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Kromek Group

County Durham manufacturer of cadmium zinc telluride semiconductor radiation detector crystals and modules for medical imaging, nuclear security screening and industrial measurement.

Company overview

Kromek Group, headquartered in County Durham, develops radiation detection technology built on its own cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductor detector material. It supplies CZT detector components to medical imaging (SPECT and CT), security and industrial OEMs, and makes handheld and networked radiation detectors for nuclear security and CBRN defence. It has manufacturing in the UK and the US and is listed on AIM. CZT crystal growth and detector fabrication make it a semiconductor materials and device manufacturer, not only a system builder.

Semiconductor activity

Primary capability: Detectors / Imaging Devices. Supply-chain role: Semiconductor materials, Detector devices, Systems.

Technologies and capabilities

  • Sensors
  • Semiconductor Materials

CZT detector modules; Handheld radiation detectors; Gamma detectors for SPECT

Markets served

  • Medical imaging
  • Security
  • Defence
  • Nuclear
  • Industrial

UK presence

Sedgefield, North East. Part of the North East cluster.

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