Kontinitro

History

Nine decades of Swiss precision.

Founded in Geneva in 1936, Kontinitro SA has been specializing in precision measuring instruments for the explosives industry for nearly nine decades.
  1. 1936

    Foundation in Geneva

    Kontinitro SA is established as a limited company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The company specializes in precision measuring instruments for the explosives industry.

  2. 1987

    First Explomet generation

    Kontinitro begins manufacturing the Explomet line of V.O.D measurement instruments, the foundation of decades of fiber optic measurement expertise.

  3. 1990s

    Worldwide deployment

    Loyal customers in more than 60 countries adopt Kontinitro instruments for explosives quality control across laboratory and field contexts.

  4. 2019

    Explomet 2T+

    Introduction of the Explomet 2T+, a self calibrating laboratory V.O.D measurement instrument with ±0.01 microsecond precision.

  5. 2021

    Detomet 2.0

    Release of the Detomet 2.0 for pyrotechnic and electronic detonator delay measurement initiated by shock tube.

  6. 2026

    Explomet 4

    Planned release of the Explomet 4, the next generation of V.O.D measurement, currently in final development.

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