Five years after the merger of KMW and Nexter under the joint holding KNDS, the Group’s governance has been restructured. The shareholders decided to streamline the governance structure by establishing a single Board of Directors consisting of the CEO, Mr. Frank Haun, and nine other members.

KNDS is the joint holding company formed by German family-controlled defence company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), and the French government-owned weapons manufacturer Nexter, two of the leading European manufacturers of military land systems. [3]Negotiations between the companies and the German and French governments started in Summer 2014. [4] Support for a merger was building in both Germany ...

6 days ago · 5 February , 2025 – The negotiations between Alstom and KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (KNDS) about the Görlitz site have reached an important milestone. On 5 February, 2025, both sides signed ...

Jan 24, 2025 · KNDS presented its Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 main battle tank concept at the Eurosatory trade show on June 17, 2024, outside of Paris. (Sebastian Sprenger/staff photo) PARIS — Armored-vehicle makers ...

KNDS, a franco-german association in the land defense sector, forms a Group of 8,270 employees, with a 2020 turnover of 2.4 billion euro, an order backlog of around 10.6 billion euro and an order intake of 3.3 billion euro.

Sweden has commissioned KNDS Germany to deliver a total of 44 LEOPARD 2 A8 main battle tanks to the army. In addition, the modernization of the LEOPARD 2 fleet has now been extended to include all of the 110 Swedish systems.

From the innovative, hydropneumatic and decoupled running gear of the PUMA to the time-tested, continuously refined running gear of the LEOPARD 2: KNDS Deutschland’s tracked vehicles are also highly mobile and reliable, even on the toughest terrain.

Dec 4, 2024 · The new CEO’s challenges will include ramping up production to meet surging European demand for tanks and cannons, with the KNDS order book more than doubling last year to €15.7 billion ($16.5 ...

6 days ago · Franco-German defense group KNDS will turn an old train factory in eastern Germany into a production plant for tanks and other military vehicles under a deal sealed Wednesday.. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the signing ceremony in the city of Goerlitz that the plant’s conversion “ensures greater security for Germany.” “Instead of train carriages, parts for the defense industry will be ...

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