 The company was specialised in the manufacture of small calibres for the army, official authorities, hunters and shooting sports and was taken over by the Swiss group "RUAG" in 2002 and merged with its ammunitions branch.Therefore, the former companies "Dynamit Nobel Marken RWS", "Rottweil" and "Geco" were named "RUAG Ammotec GmbH" (Fürth).The dismantlement of the Nobel group was made in close collaboration with the employees representatives, who were highly involved during the sales negotiations.