Astra Unceta y Cía was a Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on 17 July 1908, under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta, renamed to Unceta y Compañía in 1925, and finally changing to Astra-Unceta y Compañía S.A. in 1953. Initially based in Eibar, the centre of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica.
Astra Unceta y Cía was a Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on 17 July 1908, under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta, renamed to Unceta y Compañía in 1925, and finally changing to Astra-Unceta y Compañía S.A. in 1953. Initially based in Eibar, the centre of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica.
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