Garrett Metal Detectors Taking Orders for Paragon Detector
Garland, Texas (July 17, 2023) —Texas-based Garrett Metal Detectors announced today that it will begin taking orders for its newly released Paragon™ detector, effective immediately. Contact Garrett for information on lead times.
Paragon is the new capstone for Garrett’s line of walk-through security screening products, with best-in-class 66 detection zones and revolutionary new features for ease of use like Zero Touch™ NFC capability and Ambiscan™ directional sensitivity. The company describes Paragon as a culmination of forty years of security achievement in the world of walk-through metal detection, paving the way for more exciting developments in the future.
“Paragon was designed to fit its name which means ‘perfect example’.” said Steve Novakovich, CEO of Garrett. “We believe traditional walk-though metal detector architecture has a bright future in applications that require superior detection. It is still necessary to detect small metallic items in loss prevention environments and to find small knives and disassembled weapons in schools, entertainment venues, and government facilities. Recent ‘weapon detection’ systems struggle with these critical tasks. That’s where Paragon comes in. Paragon combines superior detection with an industry-leading feature set that helps security-minded operators get the most out of their security equipment. We are confident that Paragon will assume the pinnacle position of the security screening hierarchy.”
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fifth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garrett Announces New 3-Year Warranty
Garland, Texas, July 10, 2023—Texas-based Garrett Metal Detectors today announced that its standard manufacturer's warranty on metal detecting products has been extended to three-years (36 months), effectively immediately.
The company further detailed that the three-year warranty covers ground-search, hand-held, and walk-through metal detectors, pinpointers, and searchcoils from its Sport, Security, and Countermine product divisions. This warranty is retroactive to all Garrett detector products sold in the past, but does not apply to accessory items.
Garrett CEO Steve Novakovich stated, "Garrett's existing customers know our products are manufactured in America with the highest level of quality. This change in our warranty policy, which is retroactive to products we've already sold, is designed to signal to future customers just how awesome we are at designing and building products that are both rugged and reliable. When you have industry-best quality and customer service, why not flaunt it?"
Company materials such as product packaging and printed manuals will be updated over time to reflect the new three-year policy, according to Garrett. For further questions on Garrett's warranty policy, customers are encouraged to visit the warranty registration pages on garrett.com.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fifth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of advanced metal detection products for security, sport, and countermine applications worldwide. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garrett Detectors Installed in Laredo School District
Garland, Texas (March 03, 2023) —Texas-based Garrett Metal Detectors announced today that its Multi Zone walk-through metal detector has been introduced to 31 schools in the Laredo Independent School District. These machines have been added to all elementary, middle, and high school campuses as part of LISD’s proactive approach to school security.
“Our students are the most precious commodities and jewels of our parents, so we have to take an active approach to assure their safety and security at all times,” said Oscar Perez, Executive Director of Health and Safety for Laredo ISD. “We are taking action, so there’s a lot of investment on behalf of our school district, not only with purchasing the equipment, but with the training as well.”
Garrett’s Multi Zone has found wide acceptance in the world of K-12 security as a product that was designed specifically for schools as a cost-effective solution for the diverse security needs of school environments. The Multi Zone can be programmed to detect not only guns and similar threat objects, but also the knives and vape pens that some other mass screening technologies with low detection capabilities fail to find. Garrett recommends thorough testing to fully evaluate the claims of competing technologies.
“Some newer technologies claim to detect weapons using artificial intelligence. I don’t think it’s very intelligent to miss knives, disassembled weapons, and small handguns.” said Steve Novakovich, CEO of Garrett. “Garrett’s proven technology has been protecting schools for many years and we have solved the cost and operational challenges that go along with effective security screening in K-12 environments. That intelligence is real, not artificial. We applaud Mr. Perez and the Laredo Independent School District for doing their homework and choosing Garrett’s highly effective security technology. With Garrett you have a true last line of defense securing your school!”
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fourth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. For nearly 60 years, Garrett has engineered the most advanced metal detection products, including walk-through, hand-held, and ground search metal detectors for the security industry. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garland, Texas (July 26, 2022) —Texas-based Garrett Metal Detectors today announced the release of a new high-performance pulse induction gold prospecting metal detector, the Garrett Axiom.
“The release of Axiom is significant for anyone interested in gold prospecting,” says Steve Moore, Director of Marketing for the company. “Axiom is the most powerful gold detector Garrett has ever designed, and it is packed with technology to help users easily overcome the difficult soil conditions where gold nuggets are traditional discovered.”
Garrett’s Axiom detector includes built-in technology to make it highly sensitive on even the smallest sub-gram weight gold nuggets. Users have a full range of adjustments to suit their hunting styles, including: four search mode options; four ground track options; two audio tone options; and six searchcoil options. Axiom is revolutionary in that the unit is very lightweight, is rechargeable and software upgradeable, and is priced far below the standard price of competitive high-end pulse induction gold detectors.
In a live product announcement this morning, Garrett CEO Steve Novakovich stated, “Garrett is committed for the long haul to the gold prospecting market.” Novakovich cited Garrett’s release last year of the popular Goldmaster 24k high-frequency VLF prospecting detector as further evidence of the company’s renewed focus.
Each Axiom detector ships with two searchcoils, a pair of headphones, a soft travel case, and a backup battery pack, allowing the machine to operate on AA-size batteries if a recharging source in not immediately available. Full product details, including videos and instruction manuals, can be reviewed on garrett.com.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fourth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. For almost six decades, Garrett has engineered the most advanced metal detection products, including walk-through, hand-held, and ground search metal detectors for the security industry. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garrett Response to Gizmodo Hacking Article
On December 21, 2021, the design, technology, and science website Gizmodo published an article by Lucas Ropek entitled “Walk-Through Metal Detectors Can Be Hacked, New Research Finds”. A subtitle added “Garrett Metal Detectors, which are used in schools and government buildings, have security vulnerabilities that can be remotely exploited”.
The response issued by Garrett is that Mr. Ropek used a sensational title to drive interest in his article. While perhaps that is to be expected, the content of the article omits important, relevant information in order to cast doubt on the integrity of checkpoint security installations. Had Garrett been given a reasonable amount of time to respond to Mr. Ropek’s request for information, the Company would have requested to include the following pertinent information:
- Garrett’s walk-through metal detectors have been protecting the public since 1984 with no known incidents of hacking.
- Fewer than 1% of Garrett’s installed base of PD 6500i and MZ 6100 (Multi Zone) detectors includes a network integration accessory (a Garrett CMA or IC Module), and thus are not susceptible to the reported vulnerability.
- Many customers who have purchased these accessories use them for data collection in a manner in which they are not connected to any type of network. These are not vulnerable to hacking.
- Those customers who do connect the devices to a network typically employ robust firewall technologies to isolate connected devices from potential hackers.
- The WiFi protocols in the wireless versions of the integration accessories use robust data encryption to prevent intrusion into the network.
- The only Garrett detectors that have any level of risk of hacking are the ones that both include the network integration accessory and are connected to a user’s unprotected network.
- The vulnerabilities identified by Cisco that were mentioned in the article were addressed by a Garrett software update to the CMA and IC Module accessories before Mr. Ropek’s article was published and the effectiveness of those fixes have been certified by Cisco to be effective.
- Garrett’s CMA and IC Module software update is currently available for customers who need it. Please contact Garrett technical support at security@garrrett.com or by calling Garrett at 1 800-234-6151.
- The operating systems and software on the PD 6500i and MZ 6100 are isolated from the IC Module and can only be updated through physical access to the hardware. Remote firmware updates for the PD 6500i and MZ 6100 are not supported.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fourth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. For more than 57 years, Garrett has engineered the most advanced metal detection products, including walk-through, hand-held, and ground search metal detectors for the security industry. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Contact Person: steve.moore@garrett.com
Garrett PD-6500i Receives ECAC Certification
“The ECAC certification is a standard similar to that of TSA certification in the US, and it has been adopted by a much wider international security market outside of Europe,” said Aaron Arellano, Senior Product Manager for Garrett. “Achieving this EU certification further validates the technology and sophisticated capabilities of the Garrett PD-6500i walk-through metal detector.”
Garrett’s PD-6500i is a 33-zone security walkthrough that already meets many of the world’s most rigorous certifications, including those of the TSA (US airport standards), STAC (French airport standards), AENA (Spanish airport standards), and CJIAC (Japanese airport standards). The latest ECAC certification was the result of the PD-6500i’s successful completion of the ECAC Common Evaluation Process (CEP), wherein the product demonstrated its consistent, repeatable, and reliable performance against rigorous industry testing procedures.
“We hear from increasing numbers of customers that they trust the ECAC standard, and not only in Europe. Furthermore, the ECAC standard, unlike the NIJ standard, comes with third-party test validation. As a result, security buyers can rest assured that ECAC-certified products perform to the standard. This is not the case with products that claim to be NIJ compliant, as those claims are solely based on the subjective self-certifications of the manufacturers,” said Garrett CEO Steve Novakovich.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fourth-generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. For more than 57 years, Garrett has engineered the most advanced metal detection products, including walk-through, hand-held, and ground-search metal detectors for the security industry. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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www.garrett.com
August 24, 2021
Garrett Releases GOLDMASTER 24K Metal Detector
Garrett Releases New Multi Zone Walkthrough Detector
Garrett’s Multi Zone walkthrough provides precise location of one or more metal objects simultaneously. Designed to be user-friendly for operators, the Multi Zone includes an Auto-Scan function that automatically selects the optimal operating frequency for environmental noise cancellation. Other helpful features include: an intuitive menu design with clear prompts; a convenient slider bar to quickly adjust the value of a detector setting; and pre-set programs geared to meet the needs of specific security applications, such as special events, mass transit, and loss prevention.
With an optional iC Module, the Garrett Multi Zone can be wired or wirelessly networked for control and monitoring purposes. High intensity LED indicators on the detector—five times brighter than the indicator lights on some machines—are clearly visible, even in direct sunlight. When equipped with optional casters and a backup battery, the Multi Zone is fully portable for deployment without the use of power cables. In addition to such versatility, the unit is protected from tampering by several layers of access control.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by geophysical engineer Charles Garrett and fourth generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is the global leader of metal detection products for security and law enforcement applications worldwide. For more than 57 years, Garrett has engineered the most advanced metal detection products, including walk-through, hand-held, and ground search metal detectors for the security industry. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garrett Rolls out SmartScan™ Integrated Health and Safety Screening Solution
Garland, Texas (February 8, 2021) —Garrett Electronics, a design and manufacturing company specializing in security metal detectors, announced that it is now shipping orders of its popular new touchless SmartScanThermal Imaging system.
SmartScan is offered as either an add-on accessory for new Garrett PD 6500i or MZ 6100 walk-through metal detectors, or it can be retrofitted into previously-installed Garrett detectors. “We are very pleased to be adding this exciting capability to our walk-through metal detector products,” said Garrett CEO Steve Novakovich. “Never before has thermal screening been so fast and easy for Garrett Metal Detectors customers.”
Garrett SmartScan technology allows body temperature measurements to be taken simultaneously with metal detector security screening. “This allows your security checkpoint to become an efficient, multi-functional, no-contact portal using artificial intelligence,” said Garrett Senior Product Manager Aaron Arellano.
Among the early users of this new technology is the City of Fort Worth, Texas, which installed new Garrett’s SmartScan walk-through metal detectors at Fort Worth City Hall and the adjacent A. D. Marshall Public Safety Building. In a press release issued December 2, City Marshal Philip J. Swift explained that the SmartScan system was designed to create a “positive flow” and to speed up the screening process, making the Fort Worth buildings more accessible and safer for everyone.
SmartScan has also been installed in other cities to protect arenas, K-12 schools, manufacturing facilities, and office buildings.
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fifth-generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of metal detection products for hobby, security, and law enforcement applications. Garrett Metal Detectors’ headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Garland Texas. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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Garrett Announces Acquisition
Garland, TX, October 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Garrett Electronics, a design and manufacturing company specializing
in sport and security metal detectors, announced the acquisition of certain assets of White’s Electronics.
White’s, who had been in business since 1950 as a premier manufacturer of metal detection products, announced the suspension of operations on June 18, 2020 in a memo to its dealers.
White’s founders, Kenneth and Olive White, built their business the same way Garrett’s founders, Charles and Eleanor Garrett, did, by innovating and committing to producing high quality products in the United States.
White’s current principals, Kenneth R. and Mary White, are choosing to fold the White’s legacy in with Garrett Metal Detectors as a way of extending their “Made in the USA” tradition.
Garrett CEO Steve Novakovich commented, “The White family and the Garrett family have had a high level of respect for one another as competitors in the sport market for decades.
Now we at Garrett are proud to combine our respective legacies as Garrett continues on as the premier American metal detector company.”
The transaction includes White’s trademarks, intellectual property, tooling, and other assets. It does not include White’s real estate in Oregon or Scotland. Garrett intends to rigorously defend all of White’s trademarks, patents, and other IP wherever infringement may occur.
Novakovich continued, “Garrett recognizes that the White’s brand has a loyal following in the US and around the world. We are pleased to welcome those customers to Garrett, and we hope we can earn your future business.”
Current White’s customers in need of repair or warranty service should contact:
Centreville Electronics
9437 Main Street
Manassas, VA 20110
(800) 547-6911
(703) 367-7999
centrevilleelectronics.net
Centreville Electronics NW
1550 Maple Place
Lebanon, OR 97355
(541)409-7263
centrevilleelectronicsnw.com
About Garrett Metal Detectors
Garrett Metal Detectors, co-founded by electrical engineer Charles Garrett and fifth-generation educator Eleanor Smith Garrett, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of metal detection products for hobby, security, and law enforcement applications.. Garrett Metal Detectors’ headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Garland Texas. Garrett is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015 certified company.
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