The company SIG Sauer GmbH & Co. KG based Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein by the mouth of his executive officer (CEO) Tim Castagneho stated that it intends to close its factory in Germany and concentrate its activities only in the United states of america, or in the company of SIG Sauer, Inc., Exeter, NH (formerly known as SIGARMS, Inc.).
This is not only a consequence of the adverse economic results (although the competitive Heckler & Koch GmbH for a longer time struggling with a variety of issues regarding the quality of it supplied weapons for the Bundeswehr, so for the German police forces, for some reason continue to be preferred over the Sig Saueru), but in particular about the decision of the German government and the institutions of the European union, which more and more make it impossible to purchase weapons to civilians (especially for sport shooting and hunting; self-defense is the de facto and often de jure banned).
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This is not only a consequence of the adverse economic results (although the competitive Heckler & Koch GmbH for a longer time struggling with a variety of issues regarding the quality of it supplied weapons for the Bundeswehr, so for the German police forces, for some reason continue to be preferred over the Sig Saueru), but in particular about the decision of the German government and the institutions of the European union, which more and more make it impossible to purchase weapons to civilians (especially for sport shooting and hunting; self-defense is the de facto and often de jure banned).