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European Commission chooses Winkelmann products to strengthen anti-terrorist precautions
Released 23 May 2006

The security department of the European Commission has strengthened the organisation's defences against possible terrorist attacks with the purchase of initial sample quantities of Winkelmann UK's specialised counter surveillance equipment for long-term evaluation.  MD Stephen Read commented, "We are supplying products to national agencies on an ongoing basis, and for some time we have been in dialogue with the EU's security department.  It was very pleasing to receive their first order, and, obviously subject to their evaluation programme, we expect to be supplying significant numbers of products over the next few years."

Designed and manufactured at its UK headquarters, Winkelmann UK has grown rapidly since its formation ten years ago to become one of the world's leading specialists in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of electronic countermeasure devices, with equipment in regular operational service with NATO, the USA Army, the UK MoD, police organisations and intelligence services.

Winkelmann has an extensive product portfolio: each type of device has been specifically developed to counter a particular type of threat to give the highest possible levels of detection and protection from unauthorised surveillance.  On the protection side, the product range includes highly sensitive broadband counter surveillance receivers used for sweeping rooms for unauthorised bugging devices, hand held device detectors that can detect hidden electronic devices regardless of whether the device is radiating, hard-wired or even turned off and telephone analysers and mobile phone detectors.  

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Stephen Read	
Winkelmann UK Ltd
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Winkelmann UK is a global leader in the design and manufacture of counter-surveillance equipment for use by government agencies, the armed forces, law enforcement authorities and commercial organisations.