NIXUS

NIXUS

Zepelin, s.r.o.

Trencin, Slovakia

CBRN DefenseDual-use
Founded 199651-200 employeesPrime ContractorSupplies Land Forces
Profile last updated: July 14, 2026

About

Founded in 1996, NIXUS is a defense prime contractor based in Trencin, Slovakia working in cbrn defense.

NIXUS is the brand of Zepelin, s.r.o., a manufacturer based in Trencin, Slovakia, that designs and produces rapid-deploy tents and shelters for armed forces, medical services and firefighting and rescue organisations. The mother company Zepelin was founded in 1996 as a manufacturer of inflatable structures and techtextile applications; the NIXUS brand was created in 2016. The company holds several international patents and works with inflatable high-pressure tents and one-piece aluminium folding frame tents. Its portfolio covers field camps, command posts, maintenance hangars, CBRN decontamination and isolation systems, mobile field hospitals, and firefighter and EMS shelters. Products are modular, interconnectible and designed for quick deployment and transport. The brand is represented in the USA by Zepelin USA with headquarters and technical background in Sarasota, Florida. The company states it has over 8000 square metres of manufacturing space and more than 100 employees, and it exhibits at international defence exhibitions.

Location

Trencin, Slovakia

Founded

1996

Employees

51-200

Legal name

Zepelin, s.r.o.

VAT number

SK2020179150

Focus areas

field tentsrapid deploy sheltersfield hospitalsCBRN decontaminationinflatable tentsmetal frame tentsfirefighting sheltersmilitary shelters

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

CBRN Defense

Supply-chain role

Prime Contractor

What they offer

Hardware

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

COLPRO tents

CBRN shelter and decontamination tent

Shelters and isolation objects with rapid deployment, configurable as tent systems or combined with technological containers for decontamination and detection.

Field hospitals

Mobile field hospital

Rapid-deploy modular field hospitals with climate control, independent of external power grids, for medical care in crisis situations.

Command post tents

Rapid-deploy command post

Sheltered tents for command posts that can be quickly deployed in the field.

Field camp tents

Field camp shelter

High-pressure inflatable and one-piece aluminium folding frame tents for field camps, modular and mutually compatible.

Maintenance hangars

Mobile hangar and repair hall

Lightweight aluminium-framed hangars and repair halls for maintaining equipment in the field.

Firefighter and EMS shelters

Rapid-deploy shelter

Light, easy-to-transport shelters and water tanks and reservoirs for firefighters and emergency medical services.

End users

Land Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

AQAP 2110:2017

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 14001:2015

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