Kromek has grown from strength to strength since its launch in 2003. Here are a few of the key stages in Kromek's history:
2023
Received further funding of £2.5m for breast cancer screening solution developments
Kromek has grown from strength to strength since its launch in 2003. Here are a few of the key stages in Kromek's history:
In this interview, with the Exec Insight podcast, Arnab talks through the challenges of building Kromek, our products and the sectors they serve, international attitudes to innovation and the value of STEM education at all ages.
Received further funding of £2.5m for breast cancer screening solution developments
Entered a distribution agreement with Smiths Detection
Delivered repeat order worth $1.3m to supply D3M radiation detectors to a US customer in nuclear security
Received Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its outstanding contribution to International Trade
Bristol University used Kromek products to identify radiation hotspots in the Red Forest, Chernobyl
Part of the team awarded first place in the Early Diagnosis and Precision Medicine Award at the Bright Ideas in Health Awards for Improvements in Breast Imaging
Awarded $58m medical imaging contract
Awarded first contract for biological-threat detection by DARPA
EV Products becomes Kromek USA and moves to a custom designed new production facility in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, USA
Supplied initial batch of D3S detectors to the United States government
Awarded sole supplier status for the belt wearable detectors in the US DARPA SIGMA programme
Launched Kromek onto the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange
Acquired CZT production experts and medical imaging product manufacture, EV Products, in Pennsylvania, USA
Start to work with NASA
Launched initial civil nuclear products
Acquired specialist electronics and ASIC manufacturing company, NOVA Research and Development, in California, USA
Started to produce the bottle scanner, our ECAC approved liquid explosive detector
Start to work with Department of Homeland Security
Start to work with the United States Department of Defense
Renamed as Kromek
Achieved first contract with the Home Office, UK
Secured first order from the European Space Agency
Moved to the North East Technology Park (NETPark) incubator
Durham Scientific Crystals (DSC) spins out of Durham University
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