Kromek

Radiation detection equipment created by Kromek Group plc in Sedgefield has been used to secure European dignitaries including Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission and the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo. at the launch of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus 2024, at the Art and History Museum in Brussels.

The EU Commission Protective Security Advisor team supporting the security services utilised the Kromek equipment to secure the venue against radiological threats, as VIPs, exhibitors and invited guests from across Europe gathered for the opening event.

The New European Bauhaus is an interdisciplinary initiative launched by the European Commission, connecting the European Green Deal to daily lives and living spaces. It aims to create a sustainable and inclusive future that is also aesthetically pleasing.

The initiative emphasises the importance of combining design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability, and investment to help deliver the European Green Deal. It represents a significant effort to integrate environmental, economic, and cultural projects, aiming to inspire and demonstrate new ways of living where sustainability matches style, thus accelerating the green transition in various sectors.

Kromek’s portable radiological detector D3S was deployed at the festival’s launch on 9 April 2024.

The mobile phone-sized detector is used to search and identify radioactive doses in the environment and give feedback to the user instantaneously.

Dr Arnab Basu, CEO of Kromek, said: “We are delighted, once again, that Kromek’s world-leading technology has been deployed to support the safe and smooth operation of an internationally significant event.

“It is a regrettable fact that the modern world is a volatile place, where the spectre of war and international discord is an everyday reality. It is incumbent upon all the nations of the world to ensure they have the tools to keep us all safe from those who wish us ill.”

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About Kromek Group plc

Kromek Group plc is a leading developer of radiation detection and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments. Headquartered in County Durham, UK, Kromek has manufacturing operations in the UK and US, delivering on the vision of enhancing the quality of life through innovative detection technology solutions.

The advanced imaging segment comprises the medical (including CT and SPECT), security and industrial markets. Kromek provides its OEM customers with detector components, based on its core cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) platform, to enable better detection of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s, contamination in industrial manufacture and explosives in aviation settings.

In CBRN detection, the Group provides nuclear radiation detection solutions to the global homeland defence and security market. Kromek’s compact, handheld, high-performance radiation detectors, based on advanced scintillation technology, are primarily used to protect critical infrastructure and urban environments from the threat of ‘dirty bombs’.

The Group is also developing bio-security solutions in the CBRN detection segment. These consist of fully automated and autonomous systems to detect a wide range of airborne pathogens.

Kromek is listed on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange, under the trading symbol ‘KMK’.

Further information is available at www.kromek.com.