Centigon (company)
trademark, division of the Centigon Security Group
Centigon is a division of the Centigon Security Group. The company traces its roots back to coach builder Sayers & Scovill, later Hess & Eisenhardt and then O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt.
In 2001, the company became part of Armor Holdings, Inc a provider of security products and services which in late 2005 reorganized its mobile security division under the Centigon brand name. Centigon was founded in 1998 as the O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt subsidiary located in Colombia to service the Andean Pact area. It mostly produced armored versions of civilian vehicles. In 2007 Armor Holdings was purchased by BAE Systems plc. BAE sold Centigon to Carat Duchatelet Holdings in February 2008. In March, 2010, Centigon became one of three brands under the recently launched master brand, the Carat Security Group, headquartered in Lamballe, France.
The global Centigon Security Group network operates five facilities in four countries, including production facilities in Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico; Caracas, Venezuela; and Bogotá, Colombia, as well as group headquarters in Lamballe, France. The headquarters houses the Group's "design center of excellence", providing worldwide operations with design and production methodologies, after sales service and support.
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