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Throughout 2022, Junghans has seen a surge in future requirements for 155 mm Artillery Fuzes. To date, this has already led to contracts for both the Multi Option Fuze Artillery (MOFA) and the Time Fuze, company wrote in a statement on social media.

MSM GROUP signs second major artillery fuzes contract with JUNGHANS Defence

MSM GROUP has signed its second significant contract this year with JUNGHANS Defence for the supply of hundreds of thousands of advanced artillery fuzes.

MSM Group, a Slovak subsidiary of the Czechoslovak Group (CSG), has entered into a purchase agreement with US-based IFF to acquire its nitrocellulose business, along with the associated plant and Walsrode Industrial Park in Lower Saxony, Germany. The financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed.

MSM Group acquires IFF’s nitrocellulose business in Germany

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MSM Group, a Slovak subsidiary of the Czechoslovak Group (CSG), has entered into a purchase agreement with US-based IFF to acquire its nitrocellulose business.

ZVS Holding has inaugurated a new production line for the production of 155-millimetre artillery ammunition bodies at its facility in Snina, eastern Slovakia. The ceremony, held on 4 October 2024, was attended by Pavol Čahoj, Chairman of the Board of ZVS Holding, and Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák. This new line is part of a major investment aimed at increasing the production of large-calibre ammunition bodies to meet rising global demand.

ZVS Holding launches new production line for artillery ammunition bodies

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ZVS Holding has inaugurated a new production line for the production of 155-millimetre artillery ammunition bodies at its facility in Snina, eastern Slovakia.

Slovakia new ammunition filling line inaugurated at VOP Novaky facility

Slovakia: new ammunition filling line inaugurated at VOP Nováky facility

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VOP Nováky new facility, featuring a state-of-the-art automatic feeding system known as a “screw machine,” will initially be used to fill 122 mm and 120 mm ammunition for tanks and mortars.

Slovak defense company ZVS Holding has announced that it will invest almost EUR 31 million in the coming years to increase the production capacity of 155mm artillery ammunition.

ZVS Holding invests to ramp up the production of artillery ammunition

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Slovak defense company ZVS Holding has announced that it will invest almost EUR 31 million in the coming years to increase the production capacity of 155mm artillery ammunition.

Up to 300 new jobs will be created in the new halls, which will be built in the manufacturing companies of industrial-technology holding company Czechoslovak Group in the coming months. Preparation works are proceeding at a brisk pace even during the summer months. In total, the holding, owned by Czech industrialist Michal Strnad, is investing more than two billion crowns to increase the production capacity of its businesses. New operations will be established in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the companies Tatra Defence Vehicle, Excalibur Army, and the Slovak MSM Group, which are part of the CSG Defence division.

Czechoslovak Group: major investments to ramp up production capacity

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Up to 300 new jobs will be created in the new halls, which will be built in the manufacturing companies of industrial-technology holding company Czechoslovak Group in the coming months.