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Exosens (ex-Photonis), Brive

Brive-la-Gaillarde, France45.16°N 1.53°E
computed criticality18/100
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World leader in image-intensifier tubes for night vision, 120,000 tubes produced in 2024 and 394 M€ in defense revenue (72 % of the total).
2024
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The intensifier tubes are made at only two of the group's sites, Brive and Roden in the Netherlands, concentrating strategic European capacity in very few plants.

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Exosens
Photonis
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Exail (ex-iXblue), Saint-Germain-en-LayePhotonics
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