Ceia
Arezzo, ItalyFounded 1962Industry
CEIA makes metal detectors and security screening equipment including for explosives. CBRNE-relevant work is a minor part of its offering according to its website. It is headquartered in Arezzo, Italy.
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CEIA, short for Costruzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatismi, is an Arezzo-area manufacturer of metal detectors and electromagnetic inspection systems. It was founded in 1962 and incorporated in 1968, not 1865 as some listings state.
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It remains a family business, carried on by the founder's children after his death, according to local press. It makes walk-through and handheld metal detectors, and explosive threat screening equipment such as the SAMDEX shoe scanner and EMIS cargo scanners.
Its customers include security, industrial and government users worldwide. Contract values were not read.
Ownership
Family-owned by the founding family
Parent: none identified
Sources (5)
- https://www.ceia.net/industrial/history.aspx
- https://exhibitorsearch.messefrankfurt.com/images/original/document_downloads/10000008202601/0012160883/1705573352749_3378835952.pdf
- https://www.lanazione.it/arezzo/cronaca/ceia-arezzo-manneschi-metal-detector-73be8c34
- https://www.lanazione.it/arezzo/cronaca/addio-a-manneschi-re-dei-metal-detector-8a1496d3
- https://www.ceia.net/pdf/ceiapresentationgb.pdf
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- Customer list and contract values: not read.
- Current shareholding structure: described by local press, no registry check.
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What does Ceia do?
CEIA makes metal detectors and security screening equipment including for explosives. CBRNE-relevant work is a minor part of its offering according to its website.
Where is Ceia based?
HQ (as found): Arezzo. HQ country: IT.
Who owns Ceia?
Family-owned by the founding family. Parent: none identified
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