UNITED SHIELD
One of the top producers of personal ballistic and fragmentation protection gear is United Shield International, which has design and production facilities in Andover, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
The management team and workforce at United Shield have more than 100 years of combined specialised experience and expertise in the design and production of ballistic helmets, body armor, ballistic shields, hard armor plates, EOD/IED protection equipment, mine clearance and demining equipment, as well as a range of other ballistic and fragmentation protection products.
Their products are constructed from market leading ballistic materials, including the latest para-aramids (Twaron and Kevlar), high molecular weight polyethylene (Dyneema and Spectra Shield), including ceramic and other specialist ballistic composites. They meet many of the most widely accepted international ballistic standards and protocols, including the US - NIJ and MIL STD, UK CAST and HOSDB, German - SK, Swedish - RPS, French - MOI, and NATO - STANAG.
United Shield supply to more than eighty nations worldwide and provide ballistic and fragmentation protection equipment to all significant government agencies, such as as the Police, Emergency, Prison and Security services.