IWI US Expands Into the Cold Hammer Forged Barrel Biz

IWI US sells TTAG’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Rifle of the Year.” You may recall that Nick and the boyz are huge Tavor fans. We look forward to getting our hands on the Galil Ace like insert smutty reference here. Building on its success, IWI US is expanding its operations inside the Land of the Free, producing cold-hammer forged barrels for their own products and US OEM customers. [Full press release after the jump.] “The IWI US barrel producing facility is using brand new GFM cold hammer forging machinery producing barrels with tighter tolerances than many currently on the market today.” Made in America for Americans by an Israeli company. No complaints here . . .

 Harrisburg, Pa. IWI US, Inc., a subsidiary of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd., and producers of the 2014 American Rifleman “Rifle of the Year” TAVOR® SAR, are now expanding their manufacturing capabilities by producing cold-hammer forged barrels for themselves and OEM customers in the United States. The IWI US barrel producing facility is using brand new GFM cold hammer forging machinery producing barrels with tighter tolerances than many currently on the market today. Barrel blanks are precision machined, drilled and honed to exacting standards on state-of-the-art deep hole drilling and honing machines. Having the benefit of IWI Israel’s over 50 years’ experience in manufacturing precision MIL-SPEC barrels, IWI US is already lined up to  start producing AR-15 and M4 barrels for several leading US firearms manufacturers.

“Barrel manufacturing is a key element of our long term strategy to have the capability to manufacture key components of our firearms in the United States.” Michael Kassnar, VP of Sales and Marketing at IWI US commented. “The combination of IWI’s experience with the latest manufacturing technology will allow us to produce the finest cold hammer forged barrels available.”

For additional information on IWI US OEM barrel program email [email protected] or visit IWI US at the 2016 SHOT Show, booth 15138

For more information, please visit www.iwi.us.

About IWI US, Inc.

IWI US, Inc. is the USA based subsidiary of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd. of Ramat Hasharon, Israel and a member of the SK Group, a leading defense and security group of companies that operate in the global Defense and Law Enforcement markets. The IWI US line of products includes several configurations of the TAVOR® SAR, Jericho® 941™ pistol, UZI® PRO pistol and Galil ACE® rifles and pistols.