ISTEC has just signed a 12-month contract with Chamois to provide their PR, media and advertising services in order to help them deliver their current strategic goals. ISTEC has 35-years of operationally proven experience in providing robust weapon integration solutions for military platforms across the Land, Sea and Air domains, both nationally and internationally, and now wish to take that established pedigree and communicate it more widely to global audiences.
ISTEC have a long history of design, manufacture and supply of weapon integration solutions for crew served weapons such as GPMG, HMG and MMG. They are a British owned and run company with a local UK manufacture and supply base with the majority provided within a 20-mile radius of their offices in Hertford. Best known for their Universal Gun Mounts (UGMs), their integration solutions have been fitted to some of the more iconic vehicles used during more recent Land operations such as WMIK, Mastiff, Viking and Jackal in UK and and in service internationally with countries including USA, Canada, UAE and other European and NATO partners. They are the weapons mount of choice for the Royal Navy, with their systems found on most surface and sub-surface vessels and more recently they have been providing key integration solutions for rotary wing assets in the Air domain, including delivering projects for the US DoD. A dynamic, customer-focused company; ISTEC pride themselves on delivering pragmatic advice and high-quality products in a timely manner and supplying enduring through life support as required.
Gareth Baker, Director PR and Media at Chamois (account manager) said: “It is always extremely rewarding to be working with a company that you both know and respect from your own operational experience of leading engineer convoys from a WMIK in Afghanistan. I am really looking forward to working with the ISTEC team, to help others better understand their operationally proven precision engineering quality and robustness of their wide range of crew served weapon integration products.”
Mick Coulson, MD of ISTEC said, “We are very pleased to have engaged the services of Chamois to deliver our marketing and PR objectives. I have known Jamie Clarke for many years, having worked together on various projects in the past, and having witnessed what Chamois have achieved for other partner companies am looking forward to seeing ISTEC also benefit from what Chamois has to offer.”