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NGM

Ch. & D. Orfanidis S.A. Northern Greece Engineering Works

Ionia, Greece

Land Systems & VehiclesArmour & Protection
Founded 1921Contract ManufacturerSupplies Land Forces
Profile last updated: July 26, 2026

About

Founded in 1921, NGM is a defense contract manufacturer based in Ionia, Greece working in land systems & vehicles, armour & protection.

NGM is an engineering workshop based near the Sindos Industrial Area in Echedoros, just outside the port of Thessaloniki, Greece. Its roots trace to a small oxyacetylene welding workshop established in Constantinople in 1921, reopened in Thessaloniki in 1935. The company provides heavy machining, CNC machining, metal construction, reverse engineering and engineering services, including CAD-CAM-CAE and finite element analysis. Its main markets are heavy industries such as steel mills, non-ferrous metal production, cement production and mining, supplied in Greece, the Balkans and the Middle East. NGM also serves the defence sector, supplying the Greek Army with armour kits, vehicle hulls, lifting devices and telescopic masts. It is also producing parts for a submarine underwater cable production line.

Location

Ionia, Greece

Founded

1921

Legal name

Ch. & D. Orfanidis S.A. Northern Greece Engineering Works

Focus areas

heavy machiningCNC machiningmetal constructiondefencearmoursteel millnon-ferrous metalscementminingreverse engineering

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Land Systems & VehiclesArmour & Protection

Supply-chain role

Contract Manufacturer

What they offer

Manufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Products

Passive armour sets for LEOPARD battle tank

Armour kit

Construction of 120 sets of passive armour for the LEOPARD battle tank.

Leonidas armoured vehicle hulls

Vehicle hull

Machining of 140 hulls for the Leonidas personnel armoured vehicle.

Surveillance radar lifting devices

Lifting device

Development, design and manufacture of 60 complete lifting devices for installing surveillance radar onto a HMMWV.

Telescopic masts

Mast system

Development, design and manufacture of 400 telescopic masts.

End users

Land Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

LEOPARDLeonidasHMMWV

Named customers

Greek Army

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