Company profile
UK company 08020147, incorporated on 4 April 2012.
HALO X-ray Technologies Ltd
HALO X-ray Technologies - next generation X-ray diffraction technology for the aviation security, medical and process control markets.
Company number 08020147
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HALO X-ray Technologies is an innovation company developing new and disruptive materials identification systems for aviation security, medical systems and process control applications. The HXT patent portfolio, currently licensed from our academic partners, protects our core IP. Industry-standard lab- and time-bound X-ray analysis techniques are now possible as real-time solutions for multiple industries by implementing new X-ray optics to dramatically improve signal strength. This significantly translates underlying and well-established science into a solution that can solve industrial and commercial applications at speeds required for these markets. As an example, aviation security has historically used technology that typically only estimates if a material is a threat. This leads to false alarms, long delays through checkpoints and frustrated passengers. HXT technology has capability to definitively identify material and for the first time at speeds that will enhance rather than slow checkpoint systems and at a cost point that is well-aligned with our target markets. HXT platform technology can provide medical systems for point-of-care solutions to address an ageing population and process control systems providing definitive and rapid materials analysis to improve efficiency for in-line industrial manufacturing. HXT IP provides platform capability across numerous sectors, realising disruptive and compelling solutions and offering significant business opportunity in all areas of application. The current focus is on aviation and border security and there are a number of opportunities specifically for this sector, such as: - Drugs and currency detection for postal systems. - Personal electronic devices screening (PEDS). - Checkpoint screening system for explosives detection.
Halo X-ray Technologies Ltd (HXT) has its offices and development facilities based in *BioCity Nottingham. HXT systems offer new opportunities to the aviation security environment and will be potentially deployed in greater locations throughout the airport. The aviation checkpoint will be improved as our technology and systems roll out and new HXT technology will facilitate additional security checks at the departure gate. *BioCity is a private limited company founded by the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University who are each part owners of the business.
1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2025
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1 Oct 2013 to 30 Sep 2014
A consortium of UK companies and Universities, led by HALO X-ray Technologies Ltd, are pioneering a new high speed materials identification system using hollow X-ray beams. The molecular fingerprint of a scanned object is revealed by receiving and decoding a combination of X-ray halos. Each different material produces a unique halo signature. This excitin...
