Fegyver- és Gépgyár
Hungarian industrial conglomerate founded in 1891 in Csepel (now part of Budapest) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság ("Arms and Machine Manufacturing Company"), known as FÉG, is a Hungarian industrial conglomerate founded on 24 February 1891 in Csepel (now part of Budapest). The company came under the ownership of MPF Industry Group in 2010.[1][2][3] It was an important arms manufacturing company before World War II. Since the acquisition, FÉG is one of the biggest exporters of HVAC products to the international markets in the East-Central European heating device industry.[4]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | HVAC, general manufacturing, (small arms) |
Founded | 24 February 1891 (1891-02-24) in Csepel (Budapest) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Heating devices, water boilers and heaters, gas equipment, other HVAC products, (lamps, metalware) |
Parent | MPF Industry Group |
Website | MPF FÉG |
Throughout its history it was renamed several times for various reasons; to Fémáru, Fegyver- és Gépgyár ("Metalware, Arms and Machine Factory") in 1935, to Lámpagyár ("Lamp Factory") in 1946, to Fegyver- és Gázkészülékgyár ("Arms and Gas Equipment Factory") in 1965. Decades later, in post-communist times it was renamed as FÉGARMY Fegyvergyártó Kft. ("FÉGARMY Arms Factory Ltd.").