STREIT to build 480 special purpose vehicles for Africa

STREIT Group has received an order to construct and deliver 480 special purpose vehicles, which will be used to control riots in Africa.

The contract marks the company’s largest single order to date and involves construction of products to accomplish a range of riot control, site illumination and side and front barricade functions, in addition to fitting them with a range of urban crowd control equipment.

STREIT Group chief executive Guerman Goutorov was quoted by African Defence News as saying that the latest progress marks the company’s move towards reaching a major landmark in its development.

"The need for riot control and urban response units, both armoured and unarmoured, has grown significantly in the Middle East and Africa in the last few years," Goutorov added.

"We are set to achieve treble-digit growth, both through new contract awards and through new commercial and armoured personnel carrier lines that we will be demonstrating for the first time at Eurosatory in Paris."

The vehicles will be built at STREIT’s Ras Al Khaimah factory in the UAE, and are scheduled for commissioning in early 2015.

"STREIT Group’s rapid growth is based on high-quality, innovative, dynamic product development, coupled with value for money, high productivity and excellent customer service," Goutorov added.

More than 17,000 STREIT vehicles are operational across the globe, for deployment in some of risky environments.

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