groupe herstal s.a. type government owned corporation industry firearms predecessor fabrique nationale browning international founded 1989 ; 27 years ago 1989 headquarters herstal li ge li ge wallonia belgium key people philippe claessens ceo patrick vogne cfo products firearms ammunitions accessories optoelectronics clothing brands fn herstal browning winchester miroku owner walloon government 1 number of employees 2500 2015 divisions defense and security division hunting and sports shooting division 2 website www.herstalgroup.be herstal group is the parent company of small arms brands manufacturing companies fn herstal u.s. repeating arms company winchester and browning arms company . it is based in li ge belgium with offices in nine other european countries north america and asia . it has a corporate partnership with japanese company miroku co. ltd. . 3 since 1997 herstal group has been 100 % owned by the walloon region of belgium who purchased the remaining shares from giat . 1 in 1957 nato adopted herstal group s 7.62 51mm ammunition design as standard . they later in 1982 adopted eugene stoner s 5.56 45mm ammunition design . references edit a b herstal group . 125 years of history herstal group . retrieved november 28 2015 . herstal group . activities herstal group . retrieved november 28 2015 . groupe herstal s.a. international directory of company histories external links edit official website report profiling the small arms industry world policy institute research project v t e herstal group browning arms company browning bda .380 caliber browning bdm browning buck mark fn herstal alexandre galopin dieudonn saive u.s. repeating arms company oliver winchester winchester repeating arms company winchester repeating arms company historic district winchester rifle retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title herstal group & oldid 742708210 categories firearm manufacturers of belgiumhidden categories articles containing french language textofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages polski edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 08 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view