Diemaco was a Canadian defence company based in

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, Canada, that manufactured the C7 family of rifles under a licence from

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. It was acquired by

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on May 20, 2005, in an $18.2 million purchase from parent company Héroux-Devtek Inc, which had purchased Diemaco in 2000.

References

{{reflist Firearm manufacturers of Canada Companies based in Kitchener, Ontario History of manufacturing in Ontario Industrial history of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo