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£1.1 MILLION STOLEN EQUIPMENT RECOVERED IN JUST TWO WEEKS!
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HANDLER GIANT MERLO NAMES CESAR ID AS OE FIT
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£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 CONSTRUCTION PLANT 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 FITTED 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
