Kromek demonstrates UK success during September

Kromek, a leading developer of radiation and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments, has, following three major competitive successes, attended three significant events over the last month, where they demonstrated some of the equipment that won these contracts and talked to international customers. Following selection to the UK National Fire Chief’s Council Resilience DIMS framework, Kromek has received  an order from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and has been selected as a supplier under the UK Government’s Radiological Nuclear Detection Framework for the procurement of radiological nuclear (“RN”) detection equipment and supporting services for the Home Office.

The month began with an invitation to the Public Security Exhibition (PSE) hosted by the British Embassy in Brussels and the UK trade association ADS in Brussels. Head of Sales  (EMEA and APAC) Mari Tuomela demonstrated the D3M, D3S ID and D5 RIID to Kromek’s Belgian and other European security customers. The exhibition focused on innovative UK solutions designed to address current security challenges in Belgium and worldwide, including key areas such as border control, vehicle forensics, and cybersecurity.

Kromek then exhibited at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham, where the D5 RIID, recently chosen by the UK MoD, was on display. Kromek Product Designer John Atkins also demonstrated the capability of the D3M detector and how it can be networked to a control centre to enable quicker and more accurate decisions. 

The following week, coinciding with the news that Kromek had been selected for the Home Office RN Detection Framework, the company exhibited its range of hand-held and static detectors at the International Security Expo at London Olympia. In the Counter-Threat Pavilion, Commercial Director Craig Duff led a live demonstration of how the D5 RIID can precisely locate and identify radioactive sources. Also on the Kromek stand were the Static Node and the D3M with its upgraded networked capability, which was the detector selected by the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service under the Detection, Identification and Monitoring (DIM) Equipment Uplift contract on the UK’s National Resilience  Framework.

Commenting on the events of the past month, Craig Duff said: “It has been a busy time meeting with our domestic and international customers, alongside receiving the excellent news from the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. Our customers have been keen to see how the networked capability offered as standard in our products leads to quicker and more accurate decision-making: in a potential radiological situation, speed is of the essence.”