KNDS Unified Brand Appearance

14th June 2023

The E-MBT demonstrator, unveiled at Eurosatory 2018, produced by the KNDS partnership of Germany’s KMW and France’s Nexter mates a French Leclerc turret to a German Leopard 2 hull [©Bob Morrison]

Unified Brand Appearance: Land Defense Systems Group KNDS, the merger of KMW and Nexter, gears up for the European future.

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Press Release, Amsterdam, 14 June 2023: [embargoed until 15:30 local] KNDS, the merger of the German and French land defence systems providers Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Nexter, is harmonising its brand image. In future, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Nexter and their subsidiaries will appear exclusively under the single brand KNDS.

KNDS is thus underlining its claim of being a driving force in the necessary consolidation of the European industry for military land systems. So far, the industry has been characterised by numerous national manufacturers with a wide range of products and systems.

KNDS is a merger of France’s Nexter and Germany’s KMW [© Bob Morrison]

Their consolidation and joint strategic governance will make a significant contribution to the standardisation of land forces in Europe and the other customers of Europe’s defence industry.

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