Para-Ordnance
 Para-Ordnance is an Canadian-based American-owned firearms manufacturer founded in Canada in 1985 by two childhood friends Ted Szabo and Thanos Polyzos. Szabo was born in Hungary and his family fled the country when the Russians invaded during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Polyzos was born in Greece and later emigrated to Canada.Para-Ordance has a factory in Scarborough Ontario Canada.