Esperanza y Compañía

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Esperanza y Cía SA ( ECIA ) was a Basque defense company with its headquarters in the municipality of Markina-Xemein , province of Bizkaia , País Vasco in Spain .

history

The Fábrica de Armas Esperanza y Cía SA (ECIA) was founded in 1925 by the arms manufacturer (Spanish brand: ASTRA ) Juan Esperanza-Salvador (1860–1951) from Huesca . In 1978, ECIA was the arms company in Spain with the highest export volume . 1982 exported ECIA weapons for 3,500 million pesetas in Iraq . In 1986, ECIA exported mortars to the Middle East . In 1989, ECIA negotiated a new mortar project with the USA . In 1999 the mortar specialist became part of the Unión Española de Explosivos (UEE) group.

In July 2000, UEE in Álava , the production facility called ECIA with 72 employees, and the development department called Expal with 12 employees, closed.

Types (incomplete)

  • Mortar Model:
    • ECIA L65 / 60
    • ECIA L65 / 81
    • ECIA L65 / 105
    • ECIA L65 / 120

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  1. ↑ Historicó de Biskaia (PDF; 161 kB)
  2. ↑ Esperanza, primer Exportador de armas , El País , April 12, 1979
  3. ↑ Los morteros de Esperanza y Cía, SA , El País, February 2, 1986
  4. ↑ La empresa vasca Ecia encabeza el proyecto del euromortero , El País, April 17, 1989
  5. ↑ EXPAL fabrica bombas de Aviación para Turquía , El Mundo , February 12, 1999
  6. ↑ La fábrica alavesa Expal, con 84 trabajadores, anuncia el cierre , El País, April 18, 2004