Norinco

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China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

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legal form Centrally managed company
founding 1980
Seat Beijing , People's Republic of China
Website www.norinco.com

The QBZ-95 in bullpup design was developed by Norinco
Main battle tank Type 99A (ZTZ-99A)

The company China North Industries Corporation ( Chinese  北方 工業  /  北方 工业 , Pinyin Běifāng Gōngyè  - "North Industry") with the official English name Norinco produces vehicles of all kinds ( trucks , cars and motorcycles ), machines, opto-electronic devices, equipment for Oil fields , chemicals, explosives , light industrial products, civil and military weapons and ammunition. The Chinese company is also active in civil engineering construction projects. Among other things, the world market leader in door lock systems for passenger cars, Kiekert from Heiligenhaus ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), belongs to the Norinco Group.

Norinco is known worldwide outside of China for its weapons technology (some are replicas or copies of Soviet systems). Mainly: tactical weapon systems for the army , air force and navy , strategic or long-range weapon systems, handguns and night vision devices are manufactured . The price and manufacturing quality of handguns have a reputation for being on the lower end. An overview of the weapons manufactured by Norinco can be found in the list of small arms , section Norinco .

history

Norinco was established in 1980 with the support of the Chinese central government and is controlled by the State Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense ( COSTIND ). According to the Congressional Report by Gary Milhollin (Wisconsin Nuclear Weapons Control Project ), Norinco has US holdings: Beta Chemical , Beta First, Beta Lighting, Beta Unitex, China Sports (California), Forte Lighting, Larin and NIC International (New Jersey).

In 1999, Norinco consisted of 160 companies and employed more than 700,000 people. It controlled about 30 research institutes and more than 200 production plants. Norinco is one of the licensors for arms manufacturing in Albania , Egypt and Pakistan and a. According to Jane's World Armies Norinco exported each year for 2 billion USD firearms, approximately 70% of which are destined for civilian use.

Since March 2012, the German auto supplier Kiekert has belonged to a subgroup of the Norinco conglomerate, the HeBei LingYun Industrial Group Corporation Ltd. headquartered in Beijing.

During a test by Norinco in January 2019, a Xian H-6 strategic bomber dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb to date in China on an unknown test site . This five to six meter long conventional bomb is comparable to the US MOAB (GBU-43 / B) (also known as the mother of all bombs) or the larger Russian father of all bombs (АВБПМ), which is also an aerosol bomb .

In Germany, Norinco is represented, among others, by the group subsidiary Norconia GmbH based in Rottendorf . Norconia was founded in 1988 and is the sole commercial agent for Norinco in Europe. In cooperation with local dealers, air guns and firearms made in China are sold in Europe.

criticism

The products are also exported to a variety of countries that violate international law. However, the international embargoes pronounced in this context are ignored by the Chinese government or, insofar as there is no embargo, hardly any international legal standards are applied.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GARY MILHOLLIN: PREPARED TESTIMONY OF GARY MILHOLLIN. May 6, 1997, archived from the original on October 18, 2004 ; accessed on December 31, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ This is Norinco: Involved around the world. The China North Industries Group (Norinco) emerged from the restructuring of the People's Liberation Army. Over 160 companies and holdings around the world belong to the group of companies. April 4, 2017, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Small Arms Survey Yearbook 2001, Chapter 1, Page 45, PDF file (1.1 MB) - accessed February 2, 2011
  4. ^ German auto supplier: Chinese take over Kiekert , Handelsblatt , March 13, 2012
  5. ↑ Lingyun takes over Kiekert AG , Automobilwoche, March 13, 2012
  6. ↑ China showcases own version of 'Mother of All Bombs'. In: globaltimes.cn . Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Norconia GmbH. In: Norconia GmbH. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Peoples Republic of China: Sustaining conflict and human rights abuses - the flow of arms accelerates ( Memento September 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Amnesty International, 2006 - accessed November 11, 2012
  9. ↑ Iran: Chinese-made armored anti-riot trucks, equipped with plows, may arrive in Tehran , Los Angeles Times, January 1, 2010 - accessed November 11, 2012