2018
TRASCO Bremen GmbH and Volvo Car Corporation are cooperating in the heavy armoured vehicle business. Starting from 2018 Volvo Cars is expanding its product portfolio to include a heavy armoured vehicle in protection level VR8. The new Volvo armoured XC90 VR8 is developed and manufactured by Trasco Bremen.
TRASCO Bremen is responsible for the design and development of the complete armouring process, suspension as well as all ballistic and road certifications.
2014
2014
Reacquisition of the brand name TRASCO and change of the company name from Transport Security Corporation Bremen GmbH to Trasco Bremen GmbH.
2014
2011
The next brand TRANSECO was created in 2011, following the acquisition of assets of CENTIGON Germany GmbH. The brand TRANSECO was used until mid of 2014 in a transition process to the original brand name TRASCO Bremen GmbH.
Today, as in in the past, TRASCO with rich history spanning over 30 years is specialized in armored limousines for Heads of States, armored sedans and SUVs as well as special vehicles and equipment for Ministries of Defense and Interior.
2011
2008
The next brand TRANSECO was created in 2011, following the acquisition of assets of CENTIGON Germany GmbH. The brand TRANSECO was used until mid of 2014 in a transition process to the original brand name TRASCO Bremen GmbH.
Today, as in in the past, TRASCO with rich history spanning over 30 years is specialized in armored limousines for Heads of States, armored sedans and SUVs as well as special vehicles and equipment for Ministries of Defense and Interior.
2007
BAE Systems plc, a world known British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, which is among the world's largest military contractors; acquired Armor Holdings Inc. and its associated company Centigon in 2007.
2007
2006
In 2006 the company continued its business regarding the production of armored and stretched limousines based on the current model of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221), which had started in 1985, more than twenty years ago, with the first S-Classes (W126) to be armored.
2005
In 2005 Armor Holdings Inc. formed a new brand after the US based Holding had acquired various companies in the field of commercially armored vehicles and changed the name of the company from Trasco to Centigon Germany.
2005
2001
Armord Holding Inc., a US Corporation acquired Trasco as a leading company in the field of commercially armored vehicles in 2001 in order to complement its product range.
2001
2000
In 2000 finally a second cooperation with VW AG – Commercial Vehicle Division (OEM) was agreed on with reference to the production of armored VW T4 Busses in VR-4, after the partnership with AUDI AG had become a success story in the previous years.
1999
Based on the international success of the company a new factory has been inaugurated in 1999 in Oserholz-Scharmbeck near Bremen. This factory used to be the most advances and modern one of its time with more than 27.000 square meters.
1999
1998
Finally in 1998, after two generations of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class had already been armored with regular and extended wheelbases by the company in Bremen, the third generation of the S-Class (W220) was fully reengineered as an armored variant and as a consequence build until 2005. Also, production of vehicles for reputed Government clients.
1991
In 1991 the decision has been taken to continue the production of stretched and armored limousines based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140) after the armoring of the predecessor model (W126) of the S-Class had turned out to be a great success.
1989
After the first OEM-Cooperation with Volvo turned out to be a major success, another official OEM-Cooperation was agreed on in 1989 with AUDI AG. In the following years the armored AUDI A8L (D2) was produced by the company for AUDI AG unitl Audi decided to set up an inhouse armoreing programm in Ingolstadt. Until today AUDI AG is being supplied with spare parts for the vehicles which were armored during the period of the cooperation und which are still in usage in various parts of the world.
1989
1988
An initial OEM-Cooperation has been set up with Volvo in 1988 with the armoring of the Volvo 940 in B6.
1988
1985
The production of the first stretched and armored limousines based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (V126) started in 1985 and set the base for successor models of the S-Class to be armored.
1985
1983
In 1983 TRASCO Export GmbH was founded in Bremen / Germany and the production of stretched limousines was started.
1983
MADE IN GERMANY
Committed to excellence. For more than three and a half decades, armored vehicles build in Bremen-Germany have embodied the individual requirements of international clients in need of mobile security – by converting SUV´s, sedans and luxury limousines into the most secure vehicles.
Our know-how lies in making things already perfect even better. This is manifested by a wealth of innovative German craftsmanship, our armored designs, steel work, mechatronics, as well as our functional interior designs including a wide range of patents. From the outside a Trasco vehicle can hardly be recognized as an armored vehicle due to the use of special materials, including bullet-proof glass. After all, you should feel just as safe inside our vehicles as you do at home.