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Thames Valley Police Boost CESAR Fitments
Thames Valley Police has launched a new plant and rural crime reduction initiative involving CESAR, the official equipment security and registration scheme.
The initiative is aimed at reducing the theft of expensive agricultural and construction equipment in the area. In the 6 months from December 2009 there have been 115 incidents of tractor and plant theft in the Thames Valley area.
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Date Created: 28/07/2010
Lincolnshire Police Land Rover Discovery
The Lincolnshire Police ‘Auto Crimes’ unit are showing their support for the CESAR scheme by promoting the official equipment security and registration scheme on one of their police vehicles- a Land Rover Discovery.
Lincolnshire is one of the ‘hot-spots’ for tractor thefts currently, with over 30 high value tractors stolen this year, which is why the police are promoting the CESAR scheme to farmers, farm contractors, and agricultural equipment dealers around the large county.
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Date Created: 06/07/2010
CESAR ‘Fingerprint’ Leads To The Recovery Of 3 Stolen Machines From Poland
3 stolen machines are on their way back to the UK thanks to their unique CESAR ‘fingerprint’ and Datatag technology. Police in Poland suspected that 2 JCB Telescopic handlers and a JCB Backhoe were stolen, but as the thieves had removed every single trace of identity and ‘cloned’ the machines with a new identity; the police could not prove it. But Datatag technology and CESAR registration quickly identified that all 3 JCB machines had been stolen, from leading plant hire companies, in the South East of England in 2008 and 2009. The machines are now the property of the insurance companies who settled the losses. JCB were one of the first of many major manufacturers to adopt CESAR and they have been fitting the system to UK machines for 3 years. Read More
Date Created: 24/06/2010
Balfour Beatty Protect New Fleet With CESAR
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, one of the UK's leading utility solutions providers, has specified CESAR to protect a fleet of 30 John Deere tractors. The new machines, supplied by Agricultural Industrial Services (AIS) Limited of Sudbury Derbyshire, will work on electricity distribution projects in remote locations. An approved technician, from Pirtek Derby, fitted CESAR to the machines at Balfour Beatty’s Raynesway plant facility. Read More
Date Created: 21/06/2010
CESAR Much In Evidence At CEREALS 2010
The 2010 Cereals exhibition was held in blustery conditions near Cambridge June 9th & 10th. CESAR, the only official security and registration scheme for construction and agricultural equipment, was much in evidence with CESAR plates on many of the market leading exhibits including machines from John Deere, Case-IH, Caterpillar, Manitou, and McCormick Landini. Over 23,500 visitors attended the busy show. Read More
Date Created: 15/06/2010
JCB Roll-Out With CESAR At CEREALS
JCB, the world renowned manufacturer, announced in April 2010 that it was to fit the CESAR security and registration system to all its agricultural machines sold in the UK and now machines are rolling off the production lines fully protected. This includes the range of JCB Loadall telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels, Robot skid-steer loaders, and the high-speed Fastrac tractors. Read More
Date Created: 08/06/2010
CASE IH Adopt CESAR® To Protect Demonstration Fleet
Case IH, the leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, has just fitted CESAR to its fleet of demonstration tractors to protect them from theft. The sizable fleet, which regularly works across the length and breadth of the UK, includes Puma, Maxxum, and Magnum models up to 335 h.p. Read More
Date Created: 19/05/2010
CESAR® Sponsored Police Unit Get Their First Conviction
Two plant thieves are starting prison sentences after a successful prosecution by the CESAR sponsored specialist Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit of the Met Police. Read More
Date Created: 24/03/2010
Tree Surgeon Foils Thieves And Turns To Datatag
A Wakefield tree surgeon foiled thieves who attempted to steal his Timberwolf woodchipper from a site in Wakefield. Simon Roberts jumped out of an apple tree and confronted the would-be thieves who were in the process of loading his £9,000 machine onto their Transit pick-up truck. Shocked at his approach the two men attempted to pass of their actions ‘as a joke’. And now Simon has turned to CESAR supplier Datatag to safeguard his machine to avoid a similar confrontation in the future. CESAR is the official plant and equipment registration scheme supported by the Home Office, leading equipment manufacturers and the British Machinery Insurers Association. Read More
Date Created: 23/03/2010
Finning Adopt CESAR® To Safeguard CAT® Customer Machines
Finning, the UK's sole supplier of Caterpillar® equipment, has today announced that it will fit the official CESAR plant registration and security system to all new Caterpillar machines that it supplies from March 1st.
With over 26,000 machines registered in construction and agriculture CESAR, supported by the Home Office and the British Machinery Insurers Association, is the market leading scheme providing a powerful deterrent against theft and an assured way of identifying a machine in the unlikely event of theft. Statistics compiled by the insurance industry funded Plant and Agriculture National Intelligence Unit show that CESAR registered machines are 6 times more likely to be recovered in the event of theft, than unregistered machines, and 4 times less likely to be stolen in the first place.
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Date Created: 02/03/2010
Police Operation Utah Results In Prosecutions After Vehicle And Plant Checks In Midlands
A joint operation by the police forces of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands, under the banner of operation Utah, was hailed a success by senior officers after it resulted in over 30 prosecutions for a variety of vehicle related offences. The operation centred on Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent with over 100 vehicles stopped from the M42, A5, A50 and A500 during the day.
Officers from the specialist Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit (PANIU) joined the operation to check on construction and agricultural plant movements. The now widely adopted CESAR plant registration scheme provides the police with the ability to check on construction and agricultural machines in exactly the same way as they would a car or van through the Police National Computer (PNC).
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Date Created: 02/03/2010
Agricultural Engineers Team Trained for CESAR® Aftermarket Fitment
The first technicians trained on behalf of the AEA (Agricultural Engineers Association) have completed their training to install the official CESAR system on agricultural equipment. This first group of technicians from the North, South, East and West will provide the initial countrywide coverage for aftermarket fitment.
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Date Created: 10/02/2010
Kubota Fit CESAR® To Star In Security Initiative
Kubota, the market leader in the UK mini-excavator market, has today announced that it’s to fit the CESAR® registration and security system to two of its popular excavator models. The machines are the U17-3, a 1,650kg mini-excavator, and the KX080-3, a 8,300kg midi-excavator. As a consequence of the move both machine now qualify for the recently introduced ‘3 star’ security rating from the Insurance Industry Research Establishment, Thatcham. Read More
Date Created: 01/12/2009
McCormick Tractors To Be Protected By Anit-Theft Registration Scheme
Farmers and contractors buying a new McCormick tractor in 2010 can enjoy lower insurance premiums and their machines are less likely to be stolen thanks to joining an industry-leading initiative by distributor AgriArgo UK.
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Date Created: 09/11/2009
Landini Tractors To Be Protected By Anti-Theft Registration Scheme
Farmers and contractors buying a new Landini tractor in 2010 can enjoy lower insurance premiums and their machines are less likely to be stolen thanks to joining an industry-leading initiative by distributor AgriArgo UK.
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Date Created: 06/11/2009
CESAR Heads To The Country Aafter CEA/AEA Agreement Signed
The Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) has just announced that it has adopted CESAR® as its official security and registration scheme. Roger Lane-Nott, Chief Executive of the AEA, and Yvette Henshall-Bell (a Director of the CEA) signed an agreement between the AEA and the Construction Equipment Association (which owns the CESAR trade mark), during the fifth annual Construction Industry Thefts Solution conference held at the JCB world headquarters. Read More
Date Created: 06/11/2009
The Agricultural Industry Gets Behind CESAR
The official CESAR security and registration scheme kicked off its drive into agriculture with united support from the industry at the annual Tillage equipment show organised by the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA). Roger Lane-Nott, Chief Executive of the AEA, told the press that the agricultural industry needs to get behind this ground breaking scheme to help eradicate the growing problem of equipment theft. Read More
Date Created: 23/09/2009
Travis Perkins Endorse CESAR
Travis Perkins, the UK's leading builders' merchant, has announced that it has specified the fitment of CESAR on all its new construction equipment for its hire operation. Read More
Date Created: 09/09/2009
CESAR Reaches Star Status
Datatag ID Limited, the market leader in security marking and the power behind the Official Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme (CESAR) has gained a prestigious Quality Assurance Accreditation from Thatcham, the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre for its vehicle identification and registration system-CESAR.
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Date Created: 18/05/2009
Bell Equipment Adopt CESAR For The New Year
Bell Equipment UK has joined the growing band of construction equipment manufacturers to fit the Datatag security system and register its new machines with the Construction Equipment Security and Registration (CESAR) scheme prior to delivering them to their customers. Read More
Date Created: 23/12/2008
Ammann Equipment Adopt CESAR On Financed Machines
Ammann Equipment has just announced that it’s joined the list of enlightened manufacturers registering machines with the CESAR scheme. Ammann Equipment sells Ammann compaction equipment and Yanmar mini-excavators in the UK. CESAR registration will be provided to customers buying new equipment and financing it through Ammann finance, which accounts for around 85% of all sales. CESAR will be offered as an option to customers who arrange alternative finance. Read More
Date Created: 21/11/2008
CESAR At The 2008 CECE Congress
CESAR INTO EUROPE?
The Construction Equipment Security and Registration(CESAR) scheme was on the agenda at the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) Congress held in York October 16th-18th. Rob Oliver Chief Executive of the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) presented the scheme to the 200 European delegates and showed a specially commissioned 8 minute CESAR video on the morning of Friday 17th. Read More
Date Created: 04/11/2008
Stolen Skid-Steer Identified And Recovered In Sharjah
A stolen JCB skid-steer loader has been identified and recovered in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates thanks to the help of Datatag. The machine belonging to A-Plant was registered with the CESAR (Construction Equipment Security and Registration) scheme and fitted with the Datatag security system. Read More
Date Created: 09/10/2008
Takeuchi Join The CESAR Club
Takeuchi, a leading manufacturer of mini excavators and tracked loaders, is set to become the latest in a distinguished list of manufacturers to fit the Datatag system and register their machines with the CESAR scheme. This will start September 1st. Read More
Date Created: 10/09/2008
Bobcat West Midlands To Fit CESAR To Compact Equipment
All new Bobcat® skid-steer loaders, compact excavators and telescopic handlers supplied by Bobcat West Midlands are to be fitted with the Datatag security system and registered with the CESAR scheme from August 1st. Read More
Date Created: 04/08/2008
Bomag To Protect Tandem Rollers With CESAR Registration And The Datatag Security System
BOMAG, the market leader in compaction, has just announced that from July 1st it will be fitting Datatag security devices and registering all Tandem Vibratory Rollers it sells through its network of compaction Centres in the UK with the official CESAR scheme. Commenting on the move BOMAG (G.B.) Managing Director Alan Batty had this to say……….”We’ve been aware of the CESAR scheme since its inception and have monitored its adoption rate by excavator manufacturers and the like. Our plant hire customers in particular are keen to see CESAR universally adopted as part of a drive to reduce plant theft and we’re keen to help in that respect. We’ve started with our market leading Tandem Rollers, as this is where our volume is, and also because they are a common target for thieves due to their very high residual values and the fact that they are popular throughout Europe”. Tandem vibratory rollers are the fourth most common type of plant to be stolen after generators, hydraulic dipper mounted breakers and compressors. Read More
Date Created: 15/07/2008
Hanix - First Mini Excavator Manufacturer For CESAR O/E – Standard Fitment
From 1st July 2008, Hanix Europe Ltd will fit CESAR Identification Technology to its entire range of Excavators. With Mini Excavators being an important addition, throughout building and construction sectors, particularly for ground works and landscaping, they are recognised as a particularly high-risk equipment area in the construction market. Because of their portability – a flatbed trailer can be sourced to transport mini excavators very quickly – as a result they have become a ready target for theft. Hanix is the first Japanese manufacturer within the sector to address this problem and to fit CESAR Identification Technology as standard, offering greater security and peace of mind to its customers. Read More
Date Created: 09/07/2008
£1.1 Million Stolen Equipment Recovered In Just Two Weeks!
Between 26th April and 11th May 2008 the National Roads Policing Intelligence Forum (NRPIF) together with the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) and Ports Police around the UK took part in Operation Crassus to try to identify the amount of stolen plant being moved on the strategic road network. The newly formed Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit supported them. Read More
Date Created: 30/06/2008
Handler Giant Merlo Names CESAR ID As OE Fit
Latest manufacturer to join fight to combat agricultural and construction plant theft.
Merlo UK Ltd has become the latest company to install CESAR ID as OE fit to all new equipment commencing July 1st 2008, joining fellow manufacturers Doosan Infracore, JCB, NC Engineering, NU Rock and Manitou, together with contractors, and hire companies, who are targeting the issue of plant and equipment theft in the construction and agriculture sectors. Figures estimate the annual losses from plant theft at £300-500m per annum.
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Date Created: 09/06/2008
CESAR Plant Recovery Under Investigation
Stolen on Sunday. Reported on Monday. Recovered on Wednesday. Returned on Thursday!!!!!
38 Police forces across the UK have been involved in Operation CRASSUS, a strategic campaign to combat plant and equipment theft. Running from 27/04/08 and finishing on 11/05/08, Operation CRASSUS was a two-week national campaign involving every UK Police force and VCRAT (Vehicle Crime Reduction Accident Team). Martin Redhead of the Metropolitan Police spearheaded the campaign in London MPA (Metropolitan Police Area) and discussed an instance of a key recovery of CESAR marked equipment, although due to the nature of the crime, the theft is currently under investigation and certain facts cannot be revealed. What is certain is that recovery was only possible due to the equipment being CESAR’d – namely being registered and marked with DATATAG ID technology. Read More
Date Created: 20/05/2008
CESAR Scheme Wins International Security Award.
Success of combating construction industry plant theft acknowledged at National Vehicle Crime Conference.
CESAR – The Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme – has been awarded the 2008 IAATI Peter Leigh Award by the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators, at the annual National Vehicle Crime Conference at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon on May 7-8th. IAATI has 4,700 members in over 36 countries world wide made up of serving and ex- police officers who specialise in combating organised vehicle crime. The award which is only given out in exceptional circumstances is in memory of Peter Leigh- a former police officer and IAATI member who specialised in plant theft. CESAR was presented with the award for their outstanding impact on the prevention of construction plant theft.
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Date Created: 15/05/2008
Agricultural Sector Ready To Counter Soaring Plant And Vehicle Theft With CESAR Identification Technology
The Official CESAR Scheme to combat £300-500m annual losses. Read More
Date Created: 15/05/2008
Concrete Mixer Manufacturer NU Rock Latest To Fit CESAR As Standard
CESAR Identification Technology now standard across entire product range. Read More
Date Created: 12/05/2008
CESAR Set To Make Big Impact At SED
Construction Industry show to spotlight success of CESAR Identification Technology in countering £300-500m Plant and Equipment theft.
With CESAR “the Official Registration Scheme” having recently passed the 10,000th customer milestone and with the number of installations continuing to grow apace throughout the UK, the SED exhibit (Stand 541, Site Equipment Zone, Avenue Q) highlights increasing manufacturer involvement and the role of Police Forces in combating construction plant theft, running at £300-500m annually. Graphically demonstrating the CESAR success story with the theme Plant Theft – Your Number’s Up, the hands-on stand will also link visitors to their local CESAR installation specialist. Read More
Date Created: 12/05/2008
CESAR Identification Technology Reaches Milestone With 10,000th Customer
CESAR – The Official Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme – recently passed the significant milestone of its 10,000th customer, the event being marked at a special presentation at the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) AGM, held on April 10th 2008 in Westminster. Read More
Date Created: 18/04/2008
Manitou Becomes 1st Manufacturer To Fit CESAR As Standard To Agricultural & Construction Equipment
The World's leading telehandler manufacturer specifies CESAR Identification Technology across entire product range.
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Date Created: 07/03/2008
CESAR Technicians Approach 200 As UK ConstructionPlant Identification Soars
OEMs and leading contracting companies spearheading drive to counter site theft.
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Date Created: 06/03/2008
CESAR Website Launch Boosts Fight Against Plant Theft
User-friendly website links contractors, manufacturers and dealers with CESAR promoted by CEA and powered by Datatag Identification Technology.
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Date Created: 05/03/2008
NC Engineering Latest To Adopt CESAR Identification Technology
NC Engineering, the Hamiltonsbawn, Belfast, NI manufacturer of site dumpers for construction, industrial and agricultural usage, has become the latest supporter of the CESAR scheme, installing it as standard on all vehicles. Read More
Date Created: 04/02/2008
Scottish Councils And Police Forces Back The CESAR Scheme
CESAR – the Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme is going from strength to strength as “state of the art” identification technology installations continue to surge ahead on a nationwide basis. In Scotland, many of the local authorities are making the CESAR Scheme mandatory on all plant and construction equipment. Read More
Date Created: 04/02/2008
JCB Sets The Standard With Twin Attack On Plant Theft
JCB today launches a two-pronged attack on plant theft by announcing proposals to fit machines with CESAR and immobilisers as standard. Read More
Date Created: 03/02/2008
Terex Supply Leading Hire Company A-Plant Machines With Factory Fited CESAR System – An Industry First!
Terex are the first construction equipment manufacturer to provide customers with the Datatag CESAR system as a factory fit on construction machinery, with leading UK rental company A-Plant taking the first machines. Read More
Date Created: 03/02/2008
The Number's Up For Clancy Docwra Plant Theft As Construction Giant Signs Up To CESAR
Clancy Docwra one of the leading national construction companies in the UK Utilities sector, has become the latest to sign up to CESAR – the Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme. This important Home Office supported - industry wide initiative supported by the Plant Theft Action Group (PTAG) and overseen by the Construction Equipment Association(CEA) is gathering momentum fast in the campaign to stamp out construction plant theft, estimated to be running at an annual total of £100 million, with minimal recovery.
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Date Created: 03/02/2008
Doosan Is First Manufacturer To Identify Its Equipment As Part Of The CESAR Scheme
Doosan Infracore UK is the first construction equipment manufacturer to fit Datatag systems as standard to its full range of excavators, wheeled loaders and skid steer loaders as part of the Construction Equipment Security and Registration (CESAR) scheme developed by the influential Plant Theft Action Group (PTAG) in conjunction with the Construction Equipment Association (CEA). Read More
Date Created: 02/02/2008
CESAR - The Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme - Launch
May 2006 saw a major initiative in the campaign to stamp out crime in the construction industry when in excess of 20 companies were invited to tender to the Plant Theft Action Group to implement a unique security and registration scheme – a first for the sector. Read More
Date Created: 01/02/2008
