Vallon

It is based in Eningen, Germany, and describes its detection customers as the explosive ordnance disposal and humanitarian demining community. Its history page lists the first in-house product in 1970, pulse induction technology in 1990, and a detector combining metal detection with ground-penetrating radar, whose current version is the VMR3G Minehound.

FORCEWARE, its protective equipment brand for mine clearance, has been part of VALLON since 1999. On 30 December 2022 the UK Ministry of Defence announced a donation to Ukraine of more than 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits.

In 2026 VALLON held its 13th International VALLON Workshop in Eningen, with test lanes for metal detectors, dual-sensor detectors and magnetometers, a drone carrying a VMX10 detector, and a new FORCEWARE showroom. The history page also lists an in-house three-axis magnetometer for 2026.

The company states that it operates certified quality and environment management systems; the standards are not named on the pages read.

Independent private; third-generation family business (company statement)

Parent: none

• https://www.vallon.de/en/company/history
• https://www.vallon.de/en/company/together
• https://www.vallon.de/en/vallon-news/news/13th-international-vallon-workshop-eningen
• https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-military-support-for-ukraine-continues-with-delivery-of-counter-explosive-ordnance-equipment
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALLON_GmbH

• Founder and origin details: the company site states 1965 only; the founding family history comes from Wikipedia and was not checked against a primary record.
• Which certification standards the company holds: not named.
• Funding: none reported (family-owned).
• Direct contract values: none found; the Ukraine detectors were a UK government donation, with the purchase terms not stated.
• The exact dates of the 2026 workshop: the company page does not give them.