Ballistic protection systems manufacturer scaling ERP and production operations
Mehler Protection manufactures ballistic body armor, helmets, vehicle platform protection, and related gear for law enforcement, military, and security customers across Europe and globally. The tech stack is heavily SAP-centric (S/4HANA, MM, SD, FI/CO) with Microsoft enterprise tools—a footprint typical of mid-scale industrial manufacturers. Active projects cluster around S/4HANA implementation, variant configuration, and production-to-series approval workflows, while pain points center on master data standardization and process integration across SAP modules, suggesting the company is mid-transformation from legacy systems into an integrated ERP model.
Mehler Protection is a privately held manufacturer of ballistic and protective equipment based in Fulda, Germany, with 1,001–5,000 employees. The company supplies body armor, anti-stab vests, helmets, ballistic shields, platform armor for aircraft and vehicles, and critical-infrastructure protection to police, security, military, and special-forces operators. Mehler operates as part of the Mehler Systems Group and has manufactured customized protection solutions for over three decades. Current operations span design, materials procurement (especially textiles for offshore projects), pre-series approval, and series production, with hiring accelerating across manufacturing, engineering, and operations roles.
Mehler Protection operates on SAP S/4HANA alongside SAP modules for materials management (MM), sales (SD), financials (FI/CO), and master data management. The company is actively implementing S/4HANA across operations.
Mehler Protection is headquartered in Fulda, Germany. The company was founded in 1988 and is privately held.
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