PARIS, June 20 (UPI) -- Hundreds of special purpose vehicles for riot control use are being built and delivered to North Africa by the Streit Group.
Streit Group, which is headquartered in Canada, said 480 vehicles are being built under a single contract and will be manufactured by its Ras Al Khaimah factory in the United Arab Emirates.
The identity of the customer and the value of the contract -- the largest single award in company history -- were not disclosed. Deliveries of the vehicles begin next year.
"This is a very exciting time for Streit Group," said its chief executive, Guerman Goutorov. "We are set to achieve treble-digit growth, both through new contract awards and through new commercial and armored personnel carrier lines.
"The need for riot control and urban response units, both armored and unarmored, has grown significantly in the Middle East and Africa in the last few years. Streit is ideally placed to meet this need, thanks to our manufacturing capacity, third-party technology alliances and R&D expertise."
