Manurhin

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Manurhin is now a French manufacturer of machines for the production of cartridges in Mulhouse .

Manurhin was originally an abbreviation of Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin . The industrialist Jules Spengler founded this company in 1919 to manufacture machines for the food and jewelry industries . Since 1922, the abbreviation Manurhin was installed on all machines that Manu facture de Machines du Haut- Rhin produced. In the same year the first production line for cartridges went into operation. In addition, the first machines for the production of cartridges were made.

Today Manurhin, MR Equipement Societé anonyme under company law, which belongs to the MNR Group SA, exclusively produces machines for the manufacture of cartridges, which are mostly sold as complete production systems at a unit price of approx. 30 million euros. Such systems were sold in 63 countries by 2013. In Europe there is only one Belgian manufacturer and the German Fritz Werner Industrial Equipment GmbH in Geisenheim competing with Manurhin.

Ownership

2013 belonged

  • 34% of the shares in MNR Group SA of Delta Defense , a Slovak arms manufacturer,
  • 22.7% Giat Industries , which today trades under the name of Nexter , a French state arms manufacturer,
  • 22.7% Sofired , a French sovereign wealth fund that holds shares in armaments companies,
  • 10% to management and
  • 10.6% others or the employees.

Weapons production

Manurhin MR 73

From 1947 Manurhin began producing the German police pistols Walther PP , Walther PPK , Walther PPK / S, and Walther PPK / E under license from Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen . Around 1.2 million pistols were manufactured between 1952 and 1986. A Walther PPK gained fame as the preferred film weapon of film hero James Bond . Manurhin mentions on his homepage in 2013 that the James Bond production company used weapons from Manurhin and also lists the films in which Walther-Manurhin PPK were used.

In addition, Manurhin began to manufacture revolvers:

Finally, Manurhin also produced SIG assault rifles under license.

Manurhin MR75 scooter

Manurhin scooter from 1958

Between 1957 and 1962 Manurhin manufactured the German DKW Hobby scooter under license. A noticeable difference compared to the original is the continuous sheet metal cladding of the body in the area of ​​the rear wheel; the original had a cutout there with an inserted aluminum grille. The scooters were largely made from French components. They were marketed as Manurhin MR75 in Europe, in Great Britain they were called "Concord". The scooters were one of the first motorcycles to be powder coated. After production of the DKW Hobby ended in 1957, the Manurhin MR75 continued to be built and achieved the third-highest sales figures in Europe after Lambretta and Vespa .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bärbel Nückles: Ammunition made to measure. Manurhin in Mulhouse builds machines for the production of cartridges. in Die Rheinpfalz on February 16, 2013, kai-vp02_woch-gren.01
  2. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/en/company/about-us
  3. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/fr/company/history
  4. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/en/contact
  5. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/fr/company/organization
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Bärbel Nückles: Ammunition made to measure. Manurhin in Mulhouse builds machines for the production of cartridges. in Die Rheinpfalz on February 16, 2013, kai-vp02_woch-gren.01
  9. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/fr/company/organization
  10. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/en/company/we-are-proud-of
  11. ↑ http://www.manurhin-group.com/fr/company/history
  12. ↑ http://www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/1766095086/