Kitron

Summary

About

About Kitron

Kitron traces its operating roots to electronics businesses established in Arendal in 1962 and adopted its present EMS model and name during the 1980s. Listed in Oslo since 1997 and headquartered in Asker, the group has expanded through acquisitions and greenfield facilities into a multinational production network covering Europe, Asia and North America.

The company works across the manufacturing lifecycle, from engineering and design transfer through industrialization, printed-circuit assembly, system integration, testing, repair and product upgrades. Defence and aerospace is one of its defined core markets. Its Kongsberg operation also supports long-term production of Rift Dynamics’ Wåsp attritable drone, illustrating Kitron’s role in converting an autonomous-system design into repeatable electronics and finished-hardware output without making Kitron the platform OEM.

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Rift Dynamics

    Outbound - Manufacturing Services - Kitron contract manufactures Wasp attritable drones for Rift Dynamics

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Team

  • Peter Nilsson - President and CEO - Current chief executive
  • Cathrin Nylander - Chief Financial Officer - Current chief financial officer
  • Stian Haugen - Chief Technology Officer - Current technology leadership
  • Hasse Faxe - Chief Commercial Officer - Commercial leadership
  • Hans Petter Thomassen - VP Nordics and North America - Regional operations leadership
  • Mindaugas Sestokas - VP Central Eastern Europe - Regional operations leadership
  • Zygimantas Dirse - VP Asia - Regional operations leadership

Timeline

Events

  • 2025-10-02 - Commercial Order - Ondas orders 500 Rift Wasp drones with Kitron production

    American Robotics holds exclusive U.S. distribution rights for Wåsp and expected the first deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2025. Kitron was named as the production partner for the initial 500 units under its longer-term manufacturing relationship with Rift Dynamics. The parties described a network capable of scaling beyond 20,000 units per month within six months of an order; that figure is stated capacity, not delivered volume.

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Context

Comparable profiles

Context tags

  • Electronics manufacturing services supplier - Peer Group - Kitron provides electronics manufacturing services across the product lifecycle. https://www.kitron.com/about-kitron
  • Electronics manufacturing services - Stack Layer - Kitron covers industrialization, electronics assembly, system integration and lifecycle services. https://www.kitron.com/about-kitron
  • Embedded device manufacturing - Capability - Kitron manufactures and integrates complete electronics-containing products for OEM customers. https://www.kitron.com/about-kitron
  • Defence Manufacturing - Customer Environment - Defence and aerospace is a stated Kitron market and the Wasp programme names Kitron as production partner. https://www.kitron.com/about-kitron

Commercial

  • Ondas orders 500 Rift Wasp drones with Kitron production

    2025-10-02 · Order / contract · Ondas placed an initial 500-unit order for Rift Dynamics’ Wåsp attritable drones for U.S. distribution through American Robotics, with Kitron assigned to produce the initial units.

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