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HS Produkt d.o.o. is a Croatian firearms manufacturing company, best known for design and production of the HS2000 and XDm, a semi-automatic pistol sold in the US market as the Springfield Armory XD. == History == HS Produkt was founded as IM Metal in 1990, during the initial democratic changes in the Republic of Croatia.〔 The company was situated in the town of Ozalj, Croatia, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Zagreb;〔 in 2000 it was relocated to Karlovac.〔 At the beginning of 2001, following the success of the HS 2000 pistols on the world market, the company changed its name to HS Produkt.〔 HS Produkt's current production facility produces about 30,000 pistols per month with a trend of continued growth; ninety percent of production is exported to the United States. The number of employees rose from around 80 in 2000 to nearly 1000 in 2007, making HS Produkt the leading employer in Karlovac County.〔 Founders and co-owners of HS Produkt, Ivan Žabčić and Marko Vuković, are both mechanical engineers; Vuković is the chief designer behind most of the company's products.〔 Vuković also has combat experience as a veteran of the Croatian War of Independence, in which he was wounded twice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HS Produkt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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