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The head office is located on [[Sudi Verisia (world)|Sudi Verisia]], an advanced world and an important trading center on the trailing edge of the [[Distant Fringe]]. As well as the main administrative complexes there is 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.
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The head office is located on [[Sudi Verisia (world)|Sudi Verisia]], an advanced world and an important trading center on the trailing edge of the [[Distant Fringe]]. As well as the main administrative complexes its holdings include 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.
 
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Revision as of 16:36, 22 January 2018

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 trailing parts of Far Home Sector. It produces military hardware and is a major supplier of armored vehicles to the Hell Worlds region.

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 Sudi Verisia, an advanced world and an important trading center on the trailing edge of the Distant Fringe. As well as the main administrative complexes its holdings include 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.

  • The company maintains Regional Head Offices on other important worlds in the region.

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.

Kaftfahrzeug has facilities on many worlds in the trailing parts of Far Home Sector.

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.
  • Paradyne Systems Ltd. A major manufacturer of sensors, electronic components and starship computers.

Trade Competitors

No information yet available.

Notes

No information yet available.

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