chains. The first rimfire cartridges were produced in 1947.
1955
The factory was incorporated under control of the Ministry of Defence in 1955.
1976
In 1976 the company decided to build up a new loading station about 6 km away from the city centre at the Jouttikallio industrial area. The next step was to build a new factory for case and bullet production. The new factory was brougt into use in 1984.
1980
In the eighties the company concentrated heavily on product development: sales increased in the civil sector. As the marketing and product development got stronger, Lapua Ltd. became more competitive in manufacturing sporting, hunting and law enforcement cartridges.
1991
At the turn of 1991, the corporate form of the Lapua Cartridge Factory was changed into a limited liability company. At the same time the company got a new name: Cartridge Factory Lapua Ltd. At the beginning of 1992 Lapua Ltd. bought a cartridge factory in Germany: SK Jagd- und Sportmunitions GmbH. The product selection of the new factory completes and supports the products of the parent company
1996
A decision of reorganizing the defence equipment industry was made in 1996 when the parliament of Finland, in connection with the approval of a supplementary budget, gave its consent to the establishment of a state-owned consolidated corporation in the defence equipment industry.
The Group, which started its activities under the name of Finnish Defence Equipment Ltd, was established 5 September 1996. The present name, Patria Industries Oyj, was adopted in April 1997.
1998
In August 1998 Patria Industries Oyj, Celsius AB of Sweden and Raufoss ASA of Norway signed an agreement concerning the establishment of a Nordic Ammunition Group, the Nammo Group. The operations of the Group began in the summer of 1998. In Finland the Nammo Group comprises Nammo Lapua Oy. Following operations were transferred to Nammo Lapua Oy:
* Lapua Ammunition plant
* SK Jagd- und Sportmunitions GmbH
* Product rights of Vammas Defencetec Oy, concerning medium caliber cartridges
* Some functions in Jyskä
* Leppävirta Plant (brass cases)
* Part of the operations of the Vihtavuori Plant
2004
SK Jagd- und Sportmunitions GmbH in Germany (affiliated company of Nammo Lapua Oy) changed its name to Lapua GmbH.