====== Varnet Marine Group (VMG) ======

The Varnet Marine Group (VMG) is a privately held Perantsan conglomerate active in naval engineering, commercial shipbuilding, and metals manufacturing. Headquartered in [[countries:perantsa:cities:peran|Peran]], [[countries:perantsa|Perantsa]], the group controls major maritime assets, including Peran Steel Works (PSW) and the [[countries:perantsa:peran_shipyard|Peran Shipyard]], one of the nation’s largest naval production centres.

==== History ====

- Traces its origins to the Varnet Maritime Workshops, founded in 1946 by industrialist Henri Varnet following the post-war expansion of Perantsa’s shipbuilding sector.
- Reorganised under the Varnet Marine Group during the privatisation wave of the 1980s.
- Remained under family ownership, managed by Henri’s sons Mathieu and Laurent Varnet, whose leadership marked a period of rapid expansion and modernisation.

==== Operations and assets ====

- Sectors: naval engineering; commercial shipbuilding; metals manufacturing.
- Controls: Peran Steel Works (PSW); [[countries:perantsa:peran_shipyard|Peran Shipyard]].
- Diversification: marine steel fabrication and luxury yacht construction through the PSW subsidiary.

==== Defence contracts ====

- In the early 2000s, VMG secured long-term contracts with the Perantsan Defence Forces (PDF) to produce and service ''Kheron-class'' patrol corvettes and offshore patrol platforms.

==== Key facts ====

- Type: Privately held conglomerate
- Abbreviation: VMG
- Headquarters: [[countries:perantsa:cities:peran|Peran]], [[countries:perantsa|Perantsa]]
- Subsidiary noted: Peran Steel Works (PSW)

==== See also ====

- [[people:varnet-brothers|Varnet Brothers]]
- [[countries:perantsa:peran_shipyard|Peran Shipyard]]