Date: Issue 38 - January 2013
Inspektoratem Uzbrojenia, the Armament Inspectorate of the Poland Ministry of Defence, has awarded a significant contract to Environics todeliver Automatic Devices for Chemical Contamination Detection for Polish Armed Forces. The contract is the largest ever in the field of handheld chemical detection for the Ministry of Defence in Poland, including nearly 100 pcs of Environics ChemPro100i Handheld Chemical Detectors. "We could praise the well known facts of the superior Chem Protechnology, ease of use and low life cycle costs, but when dealing with NATO armaments, one of the key issues is always strict quality requirements throughout the organization. In addition to ISO9001:2008, Environics operational processes have been certified according to AQAP 2110, which contains the NATO requirements forquality." says Mr. Krister Liljegren, Area Manager of Environics Oy. "ChemPro technology has been used to protect several NATO troops in past years and we expect to see more ChemPro devices in the most important NATO Operations, which Poland is actively participating" Mr. Liljegren concludes. Environics is the one of world leading supplier of CBRN Security solutions including Chemical, Biological and Radiation detection systems. This new delivery agreement is strengthening Environics position in the international CBRN market. Environics headquarter is located in Mikkeli, Finland. The ChemPro100i is a handheld detector for Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs). It provides industry-leading sensitivity and false alarm rejection in the most user friendly and low-maintenance package in its class.