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Industry
  
Defence

Key people
  
Dani Ziv (CEO)

Headquarters
  
Sasa, Israel

Number of employees
  
1,600

Area served
  
worldwide

Owner
  
Kibbutz Sasa

Founded
  
1985

Type of business
  
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Native name
  
Hebrew: פלסן סאסא בע"מ‎‎

Products
  
Armored vehicles, Ballistic vests

Subsidiaries
  
Plasan US Defense Composite Structures, Plasan North America, Inc., Plasan Carbon Composites, Inc.

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Plasan (Hebrew: פלסן‎‎) (incorporated as Plasan Sasa Ltd. and formerly as Plasan Sasa (ACS) Ltd.) is an Israeli based vehicle manufacturer established in 1985. It 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 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.

Contents

Plasan armor is used in the majority of the US military's MRAP vehicles. US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said that Plasan's armor has saved countless American lives.

Carbon composites

Plasan has an automotive composite manufacturing facility in Vermont formerly the Automotive division of Vermont Composites. 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. 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.

Products

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
  • Mahindra Rakshak
  • Lockheed Martin AVA-1
  • Thales Hawkei
  • References

    Plasan Wikipedia