Durham spin-out Kromek has secured several new contracts, including one worth $1.45m with the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Kromek, an x-ray colour imaging specialist, has secured several significant new contracts. The company’s new partnerships include the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Technology Strategy Board.
At $1.45m, the contract with DTRA is the largest one, and means Kromek will design, manufacture and optimise high sensitivity, next generation, solid state detectors for the homeland security radiation detection market.
Kromek also has a contract worth £150,000 ($255,750) to help develop an enhanced detection system for breast imaging in conjunction. The contract will be carried out in conjunction with the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation over the next twelve months. It has been awarded by the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency.
The spin-out will also supply nuclear detection products to a number of customers in the US and around the world. These are worth a total of more than $950,000.
Arnab Basu, chief executive at Kromek, said: “Kromek is delighted to receive this award [from DTRA], which follows on from previous and current successful US government programmes, and continues Kromek’s strategy in leading the field in detector technology and material identification. With other potential future applications of this new technology in security, medical and civil nuclear radiation detection we believe that this programme can further cement Kromek’s detector technology platforms into global growing markets.”
