About Us

With a goal to make the world a safer and healthier place, we design, develop, manufacture, market and retail both the hardware and software of detectors and detector components to OEMs, Civil Nuclear, Security & Defence Sectors and Government Bodies globally.

What We Do

Kromek Group plc is an international technology group, with its global Head Quarters in the UK and offices and manufacturing facilities in the US.

As the only commercial business to produce Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) globally, Kromek’s leading technology has allowed us to design, develop, manufacture and market world class detection capabilities, products and solutions.

Our Detection portfolio serves the Security & Defence, Civil Nuclear, and Biological Detection markets. Our durable and highly sensitive devices are built for the harshest of environments, infrastructure protection, security, and research applications.

 

Our Advanced Imaging portfolio serves the Medical and Industrial & Security markets, delivering CZT based detector solutions to OEMs, as well as global research and academic communities. We provide a variety of detectors for various modalities, ranging from customisable configurations of metallised detector tiles, and ‘plug and play’ detector modules, to linear arrays with full detection capabilities.

With Kromek’s innovations in Detection and Advanced Imaging, we’re heading towards a future of enhanced security and significantly better patient outcomes, ultimately leading to a safer and healthier world.

Our Mission, Vision and Values

Our Mission

To be the preferred supplier of innovative detection technology solutions, which enhance the quality of information for our customers, and allow better decision making.

Our Vision

To enhance the quality of life through detection technology solutions

Our Values

  • Customer Focused & Quality Driven
  • Innovative & Agile
  • Trust & Honesty
  • Teamwork
  • Embrace & Champion Diversity

Our History

Starting with 2 people in an office in County Durham, Team Kromek has now grown to over 150 colleagues in the last 20 years, spanning 2 continents.

Dr Arnab Basu MBE | CEO

Arnab has a PhD in physics from Durham University, specialising in semiconducting sensor materials. Arnab held senior management positions in his family business, which manufactured materials for the electronics industry serving over 250 major telecommunications and consumer electronics manufacturers, including Siemens, GEC. He worked in commercial product development for Elmwood Sensors Ltd, (Honeywell Group, UK). A prominent figure within the business community, he was awarded Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ (2009) and received an MBE for services to regional development and international trade (2014).

Dr Arnab Basu CEO Kromek

Paul Farquhar | CFO

Paul has almost 30 years' experience as a finance director and chief financial officer, primarily for international businesses. He was previously President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Sevcon Inc, a NASDAQ-listed designer, manufacturer and supplier of microprocessor controls for electric and hybrid vehicles. In this position, Paul established a global finance team in five countries with common financial reporting systems to meet the needs of a growing technology business and also oversaw the raising of equity and debt finance and M&A activity. Paul began his career as a chartered accountant, spending 10 years as an auditor at Jennings Johnson in Sunderland and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Newcastle and Lisbon, Portugal.

Paul Farquhar

Berry Beumer | COO

Berry is a technology business executive with extensive experience of delivering revenue growth in analytical instrument, high-frequency communications equipment and optoelectronic and semiconductor materials industries. He has held a number of senior roles while working both in Europe and the US. Previously he has held the position of Vice President in the areas of Sales and Marketing at XOS, Inc. Where he was responsible for driving the strategic direction of their x-ray elemental technology business.

Berry Beumer

Ian Radley | CTO

Ian has a BSc in Applied Physics and Chemistry from Durham University. He has nearly 35 years’ experience in scientific instrumentation and has spent the last twenty years in technology and operations management. His background includes thermal imaging sensors, superconducting magnet systems, x-ray tubes, x-ray detectors and x-ray optics. He spent 11 years in the US as operations director for Oxford Instruments X-ray Technology Group and as director of advanced product development for X-ray Optical Systems (XOS Inc.).

Ian Radley

Kromek sites

Kromek Headquarters

Kromek Group HQ

County Durham, UK

Our headquarters are based in Sedgefield in County Durham, situated on NETPark (North East Technology Park). The Park is one of the UK’s premier science, engineering and technology parks.

Kromek Pennsylvania factory USA

Kromek Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, USA

We grow CZT in Pennsylvania, as well as manufacture a lot of our other products. It is also home to some of our Homeland Security experts as well as the centre for our SPECT and other medical imaging work.

Kromek California

California, USA

Our Californian team specialises in custom research and design, development, testing and marketing of OEM components, detectors, ASICs, instruments and imaging systems.

Kromek Huddersfield radiation detector lab

Kromek Huddersfield

Huddersfield, UK

Our office in Huddersfield is where our specialist team of neutron and gamma-ray detector researchers. They look at new detector technology, ASICs and the supporting electronics.

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