Garrett Metal Detectors Information

Garrett Metal Detectors is a worldwide leader in the research, development and manufacture of metal detection products for the security, hobby/sport, and countermine/ERW markets. Garrett is an international standards organization (ISO) 9001 certified manufacturer with its headquarters located in Garland, Texas, USA. Garrett started operations in 1964 and is a privately owned U.S. company. Garrett owns numerous patents, including the first patent devoted to using microprocessors for metal detection. All products are designed and produced solely in the United States and incorporate state-of-the-art technology. Garrett markets its products worldwide and is actively selling into more than 100 countries. In addition to its home operation in Texas, the company currently has distribution warehouses in Holland, Dubai, and Australia to rapidly service the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. Garrett’s Security Division utilizes a sophisticated international distribution network to sell and service its walk-through, hand-held, thermal, and ground-search metal detectors. The company’s Security Division was created in 1982 when Charles Garrett was asked to develop security screening metal detectors for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. This was the first use of walk-through and hand-held metal detectors by the Olympics. Since that time, Garrett has provided products and service for numerous international sporting events, including FIFA World Cup, the Pan American Games, and many summer and winter Olympics Games. Garrett products are trusted to secure many types of public domains: large-scale sports stadiums, special events venues, school facilities, courthouses, prisons, government buildings, mass transit terminals, hospitals, loss prevention, and more. We look forward to meeting your unique challenges with the world’s finest quality metal detectors, all manufactured under strict quality control procedures in the USA.