North East technology company Kromek has announced a £1.7m contract from a Government-related organisation for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection products and services.
The contract comes just a few weeks after Sedgefield-based Kromek devices were used to protect world-leaders at a NATO summit in Brussels.
The use of the D3S-ID radiation detectors as 30 heads of state gathered for an emergency summit to discuss Russia’s invastion of Ukraine was the latest deployment of Kromek products to protect some of the world’s most important politicians.
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Now it has announced a new contract with a UK Government agency, which will be delivered over four years.
Dr Arnab Basu, CEO of Kromek, said: “We are pleased to have received this new contract from this long-standing customer. It is testament to the value that they place on our products and the nature of our CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) business where we build solid relationships and continue to receive repeat orders.
“In light of the recent reports of turmoil at the Chernobyl site and in the battle over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the global community is alive to immediate nuclear dangers. These emerge both from damaged infrastructure and the growing threat of dirty bombs being manufactured using radioactive waste.
“Consequently, governments are increasingly expected to enhance their wide area monitoring to be able to provide early warning of the presence of nuclear material.
“Kromek products are world-leading in delivering this capability, demonstrated by their deployment at events such as NATO in Brussels last week.”
Kromek, which began as a spin-out from Durham University and is now listed on the AIM stock exchange, is a leading developer of radiation detection and bio-detection technology solutions, with customers in the medical market as well as the security sector.
It is based at NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham, with manufacturing operations in the UK and the US.
Earlier this year, the company published a paper that urged the Government to invest in technology to prevent a future pandemic, arguing that emerging bio-skills among rogue states and terror groups could lead to modified viruses becoming a feature of future warfare, alongside the continued risk of existing animal pathogens mutating, leading to human-to-human transmission.
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