Centigon was founded in 1998 as the O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt subsidiary located in Colombia to service the Andean Pact area.
Hess & Eisenhardt thereafter provided mobile security for more than sixty international heads-of-state, every American President between 1948 and 2001, numerous U.S. government agencies, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force.
[9] The Centigon brand features standard wheelbase armored sedans, sport utility vehicles and cash in transit offerings.
In the end of 2014, the Chinese Group Dongfeng Design Institute Co Ltd. acquired Centigon and started to redefine the company in terms of objectives and strategy.
[10] In 2016, the Centigon Security Group was founded and owned five different factories around the world and one production site dedicated to the manufacture of bulletproof glasses.
Centigon also possesses strong partnerships with several European OEMs (Jaguar Land Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Scania...) and is now starting to tackle the Asian market, in particular Chinese manufacturers such as Brilliance or Jinbei.
[11] Centigon France (29 million euros in turnover, 170 employees in 2020) is one of the world leaders in small armored vehicles.