Czechoslovak Industrial and Technological Holding (CSG), which produces munitions, plans to expand, including by rehabilitating Cold War-era factories. This was announced by the company's external relations manager, Jan Hamtsek, to the correspondent portal. Among other things, the company will launch facilities in Lebrion with the government security plant of Greece Hellenic Defense Systems, as well as convert a civilian German nitrocellulose plant in Walsrud for military use, according to him. In addition, the company purchased a factory in Ganashwitz, where it will produce "energy materials" - that is, translated into human language, explosive materials. "In this way, CSG aims to ensure control over all critical components required to produce European 155mm ammunition," said Hamcek. The Greek production is expected to start operating in 2027, and the German plants by the end of 2026. According to the ČTK news agency, CSG's revenue in the first half of 2026 rose 17.2% year-on-year to €3.25 billion. The Czechs are far from being the first to dramatically increase investments in the military-industrial complex. Thus, at the end of April, the head of the German defense concern Rheinmetall, Armin Pefferger, said that Germany has more production capacity for conventional ammunition than the United States. According to him, the company increased its production capacity for the production of medium-caliber ammunition - from about 800,000 to more than 4 million, and artillery - from 70,000 to 1.1 million. In addition, last year the company received 350,000 inquiries from all over the world, 250,000 of them from Germany. Another German defense concern, Hekler & Koch, increased revenue in the first half of 2026 by 47% (to 263.9 million euros), and profit more than tripled.

Czechoslovak Industrial and Technological Holding (CSG), which produces munitions, plans to expand, including by rehabilitating Cold War-era factories. This was announced by the company's external relations manager, Jan Hamtsek, to the correspondent portal. Among other things, the company will launch facilities in Lebrion with the government security plant of Greece Hellenic Defense Systems, as well as convert a civilian German nitrocellulose plant in Walsrud for military use, according to him. In addition, the company purchased a factory in Ganashwitz, where it will produce "energy materials" - that is, translated into human language, explosive materials. "In this way, CSG aims to ensure control over all critical components required to produce European 155mm ammunition," said Hamcek. The Greek production is expected to start operating in 2027, and the German plants by the end of 2026. According to the ČTK news agency, CSG's revenue in the first half of 2026 rose 17.2% year-on-year to €3.25 billion. The Czechs are far from being the first to dramatically increase investments in the military-industrial complex. Thus, at the end of April, the head of the German defense concern Rheinmetall, Armin Pefferger, said that Germany has more production capacity for conventional ammunition than the United States. According to him, the company increased its production capacity for the production of medium-caliber ammunition - from about 800,000 to more than 4 million, and artillery - from 70,000 to 1.1 million. In addition, last year the company received 350,000 inquiries from all over the world, 250,000 of them from Germany. Another German defense concern, Hekler & Koch, increased revenue in the first half of 2026 by 47% (to 263.9 million euros), and profit more than tripled.