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12 August 2025

PETARDS GROUP PLC

 ("Petards" or the "Group")

Contract Win

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems, announces that its subsidiary, QRO Solutions (QRO), has recently won a contract for the support and maintenance of one of its UK police force customer's ANPR camera infrastructure.

The contract, scheduled to commence in November, is for an initial period of three years with the customer having the option to extend this to a maximum of five years. 

The customer's ANPR camera infrastructure to be maintained and supported includes all its current fixed, re-deployable and in-car ANPR camera systems. The contract also includes a framework element under which the customer is able to purchase additional or replacement ANPR camera systems from QRO during the contract period.

The value of the full five years support and maintenance is over £0.4 million, to which will be added the value of all ANPR systems purchased under the framework element aspect of the contract.

Raschid Abdullah, Chairman of Petards Group plc said: 

"We are delighted to see QRO being successful in securing this contract award as part of a competitive tender process, demonstrating the quality and value for money its products and services offer to customers."

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Notes to editors:

QRO Solutions (QRO) is expert in providing and supporting critical ANPR and mobile average speed solutions to the enforcement industry. Its customers including leading companies and enforcement organisations across the world, including the Home Office, police forces, local councils and MoD Police.

QRO's ANPR solutions cover both fixed site and mobile in-vehicle applications and include its in-house developed solutions NASBox ANPR, QBox mobile ANPR, Harrier AI cameras, Provida 4000 speed enforcement and software applications such as QRO ANPR Management Server and its mobile phone VRN alerting application known as Instant Alerting Console (IAC).

https://www.qrosolutions.co.uk/