Kaftfahrzeug
Kaftfahrzeug GmbH is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.
Portfolio
Kaftfahrzeug is considered to be a part of the Defense, Electronics, Communications, and Robotics Business Sector. It primarily operates within the coreward parts of Halcyon Sector. It produces military hardware and is a major supplier of armored vehicles.
Commercial Competencies
- CAD, practical design, architectural plans and tooling.
- Primary logistics.
- Smelting, casting and alloying materials.
- Cutting, shaping, and joining materials.
- Precision construction and manufacturing.
- Gravitic and electronic subsystems.
- Power, transmission and suspension subsystems.
- Finishing, retrofitting, conversions and modifications.
- Storage of finished products.
Governance & Organization
Kaftfahrzeug is governed by a Chairman, a Committee of Trustees and an Executive Board. It is run by a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officers and Department Directors. It has a large Records Department, a Legal Department, an Internal Logistics Office, a Sophont Resources Department, a Public Relations Office, a Finance and Resources Department, and a Bureau of Internal Security.
Head Office:
The head office is located on Scybria, a historic world and an important trading center in the coreward part of Halcyon Sector. As well as the main administrative complexes its headquarters includes a corporate retreat and spa complex, a number of executive villas, and large private estates with associated recreational facilities where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a private spaceport facility on the world.
Major Divisions:
- Research and Development
- Surface Tech Group (disparagingly referred to as the Low Tech Group)
- Aviation and Gravitics Division
- Heavy Equipment Division
- Light Military Vehicle Division
- Civil Vehicle Division
- Commercial Vehicle Division
Stockholders
Stock ownership:
- von Hausner family – 51%,
- Other "Fives" families – 26%,
- First Astra Bank – 11%,
- Private Investors – 7%,
- Portfolio Mitchell – 5%,
- of which Harbinger Holdings – 44%.
Subsidiaries
- Neue Technologiepartnerschaft AG (a company specialising in the precision production of hull materials)
- UltraPrime Inc (a company specialising in the manufacture of advanced power generation equipment).
Notable Investments
- Beltmetall GmbH, 15% holding.
Corporate Holdings
The company has construction facilities, fabrication and assembly plants, factories and industrial complexes, along with the equipment, machinery, vehicles and technology necessary to maintain operations. It has a corporate fleet of small personnel transport vessels.
History & Background
The corporation can trace its origins to the Civil Wars period.
Trade Partners
- Holt Industries. Providing state of the art weapons and defensive systems for military vehicles and platforms.
Trade Competitors
No information yet available.
Notes
Kaftfahrzeug was the primary producer of armored vehicles for the Scybrian Polyarchy during the Scybrian Wars. It was responsible for the iconic Kfz-100 series of grav sleds, utilised by Scybrian troops throughout the conflict.
References & Contributors / Sources
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science