Argon Electronics and Smiths Detection have signed a five-year agreement granting Argon exclusive worldwide rights to design, manufacture and market training simulators for the Smiths Detection range of Lightweight Chemical Detectors which includes the LCD 3.2E, LCD 3.3, M4A1 JCAD, M4E1 JCAD and LCD-NEXUS detector series, of which in excess of 80,000 have been sold worldwide to date.
"The signing of this agreement which extends the existing agreement between Smiths and Argon for a further five years underpins the success and value of this arrangement to Smiths as a CBRN detector manufacturer. It also reaffirms Argon’s position as world leader in the design and manufacture CBRN simulation and training systems" Stated Managing Director, Steven Pike. "Despite these economically challenging times, it is clear Governments worldwide are placing a very high degree of importance on CBRN training which has been reflected in both contracts and new enquiries received at Argon"
Rod Wilson, Vice President of Product Management at Smiths Detection added: "Our partnership with Argon is already a great success. Through this further extension, we will continue to partner together to provide our customers with world class training, allowing them to get the best performance from our products."