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The acquisition has also introduced us to a range of new customers and contracts in regions such as Belgium, Sweden and Canada

“ There are two main businesses in NP Aerospace: the first focuses on composites and armor systems( CAS), while the other is a vehicle system services and spares( VSSS) business. Our CAS business is primarily dedicated to manufacturing protective armor for soldiers, law enforcement officers and vehicles, including hard body armor plates, ballistic helmet shells, Explosive Ordnance Disposal suits, vehicle armor, and other products related to survivability. Within that business, we also create commercial composites for sectors such as energy

and transportation, with one of our bigger product lines being medical composites, within which we fabricate radiology beds for cancer treatment. Meanwhile, the VSSS side of our business serves as our services and vehicle capability hub. Here, we provide post-design services, through-life support, vehicle and system upgrades and integration, configuration management, integrated logistics support, and through-life spares for platforms and equipment used by various militaries around the world,” he clarifies.

Acquisition strategy

Throughout its history, NP Aerospace’ s products and services offering has evolved as the company experienced events like buyouts and acquisitions. James tells us more about NP Aerospace’ s background and journey to success.“ Founded in 1926 in the UK, our company was initially part of a much larger

It matters where it’ s made.

If you don’ t know the origins of the fiber inside your unidirectional( UD) ballistic material, you can’ t guarantee:

THE QUALITY of the materials inside your equipment.

THE CONSISTENCY of the performance of the protective materials.

THE SECURITY of the supply of materials in times of supply chain disruption.

As the only manufacturer of ballistic materials to make its own polymer, fiber and UD, Dyneema ® has been trusted for more than 30 years to protect the world ' s most elite armed forces, including almost all EU MoD, law enforcement and NATO member states. For the European market, Dyneema ® – with its unrivaled strength-to-weight ratio – is manufactured in Heerlen, The Netherlands.

Learn more at dyneema. com

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