South African private-sector defence company Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) is enjoying such success that it has had to recruit 198 new staff since January 2015, taking its work force up to 719 people. The company, 75%-owned by Sweden’s Saab and 25% by black South African investors, now has customers in more than 30 countries and had sales of R1.07-billion last year. “We create jobs, high-tech jobs,” highlighted SGD President and CEO Trevor Raman in a pre-Africa Aerospace and Defence 2016 exhibition media briefing.
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