Plasan
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Native name | פלסן סאסא בע"מ |
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Type | Privately held company |
Industry | Defence |
Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people | Dani Ziv (CEO) |
Products | Armored vehicles, Ballistic vests |
Owner | Kibbutz Sasa |
Number of employees | 1,600 |
Subsidiaries | Plasan USA |
Website | www.plasansasa.com |
Plasan (Hebrew: פלסן) (incorporated as Plasan Sasa Ltd. and formerly as Plasan Sasa (ACS) Ltd.) is an Israeli based vehicle manufacturer.
History[edit]
Plasan Sasa, established in 1985, develops, manufactures, and assembles custom-built vehicle armor systems and chassis up-armor designs as well as Add-On Armor Protection Kits for lightweight military tactical trucks and APCs [Wheeled & Tracked], for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, commercial vehicles, and is a major supplier of personnel protection armor.
Plasan is a non-public company and is wholly owned by Kibbutz Sasa, a communal village of some 100 families in Northern Israel. It employs 1,300 people, including 650 in the United States and 180 in France.[1]
Plasan armor is widely used in the US military's MRAP vehicles.[2] US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said that Plasan's armor has saved countless American lives.[3] The company also sells to police and border guard forces worldwide. A special vehicle built for the military police of São Paulo, capable of transporting 24 fighters and equipped with diurnal and nocturnal vision systems was used during the Olympics in Brazil.[1]
Sasa's innovations include vehicular cabin, chassis and hull armor kits to protect personnel and equipment on MaxxPro, MRAP (Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected) and M-ATV (all-terrain) vehicles.[4]
Carbon composites[edit]
Plasan has an automotive composite manufacturing facility in Vermont formerly the Automotive division of Vermont Composites.[5] Plasan Carbon manufactures the carbon fiber fenders of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and the hood, fenders, roof, roof bow, lower rocker moldings and front splitter of the 2009 ZR1.[6][7] Plasan also molds the Rear Spoilers, Front Splitters, and Front Dive Planes for the 2008 Viper SRT-10 ACR. Plasan has also built in the past the splitter, Hood Assembly, and Mirror caps for the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR.
Awards and recognition[edit]
In May 2017, Plasan Sasa and its CEO, Danny Ziv, received the National Defense Industrial Association's Red Ball Express award. The company was recognized by NDIA's Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division.[1]
Products[edit]
Vehicles with armored bodies designed and manufactured by Plasan
- Plasan Sand Cat
- Plasan Guarder
- Oshkosh M-ATV
- International MaxxPro
- International MXT-MVA
- Future Tactical Truck Systems
- Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement
- Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
- Combat Tactical Vehicle
- HMMWV M1114GR and M1118GR
- Mack Granite
- DAF Tropco
- Freightliner M-915[8]
- Mahindra Rakshak
- Lockheed Martin AVA-1[9]
- Thales Hawkei[10]
HMMWV M1114GR of the Hellenic Army
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Israeli Company, Hurt by U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq, Pivots and Returns to Profit" – via Haaretz.
- ^ "Plasan Has Delivered Armor for 1,955 Life Saving MRAP Vehicles". www.defense-aerospace.com.
- ^ "Defending American lives, redefining the future" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Waitt, Tammy (May 17, 2017). "Plasan Sasa Wins NDIA 2017 Red Ball Express Award (Learn More, Video)". American Security Today.
- ^ "JEC Composites - Vermont Composites sells automotive business to Plasan Sasa". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
- ^ Plasan's venture to make carbon-fiber parts for sports cars
- ^ "CompositesWorld.com - NAIA Show Highlights 2008". Archived from the original on February 27, 2008.
- ^ "NDM Article - Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ "Lockheed To Unveil Adaptable Vehicle for U.K. Needs - Defense News".
- ^ "World leaders Thales and Plasan partner for next generation vehicles bid". Thales public relations. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
