# KNDS

Group identifier: aiwaw:knds  
Ultimate owner: Ultimate owner not established in GLEIF  
Basis of membership: group as recorded in company documents – Source [C]: Rejestr „Podmioty” – zapis grupy w dokumentach spółek (bez relacji w GLEIF)  
Data as of: 2026-10-18, version 2.22  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/knds

## At a glance

KNDS – 2 companies in the register with 3 plants in 1 country (most: France 3). Metals of the plants: alloy steel. Main links of the chain: end uses – 3 plants. Membership follows the group as recorded in company documents, without a GLEIF consolidation relationship.

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 0 | – |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 3 | defence (weapons, vehicles, naval ships, ammunition) 3 |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| France | 3 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

No capacity of operating single-metal plants with a unit.

## Group structure

- **KNDS** (corporate group; aiwaw:knds)
  - [KNDS Ammo France SAS](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/knds-ammo-france-sas.md) (company; France; LEI 969500REYI2EAZAYJK07; Business register 339946469; register · C)
    - La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin – produkcja amunicji (La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, France) – plant; defence (weapons, vehicles, naval ships, ammunition); operating; class A
  - [KNDS France SA](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/knds-france-sa.md) (company; France; LEI 969500NIRB416KF4A559; Business register 379706344; register · C)
    - Bourges – produkcja systemów artyleryjskich i uzbrojenia (Bourges, France) – plant; defence (weapons, vehicles, naval ships, ammunition); operating; class A
    - Roanne – produkcja pojazdów opancerzonych i uzbrojenia (Roanne, France) – plant; defence (weapons, vehicles, naval ships, ammunition); operating; class A

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

The plants of the group companies have no capacity or output with a unit in the register.

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [ArianeGroup SAS](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/arianegroup-sas.md) – in common: alloy steel; end uses; France
- [Meca Dev](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/meca-dev.md) – in common: alloy steel; end uses; France
- [General Electric Company](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/general-electric-company.md) – in common: alloy steel; end uses; France
- [John Cockerill](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/john-cockerill.md) – in common: alloy steel; end uses; France

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 3, B 0, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 3 / 3 (2026-10-18 – 2026-10-18)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 0 of 2; group as recorded: 2 of 2; companies with an LEI: 2 of 2
- Basis of membership: group as recorded in company documents (class C)

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.