Greece’s Metlen Eyes More Europe Defense Deals After Recent Push

Greek energy and metals company Metlen is pursuing more alliances with European defense contractors after sealing French and Italian deals in the past two weeks.

Metlen Energy & Metals SA “is actively looking at other possible defense cooperation agreements” within and outside of Greece, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Evangelos Mytilineos said in an interview. The company can “absolutely” play an increased role, he said, amid a broader push to shore up Europe’s military capabilities.

Evangelos Mytilineos

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European governments are poised to spend more on defense and are putting pressure on companies to collaborate more as the region bulks up on ...