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Bristol Industrial & Research Associates Ltd (Biral) designs, manufactures and distributes high quality meteorological sensors for professional markets, including aviation, offshore platforms and wind energy.

The company has a rich history in designing and making innovative products including advanced weather sensors covering precipitation, wind speed and direction, temperature, visibility and thunderstorm detection through to aerosol analysers.

Biral also develops bespoke products to meet specific customer requirements and has a successful history in collaboration with leading universities.

As a dedicated member of the scientific community Biral actively participated in European scientific projects such as CRAFT and belongs to the Royal Meteorological Society, HMEI, National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG) and the Aerosol Society.

Based in Portishead, Bristol in the UK, the company was established in 1975 and is privately owned.

Take a look at our microsite specifically dedicated to lightning early warnings www.lightningearlywarning.com

Grant Funding

Biological Electrodynamic Balance Development Project:

Biral gratefully acknowledges the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) for their support of the Biological Electrodynamic Balance development project through partial grant funding. WECA grant funding is provided in association with the West of England Business Innovation Fund (BIF) and European Regional Development Fund.