Colby Badhwar on X reports that the 🇩🇪 Rheinmetall concern is acquiring Hagedorn-NC GmbH, which produces nitrocellulose for civilian needs at its plant in Lingen, Lower Saxony.
Nitrocellulose is used to produce single-, two- and three-component powder charges for artillery shells. Rheinmetall therefore plans to repurpose production in Lingen from civilian to military use.
ℹ️ It is nice to see how European production is slowly but surely reorienting civilian capacities to military needs. The Germans, of course, are setting the pace here.
For example, Volkswagen, which is considering repurposing one of its plants for military production. Or Porsche, which will invest in the production of drones for military needs. And this is the news of the last few weeks.
The trend is good.
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