THEON launches Belgian subsidiary 

THEON Group laminitis and main enforcement officer, Christian Hadjiminas.

Defense technology institution THEON International, which opened successful Greece successful 1997 and is headquartered successful Cyprus, launched connected Tuesday its Belgian subsidiary, THEON Belgium, and its state-of-the-art installation astatine Zaventem. 

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken attended the ceremony. The company, founded and managed by Christian Hadjiminas, said the caller installation represents a multimillion-euro concern and is simply a strategic step to further strengthen THEON’s presumption arsenic a starring European defence technology company, with a increasing planetary beingness and a proven quality to support ample multinational programs. 

The institution specializes successful the improvement and accumulation of precocious electro-optic nighttime vision systems and thermal imaging devices for defence and information applications.

Its Belgian installation will nutrient the IRIS-C thermal clip-on system for the Belgian and German equipped forces under the pan-European OCCAR IRCOD model contract, signed past September. The archetypal bid is worth astir €50 million.