Oerlikon may refer to:

Companies

OC Oerlikon OC Oerlikon is a listed technology group headquartered in Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Pfäffikon (Canton of Schwyz, Schwyz), Switzerland. The name "Oerlikon" (or "œrlikon", as the company styles itself according to its corporate identity) comes from ...

(former ''Unaxis''), a Swiss technology conglomerate, or one of its business units: **

Oerlikon Solar TEL Solar, formerly Oerlikon Solar, is a manufacturer of production equipment for the manufacturing of thin-film silicon cells, headquartered in Trübbach, Switzerland, near the border to Liechtenstein. The Japanese electronics and semiconductor ...

Oerlikon Balzers Oerlikon Balzers is part of the OC Oerlikon group, a Swiss technology conglomerate, and a supplier of Physical vapor deposition, PVD coatings. The OC Oerlikon group consists of companies in the following divisions: Polymer Processing Solutions and ...

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Leybold GmbH, based in Cologne, is part of the Swedish industry group Atlas Copco. The company's core competencies are based on the development of components and systems for the generation of vacuum and gas management engineering. History In 1 ...

Oerlikon-Bührle ''Oerlikon-Bührle'' (full name ''Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon, Bührle & Co.'', initially ''Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon'') was a Switzerland, Swiss arms industry, armaments company based in Oerlikon (Zürich) from 1906 to 1999.Jürg Fink ...

, a company in Zürich, Switzerland that used to own Bally Shoe, Oerlikon Contraves, Pilatus Aircraft and Britten-Norman Aircraft; see

Fairey Aviation Company The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire that designed important military aircraft, including the ...

Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was a Swiss engineering company based in the Zürich district of Oerlikon (Zürich), Oerlikon known for the early development of electric locomotives. It was founded in 1876 as the ''Werkzeug- und Maschinen-Fabrik Oer ...

, the Oerlikon subsidiary later became Oerlikon-Bührle, and is now part of Asea Brown Boveri *

Oerlikon Contraves Rheinmetall Air Defence AG is a division of German armament manufacturer Rheinmetall, created when the company's Oerlikon Contraves unit was renamed on 1 January 2009 and integrated with Rheinmetall's other air-defence products. Oerlikon Contr ...

, a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer founded in Zürich Oerlikon **

Oerlikon KBA The Oerlikon KBA is a 25 mm caliber, 25 mm (25×137mm) autocannon which was developed as a close range multipurpose weapon for the mechanised battlefield. It was originally made by Oerlikon (now Rheinmetall Air Defence, Rheinmetall AG), and is cur ...

, a 25 mm cannon ** Oerlikon KBD, an anti-aircraft cannon **

Oerlikon 20 mm cannon The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models empl ...

, an anti-aircraft cannon **

Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon The Oerlikon GDF or Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves (renamed as ''Rheinmetall Air Defence AG'' following the merger with Rheinmetall in 2009). The system was originally designated 2 ZLA/3 ...

, an anti-aircraft cannon

Other uses

Oerlikon (Zürich) Oerlikon is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Zürich, Switzerland. A formerly independent municipality, Oerlikon was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern (Zürich), Affoltern and Seebach (Zürich), S ...

, a district in the northern part of Zürich, Switzerland *

Zürich Oerlikon railway station Zürich Oerlikon railway station () is a railway station located in District 11 of Zürich. It is one of the two major nodes for local and regional public transportation in the northern part of Zürich, the other being the railway station at Zur ...

located in Zürich *''Oerlikon'', a world in M. A. Foster's "The Morphodite Trilogy" {{disambiguation