SME ORDNANCE SDN. BHD.

The SME Ordnance Sdn. Bhd. Company (SMEO), formerly known as Syarikat Malaysia Explosive Sdn. Bhd., is a Malaysian defence company that specialises in the manufacturing and marketing of ordnance. The company is located in Batu Arang, Selangor. SMEO is a subsidiary company of National Aerospace and Defence Industries Sdn. Bhd. SME Ordnance was created in 1969 as a joint venture company with equity participation between the Goverment of Malaysia, Dynamit Nobel of Germany, Oerlikon Machine Tools of Switzerland and two local partners namely Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan and Syarikat Jaya Sdn. Bhd. The Malatysian goverment later acquired all shares in 1974, making SMEO a goverment-owned company. In 1991, SMEO acquired a licence to manufacture Steyr AUG rifles, joint production with Steyr later started in 2003 and 2004.