Petards Regulatory News (PEG)

Petards Group plc ("Petards")

Contract award

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, announces that it has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Transportation ("Bombardier") to supply Petards eyeTrain® on-board digital CCTV systems as part of a major train refurbishment programme.

The contract, which is worth in the region of £1.5m, is for the supply of eyeTrain® systems to be fitted by Bombardier to 97 Class 465 passenger trains operated by Southeastern Trains. Deliveries of the systems are expected to commence in early 2011 and to be completed by the end of that year.

Commenting, Bill Conn, Petards Chief Executive said:

"We are delighted to be working on another project with Bombardier on the roll out of eyeTrain® CCTV systems onto Class 465 vehicles and follows the announcement last week of a larger contract that was also for rolling stock being operated by Southeastern Trains. This award gives further confirmation of Petards high standing in the onboard CCTV market and that customers value both the flexibility and rail-proven nature of our eyeTrain® product." 

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About Petards

Petards has been providing on-board CCTV systems to the rail industry for over a decade. Its latest generation of on-board CCTV system, eyeTrain®, is rail-proven and fully digital, with superb image quality and terabyte storage capacity. It captures video from the seating and doorway areas of passenger vehicles to clearly identify any offenders. eyeTrain also links to other train sub-systems that can include automatic passenger counting, alarms, entertainment, public address and information systems. Forward facing cameras can be added to capture the view from the driver's window - a vital piece of evidence for investigations into trackside incidents. News and information are available at www.petards.com.