Plasan Sasa

Plasan Sasa
legal form	Limited
founding	1985
Seat	Kibbutz Sasa , Israel
management	Dani Ziv
Number of employees	1,600 (2010)
sales	300 million USD (2007)
Branch	Vehicle ; manufacturer defense industry
Website	www.plasansasa.com

Plasan Sasa ( Hebrew פלסן סאסא) is an Israeli defense company and vehicle manufacturer.

history

The company was founded in 1985 and specializes in the production of armored vehicles, armor for military vehicles , aircraft , ships and civilian special protection vehicles. The main buyers for the armored vehicles are the US military , the Israeli armed forces and the Israeli police . The SandCat model is also exported to Bulgaria and Sweden.

In 2006, Plasan Sasa acquired Vermont Composite's automotive parts production facility in Bennington and then founded Plasan USA, Incorporated . In 2008 the company was renamed Plasan Carbon Composites . There are carbon fiber reinforced plastic body components, among other things, Chevrolet Corvette , Dodge Viper SRT10 and Ford Mustang made.

In 2007, Plasan Sasa acquired 45 percent of the French LSI Group, which includes AMEFO and Bérard. Among other things, AMEFO produces armor for French military vehicles (for example the VBL ), while Bérard specializes in the precision machining of sheet metal from a wide variety of metals.

Plasan Sasa is operated as a privately owned company by Kibbutz Sasa (Upper Galilee) and is the third most profitable kibbutz in the country. In 2008 the company had around 1,100 employees, 730 of them in Kibbutz Sasa, 200 in the USA and 160 in France.

Products (selection)

Plasan Sand Cat
Oshkosh M-ATV
Navistar MaxxPro Dash
MXT-MVA
Future Tactical Truck Systems
M1114GR
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
Combat Tactical Vehicle
Lockheed Martin AVA-1

Military vehicles

DAF Tropco
Freightliner M-915 (license build)
HMMWV M1114GR (license build of the HMMWV of the AM General Corporation )
HMMWV M1118GR (licensed construction of the HMMWV of the AM General Corporation)
International FTTS
International MaxxPro
International MXT-MVA
Mack Granite
Lockheed Martin AVA
Oshkosh MTVR
Oshkosh M-ATV
Plasan SandCat (based on the Ford F-Series )
Plasan Hyrax (based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class )

Special protection vehicles

armored civilian special protection vehicles, for example based on

Jeep Cherokee
Land Rover Defender
Nissan Navara
Toyota Landcruiser
VW Transporter

protective gear

Individual evidence

↑ Plasan Sasa Acquires 45% of LSI ( Memento from October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Amefo - Exemples Produits ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Bérard s. a. ( Memento from September 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Homepage of Plasan Sasa (English)
Homepage of Plasan Carbon Composites (English)

[1] Plasan Sasa Acquires 45% of LSI ( Memento from October 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Amefo - Exemples Produits ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Bérard s. a. ( Memento from September 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )