CESAR JOINS INTERPOL TO TACKLE VEHICLE CRIME

Experts from law enforcement and the private sector, including Britain's Datatag, gathered at INTERPOL's headquarters to discuss ways to effectively combat the growing problem of vehicle crime. The three-day INTERPOL Global Conference on Vehicle Crime brought together nearly 200 participants from 55 countries, 40 private entities and six international organizations to share expertise and best practices on preventing vehicle theft, recovering stolen vehicles and ensuring stolen vehicles are not used in other crimes.

Datatag Sales Director Chris Harrison addressed the meeting highlighting the success, over 7 years, of the official equipment security scheme CESAR. Launched in 2007 CESAR now protects over 130,000 pieces of equipment. Mr Harrison explained the 'CESAR effect' stating that CESAR has reduced overall equipment theft in the UK, increased the rate of recovery of stolen equipment by a factor of 6, and help reduce insurance premiums on equipment.

CESAR is fitted on production lines in Germany, the USA, and the UK by leading international manufacturers including John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Manitou and JCB. CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent identity that thieves cannot remove. The Datatag supplied security system, used on CESAR registered machines, includes tamper evident registration plates, RFID tags, liquid DNA and microscopic Datadots.

INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said INTERPOL has long believed that with many stakeholders involved, law enforcement alone cannot successfully combat transnational vehicle crime. "The gamut of this transnational crime is, as we all know, well beyond just vehicles from one country being stolen and then sold in another. From acts of terrorism to trafficking in human beings, weapons or drugs, vehicle crime touches nearly all forms of serious crime," said Secretary General Noble. "We need to partner with the private sector, and the success of our Project INVEX, which is being conducted in partnership with just four private sector manufacturers, has reinforced our belief," concluded Mr Noble.

A number of European countries are on the brink of adopting CESAR to reduce equipment theft and increase recovery rates.

Date Created: 16/12/2013

RURAL CRIMEBEAT

Are the police doing enough to tackle rural crime? Natalie Wallace reports on the innovative approach of Thames Valley Police.

Thames Valley Police is taking rural crime very seriously, and to show its commitment to tackling the problem, it has launched a '100 days of action' initiative.

The policing project, which kicked off in the summer, highlights the work the force is doing to tackle the crimes of most concern to the farming community.

Each of the 10 rural Local Policing Areas is holding 10 days of operational and crime prevention activities, five in the summer and five in the winter.

The main priorities are theft from, and of, agricultural machinery, break-ins at farm uildings and wildlife crime, such as hare coursing.

Read the full article from November's edition of Countryside magazine Download PDF

Date Created: 26/11/2013

DATATAG SET FOR HILLHEAD IN 2014

Datatag ID Limited has announced that it will be exhibiting at Hillhead for the first time in 2014. Datatag is a leader in security marking technology and managing complex registration processes. Datatag supplies a wide range of self-fit security systems to the domestic market and manages 3 'industry-wide' schemes for construction and agricultural equipment, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, and personal water craft and jet-skis.

The official CESAR equipment security and registration scheme, owned by the Construction Equipment Association, is the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world. Leading manufacturers including CAT, through dealer Finning, JCB, Manitou, Kubota, Doosan and Belle fit CESAR as standard on machines sold in the UK. CESAR has seen sustained growth since its launch in 2007 and there are now over 130,000 pieces of equipment protected and registered on the scheme.

The Datatag supplied CESAR security system works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using a mix of state of the art security marking technology that includes tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA and microscopic Datadots®. CESAR is a proven deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR registered machines are 4 times less likely to be stolen and 6 times more likely to be recovered than unregistered machines.

October 2013 saw the launch of the new CESAR and Datatag provenance check. Launched in conjunction with HPI, the pioneer and leader in vehicle history checks, this on-line service will provide a new level of assurance whenever a used construction or agricultural machine is bought or sold.

Kevin Howells, MD of Datatag ID Limited and an expert on security marking technology commented, "We have exhibited at SED many times in the past and at the inaugural Plantworx in May 2013. Now that Hillhead has become a broader construction show, whilst retaining its 'quarrying heritage', it gives us the ideal opportunity to meet a different profile of machine owners and operators. CESAR and Datatag security systems and provenance checks can make a valuable contribution in a broad range of applications in construction, recycling and quarrying, protecting everything from a laptop computer to a 45 tonne excavator."

The Datatag and CESAR stand will be located on the quarry floor near the working demonstration.

Date Created: 16/10/2013

DATATAG SET TO LAUNCH NEW CESAR PROVENANCE CHECK

Datatag, the power behind CESAR the official equipment security and registration scheme, has today announced the launch of a new provenance check service for construction and agricultural machines. The official launch will take place at JCB Rocester on Tuesday October 29th from 10.30 a.m.

The new CESAR and Datatag provenance check will be launched in conjunction with HPI, the pioneer and leader in vehicle history checks, and it will provide a new level of assurance whenever a used construction or agricultural machine is bought or sold.

This new service has been developed by Datatag and HPI at the behest of the insurance and asset finance industry which has enjoyed the benefits of accurate history checks for cars and vans for many years, but which has lacked a reliable provenance checking service for construction and agricultural equipment, up to now.

The launch is open to the press, anyone involved in the manufacture, distribution or sales of construction and agricultural machines, the asset finance and insurance industry, and equipment end users and rental houses.

To register to attend the launch, go to www.datatag.co.uk/provenance

Date Created: 03/10/2013

GAP SPECIFY CESAR FOR TEREX ORDER

GAP Group, the UK's largest independent plant and tool hirer, has specified the fitment of CESAR security and registration on an order for an additional 170 site dumpers from Terex.

GAP Group operates a nationwide network in excess of 60 depots from Inverness to St Austell and Norwich to Swansea. The new Terex site dumpers, ranging in size from 1.0t to 9.0t will be delivered from early October onwards and will conform to the new Stage 111B legislation. Deliveries will be spread across the depot network at a time when building work and the demand for site equipment is finally on the increase after the severe recession in the industry.

Iain Anderson, GAP's Joint Managing Director, comments, "Sadly equipment theft is a fact of life that impacts on our customers and us. A stolen machine causes site disruption that our customers can do without and so we do everything we can to minimise the risk. Fitting CESAR is a sensible precaution and a proven way to minimise the risk of theft."

CESAR, which acts as a powerful deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery, works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using a mix of state of the art security marking technology, supplied by Datatag, that includes tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA and microscopic Datadots®. The new GAP dumpers will join over 125,000 other pieces of equipment protected by CESAR, the world's most successful security and registration scheme.

Date Created: 12/09/2013

CESAR AT TILLAGE LIVE 2013

The official equipment security and registration scheme, CESAR, will once again have a noticeable presence at Tillage Live. The now familiar triangular registration plate will be visible on 'full sized' machines from, amongst others, John Deere, Massey Ferguson and JCB and on new adopters smaller equipment. Both Amazone and Challenger Agri have adopted CESAR for their smaller equipment in the past few weeks.

Amazone adopted CESAR in May and exhibited their first CESAR equipped machine, a Pantera 4001 self-propelled crop protection sprayer, at the 2 day CEREALS exhibition held near Lincoln in June. And last week, at Saltex, Amazone announced the fitment of CESAR on their Profihopper machines. The Amazone stand will feature a CESAR equipped Profihopper 'hot-foot' from Saltex.

Commenting on the announcement Amazone's UK Brand Manager Simon Brown had this to say, "CESAR has proven to be a powerful deterrent against theft and a valuable aid in recovery. Our Groundcare products are used in urban and remote locations and they are therefore susceptible to opportunistic thieves. Fitting CESAR is a sensible precaution and a benefit to our customers who cannot afford the financial loss and the disruption caused by equipment theft."

Challenger Agri's midlands dealer B & B Tractors will be exhibiting a CESAR equipped Virion 5.0 fully trailed soil loosening sub-soiler on the CESAR stand (plot 103) at the one day show.

CESAR, which acts as a powerful deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery, works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using a mix of state of the art security marking technology, supplied by Datatag, that includes tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA and microscopic Datadots®. CESAR is the world's most successful security and registration scheme with over 125,000 pieces of equipment registered and protected.

Date Created: 10/09/2013

AMAZONE WIDEN CESAR PROTECTION

SALTEX 2013, the highlight of the groundcare events calendar, will see AMAZONE, the specialist for fertiliser spreaders, seed drills, powered and non-powered soil cultivation, precision air seeders and crop protection sprayers roll out CESAR security and registration across its range of groundcare machinery.

Amazone designs and builds a comprehensive range of groundcare machinery and whatever the time of year they have a machine for every application from snow clearing in the winter, cut and collect in the grass season to scarifying and leaf collection in the autumn.

Amazone adopted CESAR in May and exhibited their first CESAR equipped machine, a Pantera 4001 self-propelled crop protection sprayer, at the 2 day CEREALS exhibition held near Lincoln in June.

Commenting on the announcement Amazone's UK Brand Manager Simon Brown had this to say, "CESAR has proven to be a powerful deterrent against theft and a valuable aid in recovery. Our Groundcare products are used in urban and remote locations and they are therefore susceptible to opportunistic thieves. Fitting CESAR is a sensible precaution and a benefit to our customers who cannot afford the financial loss and the disruption caused by equipment theft."

CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using an array of high technology security marking devices, supplied by Datatag, including tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA, and microscopic Datadots®.

CESAR, the only official equipment security and registration scheme, was launched, initially for construction equipment; in January 2007 subsequently CESAR was launched into agriculture in September 2009 after gaining approval from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA). The unique triangular tamper-proof registration plate is now a familiar sight on a wide range of construction, agricultural and industrial equipment up and down the country. Wide spread adoption by leading equipment manufacturers including John Deere, Massey Ferguson, JCB and many others has made the CESAR scheme the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world. Over 120,000 pieces of equipment are now protected and registered with CESAR.

Date Created: 22/08/2013

CESAR-IT DAYS HAILED A SUCCESS BY THE POLICE

Datatag Technician Tim Hollamby and his team are conducting a crusade against equipment theft in conjunction with Thames Valley, Dorset and Hampshire Police.

All three police forces support and promote CESAR-IT days for local farmers which see Tim fit the official CESAR security system to their tractors, telescopic handlers, quad-bikes and other types of equipment. With a spate of rural crime and equipment theft both police forces put their faith in CESAR to act as a powerful deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery.

Such is the success of the programme that Thames Valley Police has launched an initiative to subsidise the cost of CESAR to encourage more farmers to adopt the scheme and protect their equipment. Under this scheme CESAR is available for just £88 (excluding VAT). This Thames Valley Police subsidised price is available to people living in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. For full details contact Datatag directly on 01932 796 788 or look out for local CESAR-IT days in your area.

The CESAR scheme is the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world with over 120,000 machines now protected and registered. CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using an array of high technology security marking devices including tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA, and microscopic Datadots®.

Datatag, who supply the sophisticated security technology for CESAR, and Tim Hollamby are planning a series of CESAR-IT days in Hampshire and the Thames Valley in the balance of 2013. The next CESAR-IT day is in Hampshire on August 20th, where Tim and his team will be working with local PCSO Jim Hordle who has secured outside funding for discounted systems, will fit CESAR to over 15 pieces of equipment, each worth tens of thousands of pounds.

The value of agricultural and construction machinery equipment is extremely high, even compared to prestige cars, and therefore they attract organised and opportunistic thieves who steal machines to order and ship them abroad within hours of being taken. The cost of theft, borne by the insurance industry, is passed back onto the customer in higher excess charges and insurance premiums. Such is the deterrent effect of CESAR that insurance discounts of up to 25% are given to CESAR protected machinery.

Tim, during his time with Datatag, has protected equipment worth over £8m this year alone, with some items of agricultural equipment costing well into six figures. Tim comments "I am delighted with the success of the CESAR-IT days, the response has been over whelming and this shows that theft is still a huge issue in rural communities. The local police forces have been very supportive of the initiative and their help is invaluable in convincing farmers to invest in CESAR."

Date Created: 19/08/2013

THAMES VALLEY POLICE 100 DAYS OF ACTION - COUNTRY WATCH

DAY 7 - Tack marking at Snowball Farm and feisty Friesians on the A40

PCSO Vicky Kiffin had a busy day yesterday (7/8) marking up horse tack at Snowball Farm in Burnham. 40 pieces of tack were marked using Datatag's equestrian security kits.

TVP have secured discounts on Datatag tack marking kits for Thames Valley horse owners. See the below flier for more info. If you would like to speak to your Neighbourhood Policing Team about securing your stables and tack, you can find out who they are and contact them via the TVP website.
THAMES VALLEY POLICE 100 DAYS OF ACTION - COUNTRY WATCH

DAY 6 Chiltern and South Bucks find stolen Ifor Williams trailer

Chiltern and South Bucks began the first of their summer five days yesterday (5/8) patrolling alongside Datatag representative, Nick Mayall.

While patrolling the village of Ashley Green just north of Chesham, Nick spotted what he thought looked like a stolen trailer.  "The first thing I noticed, from about 20 yards away, was that the laser etched security code,which are always on the chassis on Ifor Williams trailers, had been welded over."

On closer inspection, it was discovered that the serial number on top if the A frame had been ground off and the chassis plate had obviously been tampered with, quite clear and obvious signs of a stolen trailer.Although no arrests have been made in connection with the stolen trailer yet, the trailer has been recovered and will be taken to the TVP vehicle examiner to restore the original security code and of course, find the real owner!

Sgt Melvin Mutch, from the Amersham Neighbourhood Policing Team (and recent 2 time gold medallist at the World Police and Fire Games 2013, round of applause please!!) said: "This is great example of how Datatag can work in partnership with us to combat thefts of farming and agricultural property. "Their knowledge about farming equipment is extensive and they have passed on specialist advice to our officers about what to look out for on tampered or potentially stolen farming machinery. This advice is incredibly valuable to the team while we continue to tackle rural crime."

DAY 5: Milton Keynes

As part of the Rural Milton Keynes Neighbourhood's 100 days of action, Crime Prevention Advisor, Amanda Oak visited 55 farms in the area with the Neighbourhood Policing Team. Crime Prevention Advisors are able to offer specialist support and expertise in a number of different crime subjects.

The team gave specific farm crime prevention advice on access control, tool marking, fuel and diesel theft and agricultural plant machinery protection as well as conducting a farm security assessment and providing Thames Valley Police Country Watch gate signs.

CSOs will also be doing a follow up visit to the farms to discuss opportunities to get tools and agricultural machinery security marked with the Thames Valley Rural Crime Partners, Datatag.

If you are interested in crime prevention advice specific to farming, you can contact your local neighbourhood policing team who can arrange a visit. Find out who your local officers are via the Thames Valley Police website.

After the first of the '100 days of action' stints, Sergeant Andy Paulden said: "Everyone who has contributed to the operation this week has found it rewarding and feedback from the rural community has been generally very positive.

"We've signed up more people to Farm Watch, Horse Watch and Country Watch via Thames Valley Alerts so we are able to continue keeping everyone informed about what's happening in the area."

The team will carry on visiting farms in the area and patrolling off the beaten track roads.

Date Created: 19/08/2013

CESAR SET FOR HILLHEAD IN 2014

Datatag ID Limited has announced that it will be exhibiting at Hillhead for the first time in 2014. Datatag manages and supplies the technology for the official CESAR equipment security and registration scheme which is owned by the UK manufacturer's association the Construction Equipment Association (CEA).

CESAR is the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world. Leading manufacturers including CAT, through dealer Finning, JCB, Manitou, Kubota and Belle fit CESAR as standard on machines sold in the UK. CESAR has seen sustained growth since its launch in 2007 and there are now over 120,000 pieces of equipment protected and registered on the scheme.

The Datatag supplied CESAR security system works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using a mix of state of the art security marking technology that includes tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA and microscopic Datadots®. CESAR is a proven deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR registered machines are 4 times less likely to be stolen and 6 times more likely to be recovered than unregistered machines.

Kevin Howells, MD of Datatag ID Limited and an expert on security marking technology commented, "We have exhibited at SED in the past and at the inaugural Plantworx in May. Now that Hillhead has become a broader construction show, whilst retaining its 'quarrying heritage', it gives us an opportunity to meet a different profile of machine owners and operators. CESAR and other Datatag security systems have a place in a broad range of applications in construction, recycling and quarrying, protecting everything from a laptop computer to a 45 tonne excavator."

The CESAR stand (V14) will be located on the quarry floor near the working demonstration.

Date Created: 14/08/2013

THAMES VALLEY POLICE BEGIN 100 DAYS OF ACTION TO TACKLE RURAL CRIME

This year, Thames Valley Police will conduct 100 days of action to tackle rural crime. Each of the ten rural Local Policing Areas (LPAs) will hold 10 days (five in summer, five in winter), of intensive operational and crime prevention activity to tackle rural crime.
The aim of the 100 days of action is to:

Prevent rural crime offences through high visibility policing in hotspot locations
Respond to rural crimes, identify and secure suspects and bring offenders to justice
Target known offenders and crime groups
Improve confidence in the police amongst the rural community

The main offences we will be targeting are hare coursing, poaching, theft from and of agricultural machinery and burglary of farm buildings (dwelling and non dwelling). Each of the LPAs will plan their activities around the rural crimes affecting their areas most.
Chief Superintendent Tim De Meyer, Head of Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships said: "The sort of work planned for the 100 days of action is already happening across the Force and will be business as usual from now on.

"These more intensive operations will serve to speed up our progress in tackling criminals who target the rural economy, improving security in rural areas and gaining the trust and confidence of local people. This work will also enable our officers to learn more about how the farming community work and pick up new skills that we can use to protect them and catch the criminals who target farms."

Thames Valley Rural Crime Partners Datatag have also agreed to devote 10 days (one day for each LPA) to patrol with the officers and offer specialist advice on what to look out for on tampered with or stolen agricultural machinery.

Dave Luscombe from Datatag said: "Thames Valley Police have been highly supportive of CESAR, the official security marking scheme for agricultural and construction machinery.

"Datatag have supported TVP extensively and are committed to continuing this support throughout their 100 days of action with both training and operational support to raise awareness amongst police officers and rural communities, reinforcing the strength of the CESAR scheme and using Datatag technologies as an effective theft deterrent."

Thames Valley Police continue to offer residents within the Force area discounts on CESAR security marking kits for agricultural machinery and horse tack.

For details about what policing activity will be happening in your local area for the 100 days of action, please contact the press bureau.
The progress of each area will be documented on the 100 days of action blog and includes details of Milton Keynes's first five days which began on Monday 22th July.

Date Created: 02/08/2013

CESAR ADOPTED BY CHALLENGER AGRI (UK) LTD

Challenger Agri has announced that it has teamed-up with Datatag to fit the CESAR equipment security and registration system as standard to all its machines for the UK market. The company's range of subsoilers and single pass cultivators are manufactured on a 5 acre site, near Hull, with in-house design, fabrication, parts manufacturing, assembly and painting. This enables Challenger Agri to produce quality machines at low cost with customer care to the forefront of the business.
CESAR security systems are fitted in the Challenger Agri factory by fully trained and vetted staff at the end of the production process. Managing Director Tom Croft comments, "I've been aware of CESAR for some time as most of the major tractor manufactures fit the system. Rural crime is, sadly, a fact of life and valuable implements, like ours, are regularly stolen just like tractors. CESAR acts as a deterrent against theft and helps recover stolen property. By fitting CESAR we are doing our bit to help protect our customer's property and minimising the impact of professional and opportunistic criminals."
CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using an array of high technology security marking devices, supplied by Datatag, including tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA, and microscopic Datadots®.
CESAR, the only official equipment security and registration scheme, was launched in January 2007 at JCB during a CITS conference. Subsequently CESAR was launched into agriculture in September 2009 at The Tillage Show after gaining approval from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA). CESAR reached 40,000 cumulative registrations in December 2010. Now, July 2013, the unique triangular registration plate is a familiar sight on a wide range of equipment on farms up and down the country and the CESAR scheme is the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world with over 120,000 machines now protected and registered.
Challenger Agri and CESAR will be exhibiting at Tillage Live (West Hall Farm, Welton, Lincolnshire LN2 3QF) on September 11th.

Date Created: 23/07/2013

CESAR AT LIVESTOCK EVENT 2013

The NEC, Birmingham hosts the opening day of the LIVESTOCK EVENT 2013 featuring the National Dairy and Charolais shows. CESAR, the only official equipment security scheme, has a stand in the main machinery hall alongside leading names, and CESAR registration users, JCB, John Deere and Caterpillar.

Visitors are able to catch up on the range of CESAR and Datatag security systems that provide 'total farm protection'. Everything from a laptop computer or riding saddle to a 300 h.p. tractor can be protected with a Datatag or CESAR security system.

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual, exhibiting alongside CESAR at the show, provide insurance premium discounts of up to 12.5% for CESAR equipped machines.

CESAR registered machines are 4 times less likely to be stolen and 6 times more likely to be recovered than unregistered machines thanks to the unique 'fingerprint' given to each piece of equipment by the range of advanced Datatag technology used in the CESAR security system.

Date Created: 03/07/2013

AITS/DATATAG BTEC LEVEL 3 COURSE IN STOLEN PLANT

The BTEC Level 3 award, launched in October 2012, covers the identification of stolen plant and machinery. This extremely popular course was held for the fifth time in June 2013 with delegates from The Metropolitan Police, Hampshire and Cheshire constabularies and the two day course equips police officers with the knowledge to tackle opportunistic and professional equipment theft.

The delegates learn what to look out for leading to a 'rational selection' of suspect vehicles and equipment to examine and to determine its true identity. The official equipment security scheme CESAR has been a huge advance for the UK police giving them irrefutable proof of a machine's identity and as a consequence details of its rightful owner.

CESAR has become the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world with over 120,000 pieces of equipment protected by CESAR with all their details safely locked away on a secure database accessible by the police and other official agencies. CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique 'fingerprint' using an array of high technology security marking devices, supplied by Datatag, including tamper evident triangular registrations plates, Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA, and microscopic Datadots®. Never one to stand still Datatag has recently applied even more technology to the familiar triangular, tamper evident, registration plate in the form of a 'quick response' (QR) code that will allow even quicker and more convenient security checks by the police and public alike.

Over 70 police officers have now attended the BTEC course and Met police officer Antonia Holt comments, "The course was extremely useful to me as it has refreshed my knowledge and given me a new insight into what to look out for and how to use the CESAR 'fingerprint' to identify a machine's identity".

Date Created: 28/06/2013

CESAR SCHEME AND AMAZONE AT CEREALS 2013

The Datatag team had a busy opening day at CEREALS 2013 near Lincoln. As well as discussing the many benefits of the CESAR scheme with the numerous visitors to the CESAR stand Dave Luscombe found time to call on recent adopters Amazone.

The Amazone Pantera 4001 self-propelled crop protection sprayer (shown in the image) is one of the largest machines to be protected by CESAR in the agricultural market.

The team expect another busy day as the show opens in wet and windy conditions.

For further information on CEREALS The Arable Event, go to: http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/

Date Created: 13/06/2013

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Date Created: 03/06/2013

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SECURITY PATHFINDERS RECOGNISED BY THE INDUSTRY

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA), the organisation behind Plantworx and the only official equipment security scheme CESAR, organised a 'Police Aware Workshop' on the final day (May 16th) of the inaugural Plantworx exhibition. The seminar, attended by over 100 serving police officers, was designed to raise awareness of the growing problem of equipment theft and to make police officers aware of the many benefits of the CESAR scheme. CESAR is fitted by most leading manufacturers and over 75% of new construction equipment in the UK is now delivered with CESAR.

The team behind CESAR took the opportunity to make a number of presentations, at the close of the seminar, to people and organisations that have made a significant contribution to equipment security in the past few years and who have worked to make CESAR such a success.

The following awards were made:

Crime fighting agricultural equipment

• Citation-For an outstanding contribution to crime fighting-agricultural equipment.
• Award presented by Mr Gordon Day, Branch Tactical Marketing Manager, John Deere Limited.
• Award presented to PC Chris Wesley, Lincolnshire Police.

Crime fighting-construction equipment

• Citation-For an outstanding contribution to crime fighting-construction equipment.
• Award presented by Mr Dan Thompstone UK & Ireland Sales Director, JCB Sales Limited.
• Award presented to PC Paul Ennis, West Midlands Police.

Policing to combat construction and agricultural equipment theft

• Citation-For an outstanding commitment to proactive policing to combat construction and agricultural equipment theft.
• Award presented by Mr Colin Wood Chief Executive CPA.
• Award presented to Thames Valley Police.

Best practice to combat construction equipment theft

• Citation-For leadership in promoting best practice to combat construction equipment theft.
• Award presented by Mr Nick Ground President CEA and Mr Keith Dolbear CEA Council
• Award presented to JC Bamford Excavators Limited, accepted by Mr Dan Thompstone UK & Ireland Sales Director.

Best practice to combat agricultural equipment theft

• Citation-For leadership in promoting best practice to combat agricultural equipment theft.
• Award presented to John Deere Limited, accepted by Mr Gordon Day, Branch Tactical Marketing Manager.

Special recognition award

• Citation-For a consistent commitment to promoting security best practice in the construction industry.
• Award presented to Mr Mike Revell, Group Plant Director Clancy Plant Hire and Chairman of Combined Industries Theft Solutions (CITS).

Mike Revell, Group Plant Director Clancy Plant Hire is responsible for the successful running of the business.

Mike joined Clancy's in 1983, when he was appointed Depot Manager of the plant hire division. In time he took on the responsibilities of Plant and Transport Director, being promoted to the board some 12 years later in 1995. Mike has been Chair of the Combined Industries Theft Solutions (CITS) scheme since the mid-90s, and has been instrumental in raising awareness about plant and equipment theft prevention within the construction industry. He also chaired the Freight Transport Association's Essential Services Working Group between 2007 and 2009.

Born in Cricklewood, North London in 1947, Mike studied at Northwood College. He did an apprenticeship in the motor industry with Henley's in Edgware, an early career choice that piqued his interest for all things transport.

When he's not at work, Mike can be found nursing his petrol head tendencies elsewhere. Another type of transport he enjoys is boats, namely one of the motor varieties that he keeps on the South coast. He held the esteemed post of The Commodore of Chichester Yacht club for two years between 1999-2001. Mike lives in Pinner with his wife Sue, with whom he has a son and a daughter. His daughter, Clare Burgess, works in business development for Clancy Plant Hire.

Date Created: 16/05/2013

BRITAIN'S NEW MOTORCYCLE RACING SUPERSTARS, LIVE AT PLANTWORX 2013

World Class sports men are rare at the best of times, and certainly in recent years British motorcycle sport has had something of a talent hiatus.

But things are changing in a sport traditionally dominated by Spanish and Italian riders; UK star Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes are waving the Union Flag strongly in their respective world class fields and they are soon to be joined by two of the most exciting talents to come out of the UK in a generation.

To have one awesomely talented rider burst onto the scene in a year would be remarkable enough but to have two is unprecedented! And yet when the two riders are identical twins, each with their own unique style, perhaps it's not such a coincidence?

The twins in question are Sam and Alex Lowes, two of the most exciting motorcycle racers that the UK has ever produced.

Heralding from Lincolnshire, and now resident in Derby, the 22 year old twins have worked their way up from junior motocross, through the ranks of junior road racing on 125cc bikes to the current positions;

Alex Lowes, Samsung Honda British Superbike team, currently leading the British Superbike Championship having been on the podium at every round in 2013.

Sam Lowes, 2010 World Supersport Championship, now riding for the Russian Yakhnich Motorsport Team on a Yamaha in the World Supersport Championship and is currently lying third in the Championship.

Without doubt both Sam and Alex will be racing on the world stage very soon, MotoGP or World Superbike – or both!

Datatag ID is proud to announce that Sam and Alex Lowes will be special VIP guests at Plantworx 2013 on Wednesday 15th May.

Come and meet the twins on the CESAR/Datatag stand in the Security Village at Plantworx on Wednesday 14th and say hello to the future of British motorcycle racing! The boys will be available to sign autographs and have photographs taken on Wednesday at 10.30, 12.30 and 14.30.

For more information on the British Super Bikes, go to DATATAG Racing for more details

Date Created: 09/05/2013

DATATAG GRAB GOLD WITH SAVAGE SKILLS

Datatag the power behind CESAR, the official equipment security scheme, has lined up the UK's leading freestyle mountain bike stunt team Ben Savage and Savage Skills. Savage Skills pride themselves on being the most accomplished bike stunt show team in the UK.

Savage Skills, finalists in ITV1's Let's Get Gold programme last summer, will be appearing at the inaugural PLANTWORX on Tuesday and Wednesday giving 4 breath-taking performances per day in front of the PLANTWORX Security Village.

Although well known in 'bike' circles Ben Savage and the team gained wider public awareness last summer when reaching the final of the popular ITV1 programme Let's Get Gold. Let's Get Gold pitted 15 sporting teams against each other as they aimed to transform their sport into the most spectacular and entertaining routine.

Ben Savage, who manages Savage Skills and is a key performer within the group, said: "It was a wonderful experience to appear on ITV1. We have performed numerous shows over the years to crowds of hundreds if not thousands of people.

"Many of us have also participated and won in both European and World BMX Championships. To appear on television, however, with both a live audience and a television audience running into the millions definitely took the adrenaline to a new level.

Savage Skills has recently turned their undoubted skills to the 'Datatag Challenge Week' and an example can be seen in the clip by following the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWXryoAl568

Entry to PLANTWORX is free and all the details can be found at www.plantworx.co.uk

Date Created: 09/05/2013

PLANTWORX SECURITY VILLAGE SHAPES UP

With less than 50 days to go before the inaugural PLANTWORX exhibitors in the Security Village are announcing their plans for the show.

Last week the winners of the CESAR and Datatag sponsored PLANTWORX Security Innovation awards were announced. The winners, Automatrics, will be exhibiting their mtrack Proactive, a self-powered vehicle tracking device at PLANTWORX. Managing Director of Automatrics, Richard Taylor, was presented with the security award by Datatag's Vince Wise, a former police officer. Judge Mike Revell of utility contractor Clancy Docwra said at the ceremony, "This ticks all the boxes, it's got everything." The other judges were equally convinced of the mtrack Proactive's merits and made it the unanimous winner.

OnGarde, another PLANTWORX Security Village exhibitor, were given a 'highly commended' judges comment in the same awards for their submission. Meeting the need for security in remote locations the OnGarde Hybrid Solar Power Station is an ideal partner for powering the firm's innovative and secure CCTV tower that employs high-tech tracking technology.

Datatag ID Limited will exhibit at PLANTWORX and on behalf of the official construction equipment security scheme, CESAR. Visitors to PLANTWORX, and the Datatag stand, will have the opportunity to win 2 VIP hospitality tickets for a round of the British Super Bike Championship, which is sponsored by Datatag.

CESAR, the world's most successful equipment security scheme, will be much in evidence at PLANTWORX as its familiar triangular registration plate will be a common sight at the show on machines from many of the leading manufacturers. Never ones to stand still Datatag have applied even more technology to the triangular, tamper evident, registration plate in the form of a 'quick response' (QR) code. This will allow even quicker and more convenient security checks by the police and public alike.

The PLANTWORX Security Village will give visitors an ideal opportunity to see the range of technology that's available today to enhance equipment security at a time when equipment theft, and export to Eastern Europe, is again on the rise. Sadly the threat of equipment theft is never far away from British construction sites but the industry has a wide choice of security technology to make life as tough as possible for professional and opportunistic thieves who prey on the ill prepared and unwary.

Date Created: 22/03/2013

CESAR REGISTRATION IDENTIFIES STOLEN JCB IN POLAND

A stolen British JCB Telescopic Handler, found in Poland, was identified in minutes thanks to CESAR security and registration. The machine's original manufacturer's marks and VIN plate had been altered in an attempt to mask the machine's true identity but the thieves had left the distinctive triangular CESAR registration plates alone.

One call to Datatag's 24/7 emergency line was all it took for the investigators to establish the true identity and rightful owner of the machine using the unique CESAR registration number. Even if the thieves had removed the registration plates the machine's identity would still have been easy to establish thanks to CESAR's unique and permanent security marking 'fingerprint'. Every CESAR registered machine is given its own permanent 'fingerprint' using 'state of the art' security marking devices including RFID tags, Datadots and forensic DNA that thieves simply cannot remove.

The machine, which was stolen in April 2009, belonged to the national rental company One Call Hire. The recovered machine will now be sold with the proceeds going to leading insurer Aviva who had already paid-out on the insurance claim.
This is the latest in a long list of machines recovered and identified with the help of CESAR security and registration, the most successful scheme of its type in the world. No wonder CESAR registered machines are 6 times more likely to be recovered than unregistered machines!

Date Created: 13/02/2013

CESAR HELPS CORNES MINI DIGGER HIRE COMPANY

Cornes Mini Digger Hire, operating out of three centres in Crewe, Northwich and Holmes Chapel, run a range of compact construction equipment including mini-excavators, site-dumpers and trench compactors.

With their equipment out on hire Cornes were a vulnerable target to thieves but now thanks to the CESAR scheme all their machines are now fully protected. Owner Chris Cornes decided to fit CESAR to his all machines after having a Takeuchi Mini-Excavator stolen from a customer's drive and a spate of 'spurious' hire enquiries.

Commenting on his decision Chris said "We became aware of the growing problem of theft some months ago when one of our machines was stolen. Our depots are regularly 'checked-out' by shady characters and many other local plant companies have been targeted by thieves. I decide to look into what anti-theft systems were available to help with the increasing problem of theft. CESAR is, by far, the most highly regarded security system available and it's very cost effective as my insurance premium discounts nearly covered the cost of fitting CESAR to our machines."

Fitting CESAR has given me peace of mind and we have put the CESAR and Datatag logos on our website to show that our machines are now protected. This has had a significant impact, as there has been a huge reduction in the type of enquiry we were getting previously from both potential opportunist thieves and organised gangs."

CESAR, promoted by the Construction Equipment Association, is the only official equipment security and registration scheme in the UK and it's widely regarded as the first logical step against theft. CESAR is a proven deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR works by giving each piece of equipment a unique and permanent 'fingerprint' using hi-tech security marking devices. CESAR is the most successful and widely used scheme in the world. Cumulative machine registrations topped 110,000 at the end of 2012.

Date Created: 12/02/2013

CESAR EXHIBIT AT 30TH BAUMA

CESAR is set to exhibit at the huge bauma 2013 construction equipment exhibition to promote the world's most successful equipment security and registration scheme in Europe. bauma is the world's largest and most important trade fair for the construction industry in Europe with a total of 555,000 square metres of exhibition space. Last held in 2010, the Munich exhibition runs from April 15-21 2013.

The CESAR stand (A5.416F), a part of the British pavilion, will explain the many benefits of the innovative scheme that now protects over 110,000 machines worldwide. CESAR registered machines are fitted with a sophisticated and multi-layered security system that gives each machine its own unique 'fingerprint', that is impossible for thieves to remove. In this way CESAR acts as both a powerful deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR registered machines are 4 times less likely to be stolen and 6 times more likely to be recovered than unregistered machines.

Widely supported by leading manufacturers, international trade bodies, various national police forces and the asset finance and insurance industries CESAR can protect anything from a hand guided vibrating plate to a 60 tonne excavator.

Date Created: 29/01/2013

DATATAG AND CESAR SPONSOR PLANTWORX INNOVATION AWARDS 2013

Datatag ID, the power behind the CESAR scheme initiative, has announced it will be one of the mains sponsors of this years PLANTWORX Innovation Awards for Security Innovation. Plant theft remains a big problem for the industry and this award recognises the most significant entry in terms of preventing a theft of a machine, attachment and equipment or for locating, retrieving and identifying stolen items.

The PLANTWORX Innovation Awards recognise and celebrate those innovative Products making an impact in the construction equipment industry. Judged by leading industry experts - you can get your product in front of the movers and shakers from the construction and related industries.

There are lots of benefits to entering the Awards for both winners and shortlisted - lots of PR and publicity bringing product and brand awareness before and at the event. Award Winners & shortlisted get noticed by all PLANTWORX visitors and picked up by the media previewing the show.

For more information and to download an entry form, go to PLANTWORX Innovation Award website

Date Created: 18/01/2013

CESAR SECURITY SCHEME ENDORSED BY ZURICH

Zurich, one of the world's leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a truly global basis has endorsed the UK's CESAR equipment security scheme in its 'Site Security best practice guidance for construction companies' guide published in November 2012.

The informative guide, which is available as a convenient PDF, opens with the following perceptive comment: "Construction sites are an easy target for thieves. The lure of quick and easy profits attracts them to high-value plant and equipment. Arson and malicious damage are equally unpleasant and unwelcome site security problems."

In the guide Zurich pose the question is you plant identifiable? They then propose the following steps as 'best practice':

• Use of the CESAR (or CESAR Compact Scheme for smaller items of plant) is strongly encouraged

• The use of vehicle identification numbers

• The use of corporate colours

• Accurate records of company plant and a photographic database (this is especially useful if unique identifiable features are included)

CESAR, which is the most successful scheme of its type anywhere in the world, has proven to be a powerful deterrent against theft and a valuable aid in stolen equipment recovery since its launch. According to official figures compiled by the Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit (PANIU) of the Met Police a total of 19,793 pieces of agricultural and construction equipment have been stolen in the last 4 years. This total includes 1,887 quad bikes, 1,572 tractors, 1,248 telescopic handlers and 406 trailers. 1,752 pieces of equipment have been recovered by police, in that time, of which 418 were recovered by PANIU officers, 24% of the total. In the same period just 701 CESAR registered machines were stolen, well below 1% of the population, and of these 28.2% have been recovered, compared to below 5% before the scheme's inception.

Datatag ID Ltd, the power behind the CESAR scheme, will be exhibiting in the British Pavilion at the giant Bauma construction equipment exhibition due to be held in Munich April 15th-21st.

Date Created: 18/01/2013

CESAR AT EHS 2013

Datatag, the power behind the CESAR scheme, will use the Executive Hire Show to display its range of innovative security systems to protect everything used in construction from a hand held drill to a 30t excavator.

CESAR security systems are available for construction equipment, large and small. CESAR can protect everything from a small dipper mounted breaker up to a 30t excavator. Each CESAR system utilises a number of sophisticated technologies, including Radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders, forensic liquid DNA, microscopic Datadots® and tamper evident registration plates.

CESAR promoted by the Construction Equipment Association, is the only official equipment security and registration scheme in the UK and it's widely regarded as the first logical step against theft. CESAR has been proven to act as a powerful deterrent against theft and an invaluable aid in recovery. CESAR registered machines are four times less likely to be stolen and six times more likely to be recovered than unregistered equipment.

CESAR is the most successful and widely used scheme, of its type, in the world. Cumulative machine registrations topped 100,000 units in October 2012 when JCB built the 100,000th CESAR registered machine, a JCB Loadall telescopic handler.

Datatag security systems are available for smaller construction equipment including hand held drills and saws. Each system utilises a number of sophisticated technologies, including UV stealth etching technology, forensic liquid DNA, microscopic Datadots®, and warning signs and decals.

Date Created: 07/01/2013