Norinco
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China North Industries Group Corporation Limited,[3] doing business internationally as Norinco Group (North Industries Corporation), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (Chinese: 中国兵器工业集团有限公司[4]), is a Chinese state-owned defense corporation that manufactures commercial and military products. Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors.[5][6]
Norinco Group | |
Native name | 中国兵器工业集团有限公司 |
Company type | State-owned enterprise |
Industry | Defense industry Aerospace industry |
Founded | 1980 |
Headquarters | Xicheng District, Beijing , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jiao Kaihe (Chairman) Liu Dashan (President)[1] |
Products | Munitions tank and artillery shells, firearms, grenade launchers, artillery, mortars, autocannons, rotary cannons, turrets, remote controlled weapon stations, CIWS, anti-aircraft cannons, Explosives combat vehicles, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles Radars Electro-optical devices missiles, cruise missiles, MLRSs. |
Revenue | US$82.6 billion[2] (2023) |
US$ 1.7 billion[2] (2023) | |
Number of employees | 216,339 (2023) |
Website | en |
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中国北方工业集团有限公司 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國北方工業集團有限公司 | ||||||
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China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国兵器工业集团有限公司 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國兵器工業集團有限公司 | ||||||
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Norinco | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 北方工业 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 北方工業 | ||||||
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The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation (Chinese: 中国北方工业有限公司[7]), or simply Norinco,[8] markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects.[9][10]
Some of Norinco's international customers include Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it negotiated arms-for-minerals deals, as well as Venezuela.[11][12]