Instalaza
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Number of employees | 140 (2007) |
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Website | instalaza.com |
Instalaza SA is a Spanish firm that designs, develops and manufactures equipment and other military material for infantry. The company, founded in 1943, is headquartered in Zaragoza, Aragon, where its production plant is also located.
Instalaza's professional experience is widely noted as a supplier of both the Spanish armed forces and countries around the world. Instalaza has had Pedro Morenés Eulate, Secretary of State for Defence between 1996 and 2000, Secretary of State Security from 2000 to 2002, Secretary of State for Science and Technology between 2002 and 2004, and currently Minister of Defence, as representative and consultant.[2]
As of 2007, Instalaza SA had 140 employees, a covered plant area of 18,000 square metres (190,000 sq ft), capital worth more than 5 million Euros, and a revenue of 15 million Euros.[3]
Cluster munitions ban
The company experienced a crisis in 2008 after the ban on cluster bombs enacted by the
Critics argue that studies based on the
Instalaza in February 2013, presented its product design and production of arms and ammunition, in the Salon of Defense of Abu Dhabi, with great acceptance by buyers assistants, which reaffirms that the defense and security industry, are among the most active of the highest overall growth of Spanish exports between 2011 and 2013.[11] This presentation was once again shown with great success, at the same Abu Dhabi Defense Hall in its 2021 version, with new optics, infrared sights, thermal cameras, as well as short-range missile prototypes, reaching a high level of sales in many countries.
Claimed use of cluster munitions in Libya
On 15 April 2011,
November 2022 letter bomb attempt
On 30 November 2022, a letter bomb was delivered to the Instalaza company headquarters in Zaragoza.[14] Hours earlier, an officer at Ukraine's embassy in Madrid was injured when he opened a letter bomb addressed to the ambassador. Both packages came from Ukraine and this is what alarmed the arms company, which called the police. The envelope was 10 x 15 cm and an X-ray showed the explosive charge with a wire line ready to be activated when the envelope was opened. Police carried out a controlled explosion in the factory and no damage was reported. Zaragoza government representative Rosa Serrano said in an interview that the two envelopes appeared to have the same sender, since the same e-mail address was written on the back of both of them.[15][16][17]
Products
- Alcotán-100
- C90-CR (M3)
- C100
- Alhambra hand grenade
- VN-series night vision scopes for rifles and antitank rocket launchers
- MAT-120 cargo mortar
- FTV Rifle Grenade
References
- ^ a b "El reparto de beneficios provoca tensiones". infodefensa.com. August 31, 2012. Archived from the original on March 19, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Marco, Lucas. "Un ex secretario de Estado de Aznar representa a una empresa que vende bombas de racimo". Periódico Diagonal. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Instalaza SA (Spain), Contractors". Jane's Military and Security Assessments. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "La compañía Instalaza, en quiebra técnica". Cotizalia. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Instalaza: Sobre el MAT-120". Instalaza. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "INSTALAZA INTRODUCES THE [SD]² CONCEPT TO THE EXPERTS GROUP OF THE CCW AT GENEVA'S HEADQUARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS". Instalaza. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "M85: An analysis of reliability" (PDF). NPA. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Mortars Aim For More Capability" by Rubert Pengelley, Jane's IDR 1/1997 page 54
- ^ note2 - the first MAT-120 mortar bomb' submunition were called "Espin" by the manufacture and lacked the self-destruction feature, later MAT-120 submunitions with the self-destruction feature were called "Braco"
- ^ "Una empresa española oferta bombas racimo por Internet". Qué.es (EFE). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Las novedades de las empresas españolas en el salón de Defensa de Abu…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
- ^ Chivers, C. J. (15 April 2011). "Qaddafi Troops Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas". New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Libya: Cluster Munition Strikes Misrata". Human Rights Watch. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the originalon 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Ukraine embassy, Spanish arms company receive letter bombs -police". Reuters. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "Spanish arms manufacturer receives letter bomb". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "Letter bombs strike Spain, including premier's office, U.S. and Ukraine embassies". The Washington Post. 2022-12-01. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29.
Notes
This article incorporates information from the revision as of 18 April 2010 of the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.