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KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“At sites in Germany, Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, the UK and the US, more than 4,000 employees manufacture and oversee a comprehensive product portfolio. This ranges from air-transportable and heavily armoured wheeled vehicles, reconnaissance, air defence and artillery systems, through to battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and bridge laying systems.”

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“It also includes command and information systems as well as remote-controlled gun mounts with reconnaissance and observation equipment. KNDS Deutschland also has extensive system expertise in civilian and military simulation. The armed forces of more than 50 countries around the world rely on the deployment systems of KNDS Deutschland.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA229%
Renew Europe229%
Socialists & Democrats229%
European People's Party114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025
3
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Engin Eroglu
2 meetings · Renew
Tobias Cremer
2 meetings · S&D
Niclas Herbst
1 meeting · EPP
Hannah Neumann
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Mārtiņš Staķis
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 Jun 2026Engin ErogluDefence industrial policy
27 Apr 2026Niclas HerbstThe history and future of KNDS
27 Nov 2025Tobias CremerEuropean Defense
26 Sep 2025Engin ErogluStrengthening cooperation among the European defence industry and overcoming fragmentation of the defence market
15 Jan 2025Mārtiņš StaķisEuropean battle tanks and defense industrial collaboration
16 Oct 2024Tobias CremerDefence Industrial Policies
13 Aug 2020Hannah NeumannGrüner Wirtschaftsdialog

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