Manufacturing companies of Argentina

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Chapters: Aircraft manufacturers of Argentina, Defence companies of Argentina, Firearms manufacturers in Argentina, Motor vehicle manufacturers of Argentina, Shipbuilding companies of Argentina, Argentine defense industry, Fabrica Argentina de Aviones, Papel Prensa, Industrias Kaiser Argentina, INVAP, Río Santiago Shipyard, Bersa, IAME Rastrojero, FaSinPat, Fábrica de Armas Halcón, Siam di Tella, Sevel Argentina S.A., Alpargatas Argentina, Loma Negra, Aluar, Industrias Aeronáuticas y Mecánicas del Estado, Hispano-Argentina, Zanella, Solvay Indupa, Tenaris, Ternium, EMEGE, Petrobras Energía, Tandanor, CITEFA, Cicaré, Aero Boero, ASA Aluminium Body, Anasagasti, Chincul SACAIFI, Tarrab yachts, Nostromo Defensa, Andino. Excerpt: The Argentine defense industry has developed over the years, different programs to improve the armed forces of Argentina. The first major steps to establish a defense industry were made during the Second World War and they received a boost during the 1970s after the United States imposed an arms embargo due to human rights violations. The politics of privatization carried out during the 1990s virtually eliminated domestic military production, but many factories were reopened during the last years by both Kirchner administrations. TAM tankIn 1945, the Argentine Army designed and built its first tank: the Nahuel. Since then, the state-owned complex Fabricaciones Militares, has traditionally supplied the Army with most of its equipment from uniforms and helmets right through to the TAM (tank) family. Weapons such as the Browning pistol, FN FAL, FN MAG etc. were licence built by the Domingo Matheu factory or developed locally as the FARA 83 rifle. CITEFA still is the government agency responsible for the development of military technology having designed weapons such as the 155mm artillery gun, the Mathogo wire-guided anti-tank missile and the Pampero Multiple Launcher System in the past. The 1990s, as with the rest of the national economy, saw a great reduction of state sponsored military programs; so the Army bought all kind of things such as the PASGT helmets on the open market. After the 2001 economic crisis, the government encouraged import substitution and local items are being produced again. A boost was given to the development of UAV vehicles such as the Lipan . The Argentine Army Aviation Maintenance Battalion at Campo de Mayo begun the conversion of the UH-1H Huey fleet into the Huey II variant and the Army sponsored local builder Cicaré to build the CH-14 Aguilucho scout helicopter. The Army has also recently developed the Gaucho scout vehicle jointly with the Brazilian Army. The Combat Engineers Battalion 601 ( Spanish: ) has also designed and built several