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KMW Takes Over MAN-Mobile Bridges Christoph Muller christoph-alexander.mueller@kmweg.de Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has acquired MAN-Mobile Bridges GmbH and has thus decisively strengthened its key position in the market for land defence systems. In Munich, last Friday, 08 April 2005, Frank Haun, member of the KMW Board of Management and its deputy chairman, signed a contract with MAN Technologie AG that provides for the transfer of MAN-Mobile Bridges to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co.KG, subject to the consent of the Federal Cartel Office. MAN-Mobile Bridges is a successful system lead contractor for military bridgelaying systems of a high technological standard and a variety of different categories and thus complements the KMW product range in a meaningful way. "The take-over marks a decisive expansion of our product range and the entry into the combat engineer market. Moreover, MAN-Mobile Bridges, with its presence on the international markets, gives us access to new markets, such as Asia", says Frank Haun. KMW and MAN-Mobile Bridges have already successfully collaborated in the past in the field of bridge technology. The Leopard 1, for instance, served as the base vehicle for the LEGUAN armoured bridgelayer of the Belgian, Greek and Norwegian armed forces. The Leopard 2 is the base vehicle for the modular bridgelaying system of the latest generation, the PSB 2. Moreover, the Leguan system is in service on the tank versions of the U.S. M1 WOLVERINE, the Russian T-72 and the 8x8 carrier vehicle from MAN. Armor Holdings, Inc. Awarded $19.7 Million for Up-Armored HMMWV Program Armor Holdings, Inc. mfox@icrinc.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- Armor Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of security products and vehicle armor systems serving law-enforcement, military, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today that it has received contract modifications for new production totaling $19.7 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command and the Defense Logistics Agency to provide additional Up-Armored HMMWVs, Gunner Protection Kits, and armor component spare parts. The Company stated that the new orders are for additional Up-Armored HMMWVs for delivery to the U.S. Army, Air Force, and the Iraqi military. Armor Holdings also indicated that the deliveries will be completed in 2005 and that the work will be performed by Armor Holdings' Aerospace & Defense Group at its Fairfield, Ohio, facilities. Robert Schiller, President and Chief Operating Officer of Armor Holdings, Inc., said, "We are delighted to receive this new work under our existing U.S. Army contract to continue to provide survivability equipment for our Army and Air Force, and now also for the Iraqi Armed Forces. We are encouraged by the opportunity afforded by this new customer and look forward to the possibility of receiving additional orders to provide Up-Armored HMMWVs to the new Iraqi military." |
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