KNDS Deutschland Steel Constructions

Center of excellence for armored steel casings

Precision and innovation for protection

As the center of excellence for welding technology within the group, we set standards in the production of high-strength steel. Our expertise is crucial to ensuring that the casings of our KMW vehicles meet the highest quality standards – and thus guarantee the protection of soldiers.

Our core competence: high-strength steel connections

Welding armored steel with exceptional strength is our specialty. This technology forms the basis for a large number of wheeled and tracked vehicles in the KMW product portfolio – from heavy armored hulls to light, air-transportable systems.

Center for Armored Steel Processing

We recognized the increased demands of national and international customers for ballistic protection as well as the demand for lighter, portable solutions at an early stage – and implemented them succinctly. Our Hamburg location is a pioneer in this regard:

Center for welding technology
Design of special operating resources
Supplier of protective components
Qualification center for the international production of housings and parts made of armored steel

Quality – Flexibility – Reliability

Our team combines in-depth expertise with agile project implementation: meeting deadlines, optimizing costs and at the same time ensuring the highest security standards – that is our promise.

Center of excellence for armor steel processing

Core competence

The core competence of KNDS Deutschland Steel Constructions GmbH is the welding of assemblies made of the highest strength steels. With highly qualified employees and a sound technical welding know-how, we manufacture housings made of quenched and tempered special steels for ballistic protection (armor steel) for armored wheeled and tracked vehicles.

KNDS Deutschland Steel Constructions GmbH combines proven expertise in the manufacture of casings made of thick sheet metal for heavy combat vehicles with the production of casings in lightweight construction using cold-formed precision blanks made of thin sheets for air-transportable vehicles.

A tight organization and lean processes are the basis for on-time, flexible and cost-effective production.

Our special experience in the processing of armor materials includes in particular:

Heavy plates (in thicknesses from 3 – 150 mm) as well as profiles, hot-formed parts and forgings made of armor steel of all hardness levels according to TL 2350-0000

Castings made of cast armor steel of all hardness levels according to TL 2350-0002

In many cases, we are involved in the welding qualification of new materials right from the start. For example, by welding proof angles for semi-finished product manufacturers, we make a decisive contribution to developing materials with ever-higher proof and explosive strength.

Risks and opportunities

An analysis of the opportunities and risks associated with quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, and energy efficiency begins as early as the planning phase.

We reduce risks through appropriate measures and actively exploit opportunities.

Board of Directors

Marcel Bedenknecht

Part of the family

In April 2007, KNDS Deutschland Steel Construction GmbH (KDSC) took over the special production division of Blohm & Voss Industries GmbH as part of an asset deal.

High performance

KDSC has been involved in all major projects for armored wheeled and tracked vehicles since the late 1950s, when the Bundeswehr's first procurement projects began. A representative, but by no means exhaustive, list of the casings manufactured impressively demonstrates the breadth of experience available.

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