A supplier of anti-terror X-ray scanners hopes an £800,000 contract win will play a part in helping it overcome recent losses following a disappointing year.
Image Scan said the substantial security X-ray contract would give it new confidence in a crowded market.
The firm’s X-ray systems are used by security services around the world to detect objects such as explosives, drugs and guns inside luggage and packages.
Its products are also used for industrial inspections.
The new contract, which is worth more than £800,000, will see the manufacturer supply its ThreatScan portable X-ray systems to a security organisation in a European member state.
The business is based in Barrow-upon-Soar in north Leicestershire.
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A spokeswoman said: “ThreatScan allows bomb technicians to perform rapid and accurate threat assessment in a wide range of operational scenarios.
“A system consists of a portable X-ray generator, a detection panel and an operator’s workstation running the company’s market-leading image processing software, together with a customer specific range of ancillary equipment.”
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The new contract is expected to be delivered in the first half of its next financial year, which starts on October 1, and so will not impact the sales and profits performance for the current trading year ending September 30.
The spokeswoman said: “As previously reported, security sales were disappointing in the third quarter and the business will make a loss in 2019.
“The loss is the expected to be in the region of £400,000.”
Image Scan chairman and chief executive Bill Mawer said: “This was an excellent win from a demanding customer against stiff competition and gives us confidence in the competitiveness of our portable X-ray systems in a crowded market.
“We look to win further security orders of this type in the new year and, in the last week, have been demonstrating our equipment at the DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International) show in London in support of that aim.
“Our overall performance for the current financial year has been disappointing and we look to our extensive sales and product development initiatives to drive improved performance in 2019/20.”