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Visor - Int'l weapon Magazine News

17. July 2007

Caracal buys Merkel and Heckler & cook hunt and sporting guns

The rumors bubbled already on the IWA. Now it is official, and olive Schmider, leader selling/marketing of the HK hunt and sporting guns GmbH, left
on demand of VISOR the cat from the bag:

In Abu Dhabi resident Caracal LLC (see Titelstory in VISOR 5/07) is international since at the end of of June/at the beginning of of July of new owners of the Merkel as well as the Heckler & cook hunt and sporting guns the GmbH in Suhl plus its selling daughters in the USA. The two acting managing directors Olaf sour and Adrian Ayad will resume the enterprises on the basis of the success of the letzen three years. In particular Merkel could the conversion by more than 70 per cent increase (compared with 2003) and also still the jobs by 25 per cent increase. The success key for this was called investments in new plants and products as well as an optimal Marketingstrategie. The enterprise center remains also after the owner change in Suhl. Olaf sour: “The location Suhl offers with its far beyond the region admitted to quality image the correct conditions and conditions for our growth goals in the German and international market for hunt and sporting guns.” SN
Further information also under:
www.merkel-waffen.de
www.heckler-kochjs.de
www.caracal.ae