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title: "Five companies you didn’t know were in the arms industry"
date: "2020-04-29"
modified: "2020-10-30"
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# Five companies you didn’t know were in the arms industry

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While companies such as Mitsubishi and Rolls Royce are well-known for producing everything from motorbikes to air conditioners, they're not the only products the companies are manufacturing.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI) most recent edition of its [Arms Industry Database](<https://www.sipri.org/databases/armsindustry>), includes a ranking of the top 100 companies involved in arms-production.

The ranking shows that 42 of the top 100 companies are US-based — while this isn't particularly shocking, it may come as a surprise that a number of the companies involved in arms-dealing are much better known for manufacturing other products, such as vehicles and household appliances.

Here are 5 of the biggest tech companies you may not have known also manufacture arms.

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Fujitsu's positioning isn't just down to the quietness of its air conditioners.

### 1. Fujitsu

While, technically speaking, only a small portion of Fujitsu's business is focused on arms, manufacturing weapons earned the giant id="listicle-2637023891".11 billion in 2017, making up 3% of its total turnover.

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Though Kawasaki is renowned for producing motorcycles, it also sells ships and military aircraft.

(Flickr/[driver Photographer](<https://www.flickr.com/photos/72334647@N03/>))

### 2. Kawasaki

Kawasaki's sales in arms came to .14 million in 2017, making up 15.2% of its total turnover.

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The former Swedish car manufacturer Saab relies heavily on arms production.

### 3. Saab

Having earned the company .67 million, arms made up 83.9% of Saab's .18 million turnover in 2017.

Since Saab's automobile production ended in 2012, it has since depended on the Swedish state.

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Mitsubishi produces vehicles as well as household appliances, such as air conditioners.

(Mitsubishi)

### 4. Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Ltd is a division within the larger Mitsubishi group. The company invoice showed it had totted up .57 billion worth of arms sales over 2017, making up 9.7% of its total sales.

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The British company is famous for manufacturing cars.

(Flickr photo by Armando G Alonso)

### 5. Rolls Royce

Placing 17th in the ranking of companies involved in arms sales, Rolls-Royce sold .42 billion worth of arms in 2017 — that represents 22.8% of its total turnover.

*This article originally appeared on [Business Insider](<https://www.businessinsider.com/>). Follow @BusinessInsider on Twitter.*

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