KNDS Deutschland

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryDefence
Predecessors
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters,
Germany
Areas served
Germany, EU, worldwide
Key people
  • Frank Haun (managing director)
  • Manfred Bode (chairman)
Revenue1,680,000,000 United States dollar (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
2,771 (2014)
Parentsince 2015 KNDS
Websiteknds.de/en

KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW), is an arms industry company based in Munich, Germany. The company produces military weapons and vehicles, including tanks, self-propelled artillery, and other armoured vehicles.

KMW was formed in 1999 when the defense division of KraussMaffei Group was spun off and merged with Wegmann & Co. In 2015, KMW became part of KMW+Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS),[1] and in 2024 it was renamed KNDS Deutschland.[2]

  1. ^ "History - KMW".
  2. ^ "Uniform brand identity: Land defence group KNDS completes the legal renaming of its Group companies" (Press release). Amsterdam, Netherlands: KNDS. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.