- January 31, 2026
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Trace Eye‑D, a developer and manufacturer of drug and explosive detection products with a corporate headquarters in Tampa and a lab and production facility in Sarasota, has signed a distribution partnership with a company based in the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE firm, Scientific Analytical Tools, will now carry all Trace Eye‑D products, according to a statement. SAT, the release adds, is “renowned for providing advanced forensic and analytical solutions across the Middle East.”
Trace Eye-D offers a full suite of what it calls narcotic and explosive detection wipes, which it says are “capable of identifying substances like fentanyl, methamphetamines, TATP, and PETN, to name a few.” Each wipe delivers instant, color-based results with what the firm calls its “signature Open. Wipe. Look. method — no ampoules, no spills, no wait.”
Trace Eye‑D CEO Chris Baden, in the release, says “our partnership with SAT marks a key milestone in expanding our global impact — delivering trusted, innovative detection wipes to teams protecting communities across the Middle East and beyond.”
Trace Eye‑D, with a mission it says is to “provide fast, reliable and user-friendly detection wipes for fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and a full suite of explosive hazards” was founded in 2017.
According to a 2018 Business Observer story on the company, Bradenton entrepreneur Barry Gorski, after seeing news footage of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, approached friend and fellow Bradenton entrepreneur — Baden — with an idea to develop a product that could quickly test for the presence of explosives made with peroxide, an ingredient in some homemade bombs. The pair had worked together on past entrepreneurial projects involving vehicle-mounted power and security technology. Along with Baden’s father, Ray Baden, the two formed a research company, Myakka Research Group, to pursue the product. Trace Eye-D was later formed for the specific purpose of bringing the products they developed to market.
