Fiskars, who owns Gerber, now owns the Swedish company named Silva, which in turn owned the U.S. company Brunton. They are all one big company now.
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http://www.fiskars.fi/business/index.htmlJohnson Outdoors owns the U.S. registered trademark for "Silva". This trademark ownership does not impact labeling outside of the U.S.
I don't know who makes the U.S. "Silva" compasses. Some have said it is Suunto, but I've seen no proof of that.