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Glock Gesellschaft

LC control no.n 97075636
Corporate name headingGlock Gesellschaft
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Found inGlock's handguns,c1996: p. 1 (Glock Gesellschaft GmbH of Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, was created in 1963 by Gaston Glock, an engineer, to produce office furniture and hardware. Requested to manufacture pistols, he created a new pistol and eventually made the company a producer of police, military related products as military knives, hand grenades, machine gun belts, and entrenching tools. By 1983 the Glock had won the competition and tests, besting its nearest competition, the Steyr GB)