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28 May 2025

PETARDS GROUP PLC

 ("Petards")

Petards Rail wins Alstom Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems, is pleased to announce that Petards Rail recently received an award at the Alstom UK & Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards.

Petards Rail was announced as the winner of Alstom's Fighting Climate Change SME Award, one of the nine awards made to companies who are delivering products and services to Alstom while also improving health and wellbeing, tackling social inequality, helping fight climate change and driving equal opportunity, in alignment with the UK Government's Social Value Model.

This follows an engagement exercise run by Alstom, in partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, accessible to all Alstom UK and Ireland's suppliers, 125 of which took part.

In making the award to Petards, the jury noted that "Petards Rail Technology' has a strong policy and CSR commitment. Their KPIs were well reported and validated externally through EcoVadis, a globally recognised assessment platform that rates businesses' sustainability."

Amongst the other award winners were Telent, OCS, Rullion and Huber+Suhner and the full text of Alstom's announcement can be found at the link below:

https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2025/5/social-and-environmental-impact-rail-supply-chain-recognised-alstoms-supplier-csr-awards-uk-and-ireland

Raschid Abdullah, Chairman of Petards Group plc said:

"We are proud and delighted that Petards Rail has been recognised in this way by Alstom, one its key customers and one the world's largest rail manufacturers.  It demonstrates Petards Rail is considered a leading supplier to the UK rail market operating to the high standards demanded by global OEMs."

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Petards Rail supports its customers in maximising passenger safety and optimising train and rail service performance levels through its in-house designed technology that includes Automatic Selective Door Operation, Driver Controlled Operation systems, on-train passenger camera monitoring systems, forward and rear facing cameras, track debris cameras, and pantograph surveillance systems.

eyeTrain Connect, Petards back-office software system, provides real-time, accurate analysis rail vehicles and on-board equipment, including status, usage and condition data on a train-by-train level. It allows train operators to monitor and analyse train status, condition, and positional data in real-time to reduce service delays and the risk and impact of incidents. It enables interrogation of historical data to identify trends, analyse incidents and make informed decisions regarding rail fleet performance.

Petards have developed its PTeye solution incorporating the latest in AI-ready technology, to prevent passenger "trap and drag" incidents before train dispatch.

https://petardsrailsolutions.com/

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