KNDS AMMO FRANCE

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 21 official records from 14 official sources are on file. 3 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• The inspection report describes the site: Le site KNDS se situe au Nord Est de l'agglomération de Tarbes. Il est spécialisé dans la production d'explosifs primaires et la réalisation de composants ou objets pyrotechniques. Il accueille également un service d'étude et de développement. Le site est soumis à autorisation et classé Seveso Seuil Haut pour la fabrication et le stockage de produits explosifs. L’exploitation du site est réglementée par l’arrêté préfectoral du 17 juillet 2001. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: Le site KNDS se situe au Nord Est de l'agglomération de Tarbes. Il est spécialisé dans la production d'explosifs primaires et la réalisation de composants ou objets pyrotechniques. Il accueille également un service d'étude et de développement. Le site est soumis à autorisation et classé Seveso Seuil Haut pour la fabrication et le stockage de produits explosifs. L’exploitation du site est réglementée par l’arrêté préfectoral du 17 juillet 2001.. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-02-11: 7 control points, 3 with follow-up: Rapport de base: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Complétude du dossier de réexamen: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois; Eaux pluviales: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 3 mois. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1986. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 500 and 999 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €528.3M, profit €70.5M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 1 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2026-02-16. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2026-02-16. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), EU public procurement award notices Burada ihalenin kazanılması başkasının yaptığı bir denetimi de taşır: AB ve AEA'da kamu alıcısı, dolandırıcılık, yolsuzluk veya kara para aklamadan hüküm giymiş istekliler ile kesinleşmiş kararla vergi veya sosyal güvenlik borcu saptananları elemek zorundadır. Bu denetim o ihale ve ihale tarihi için geçerliydi: şirketin bugünkü durumunu göstermez ve ihaleyi kazanmak sözleşmenin yerine getirildiğini göstermez. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-10-09. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-24. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-07-24. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-31. VIES (European Commission)
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 6 active business units of 8 on the register, 4 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 25.40Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-07-24. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 4 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 6 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

6 active and 2 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 4 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• ROUTE DE VILLENEUVE 18570 LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-URSIN: SIRET 33994646900063, active, manufacturing activity code 25.40Z (Fabrication d'armes et de munitions), opened 1990-01-01, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 7 ROUTE DE GUERRY 18000 BOURGES: SIRET 33994646900089, active, manufacturing activity code 25.40Z (Fabrication d'armes et de munitions), opened 2006-12-01, staff 100-199 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 13B CHEMIN DES POUDRIERES 65000 TARBES: SIRET 33994646900097, active, manufacturing activity code 25.40Z (Fabrication d'armes et de munitions), opened 2006-12-01, staff 100-199 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LIEU-DIT MICHENON 41300 LA FERTE-IMBAULT: SIRET 33994646900105, active, manufacturing activity code 25.40Z (Fabrication d'armes et de munitions), opened 2006-11-30. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• SATORY 13 ROUTE DE LA MINIERE 78000 VERSAILLES: SIRET 33994646900071, active, head office, activity code 70.10Z (Activités des sièges sociaux), opened 1990-11-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• NEXTER MUNITIONS DE SAUCLIERES LE CAPELIER - CENTRE D'ESSAIS 12230 SAUCLIERES: SIRET 33994646900113, active, activity code 71.20B (Analyses, essais et inspections techniques), opened 2006-11-30. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LE PRADO 28 RUE DU PRE DOULET 18000 BOURGES: SIRET 33994646900055, closed 1995-12-25, manufacturing activity code 29.6A, opened 1990-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ROUTE DE VILLENEUVE 18570 LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-URSIN: SIRET 33994646900121, closed 2017-12-01, manufacturing activity code 25.40Z (Fabrication d'armes et de munitions), opened 2017-12-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

12 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 3 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• KNDS AMMO FRANCE: Site named in the record, registry number 0010003876. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• 13 bis, Chemin des Poudrières BP 1446, 65000 Tarbes: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• KNDS AMMO FRANCE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)