{"id":4821,"date":"2025-09-11T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science-park-saar.de\/freisen-municipal-council-paves-the-way-for-expansion-of-knds-site\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:51:42","slug":"freisen-municipal-council-paves-the-way-for-expansion-of-knds-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.science-park-saar.de\/en\/freisen-municipal-council-paves-the-way-for-expansion-of-knds-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Freisen municipal council paves the way for expansion of KNDS site"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Arms industry: Freisen municipal council paves the way for expansion of KNDS site<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>On Thursday 4 September, the Freisen municipal council granted approval to begin the \u2018Schwarzerden industrial area site development concept\u2019 urban development planning process. This paves the way for expansion at KNDS Deutschland Maintenance GmbH, one of the region\u2019s largest employers.<\/p>\n<p>The Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation gwSaar is now permitted to prepare and further develop the necessary area.<\/p>\n<p>The background to this is a major procurement project by the German Armed Forces: the defence committee has already approved the development and construction of the Patria armoured transport vehicle. If the budget committee agrees, KNDS could be manufacturing up to 3,500 vehicles at the Freisen plant in several waves from 2027 onwards. The new armoured transport vehicle from Finnish manufacturer Patria would replace the current \u2018Fuchs\u2019 and will be adapted to the Germany army\u2019s particular needs by KNDS.<\/p>\n<p>To get this site ready for the task, gwSaar (a subsidiary of Strukturholding Saar) will first of all be preparing an area of land 3.9 hectares in size. Another seven hectares will be developed as required during the urban development planning process.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Economic Affairs J\u00fcrgen Barke emphasised: \u2018The Freisen municipal council have made a vital, correct decision \u2013 for Saarland as a hub of business and for Germany&#8217;s security interests. Our aim is to quickly supply the space that KNDS needs to expand its production capacity. If the budget committee\u2019s decision is also positive, this would further increase the importance of Saarland as a location for the arms industry.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Valentin Holzer, CEO of Strukturholding Saar, said: \u2018The council decision taken today allows us to acquire and develop spaces around the KNDS site. In doing so, we are laying the foundations for expanding the KNDS plant and playing an active role in developing Saarland as a location and creating industry jobs here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Patria Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arms industry: Freisen municipal council paves the way for expansion of KNDS site On Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gwsaar-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freisen municipal council paves the way for expansion of KNDS site - Science Park Saar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science-park-saar.de\/en\/freisen-municipal-council-paves-the-way-for-expansion-of-knds-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freisen municipal council paves the way for expansion of KNDS site - 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