26 September 2007
SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology company Smiths Group, today announces over $170 million of new contracts:
- In Russia and Dubai, Smiths Detection has gained significant orders worth over US $150 million in the transportation and ports & border markets. The contracts include substantial numbers of HCV mobile systems made in the company's new St Petersburg facility for the Russian border authority and state-of-the-art airport security equipment – such as explosives detection systems for carry-on and checked baggage – to be deployed in the new Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. All of the bags at the new Terminal 3, Concourse 2 and Concourse 3 expansion will be screened by Smiths Detection’s technology.
- Smiths Detection has won over US$28 million worth of business in India for airport security systems since January 2007. The contracts include orders for Smiths Detection’s automatic explosives detection systems for hold baggage and passenger screening equipment.
Smiths Detection’s world-leading threat detection technology is deployed in 85 per cent of the world’s airports and in mass transit systems, helping to keep passengers safe when they travel.
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