NBC-Sys
Saint-Chamond, FranceFounded 2001Industry
NBC-Sys, a French company, makes CBRN decontamination and collective protection systems, including the MEERKAT and SYMODA decontamination systems.
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NBC-Sys is a French CBRN detection, protection and decontamination systems company that has been renamed KNDS CBRN and is based in Saint-Chamond. The legal entity was created in 2001 and renamed in April 2024.
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Its CBRN expertise traces to the 1951 CBRN centre of the state arms maker GIAT in Saint-Etienne, the NBC-Sys name emerged in the late 1990s, and it became a Nexter subsidiary in 2006. It is now wholly owned by KNDS France, which belongs to the Franco-German KNDS group formed from Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.
A French defence blog profile describes it as a small firm protecting armed forces from CBRN threats.
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Wholly owned by KNDS France, part of the KNDS group; renamed KNDS CBRN in April 2024
Parent: KNDS France
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- Contract values and customers: not found.
- Whether the NBC-Sys brand is still used: the legal name is KNDS CBRN.
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What does NBC-Sys do?
NBC-Sys, a French company, makes CBRN decontamination and collective protection systems, including the MEERKAT and SYMODA decontamination systems.
Where is NBC-Sys based?
HQ (as found): Saint-Chamond. HQ country: FR.
Who owns NBC-Sys?
Wholly owned by KNDS France, part of the KNDS group; renamed KNDS CBRN in April 2024. Parent: KNDS France
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