TOTAL ISOLATION

AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON

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The KOSRAN intelligent valve is the only Thatcham category P2 approved system for construction plant

• Kosran system shuts off the diesel supply and locks the hydraulic and electric circuits 30 seconds after you switch off the engine. So the machine is always protected.
• Keypad or iButton fob key version available.
• 12 or 24 volt systems
• Specifically designed for both contractors plant and hire fleet machines
• Approved by Thatcham, Manufacturers, Insurers & Brokers

The Thatcham Vehicle Security Categories

Category 2
Passenger Cars, LCV, HGV, Plant, Motorcycles
ELECTRONIC/ELECTROMECHANICAL IMMOBILISER

• Immobiliser, Passively set, Isolates a minimum of two operating circuits or systems, or a minimum of one operationally relevant vehicle control unit with coded intervention

KOSRAN IS YOUR BEST INSURANCE AGAINST PAYING INSURANCE EXCESSES, HIRING REPLACEMENTS & CHASING INSURANCE CLAIMS

The Primary function of the KOSRAN ECV® is the immobilisatation of the diesel fuel supply (AND electrical circuits) by a tamperproof digital Smart-Valve, the KOSRAN ECV®. The ECV will interface with GSM-GPS Satellite tracking & Telematic Information Systems. - Diesel Vehicles are easy to steal and electronic immobilisers are totally ineffective on diesels: the high compression diesel engine requires no external ignition system and it runs mechanically and can be started no matter how many electrical circuits are cut. - The KOSRAN ECV® is dedicated to beating the most determined thief and is self financing through good insurance companies.

Please see the pdf file by clicking here for further details on this product.

GE adopts Kosran security system ( 13 December 2006 )

Following an 18-month trial, plant hirer GE Equipment Services has decided to specify Kosran's immobilisation system on its excavators, rollers, dumpers and telehandlers. The hirer, which spends around £30m-a-year on new equipment, has found Kosran's keypad/PIN number system overcomes the problems key-based security systems cause plant hirers. Kosran's system automatically disconnects the fuel and hydraulic circuits 30 seconds after the engine has been switched off.

Machinery and equipment thefts hit record high

A record £43 million worth of machinery and equipment was stolen from construction, agricultural and other industrial sites last year, a new report has revealed.

The number of machinery and equipment thefts rose by 20% in the UK, according to the National Plant and Equipment Register's (TER) 2006 Equipment Theft Report.

In 2005, reported tractor thefts rose 70%, quad bikes by 62%, dumpers by 54%, breakers by 42%, rollers by 41% and fork lift trucks by 38%. Trailer theft rose 24%.

The most expensive piece of equipment stolen was a £98,000 Komatsu loading shovel, used for moving huge loads of earth in road construction or quarrying, which was taken in Shropshire last June. The most common items to be stolen were excavators, with 1,169 taken last year.

According to TER - the national database for registering and recovering construction, quarrying, agricultural and demolition equipment - stolen excavators are often used in the theft of ATMs from banks or to partially destroy cash transit vans.

There are also concerns that various types of equipment could be used as a 'Trojan horse' to smuggle weapons or drugs into the UK or to hide a terrorist bomb.

The sale of diggers, rollers, excavators and other pieces of plant for thousands of pounds each can also be used to fund criminal and terrorist networks, TER warned.

"In many ways, parts of the plant and equipment industry are like the 'Wild West' of old," said TER manager Tim Purbrick. "There appears to be little regulation, too much cash in hand, and very low levels of policing, either by law enforcement or the industries involved.

"This is despite the fact that plant and equipment theft spans the spectrum of criminality - from opportunist through serious organised criminal to terrorist.

Less than 5% of plant and equipment stolen each year is recovered, the 2006 Equipment Theft Report said.

Government advice

The Home Office recommends that companies maintain an asset register of plant, including where it should be at any given time. It also advises that all plant equipment and attachments be registered with TER.

When buying equipment firms should get a full description of it from the seller and match this against the item, as well as a plant identification document containing ID numbers. If buying second-hand equipment, its history should be checked with TER and/or HPI.

If you own the equipment, mark it with a unique company identification feature, such as corporate colours. Anti-theft devices, locks, wheel clamps and/or high security chains should be used on all plant equipment that is not constantly supervised. The Government also recommends that whenever equipment is sent elsewhere, drivers are given a conveyance note and a responsible employee appointed who can sign the note and look after the plant on site and update the plant register with the details

Please see the pdf file advising on Plant Theft by clicking here

BBC NEWS 17 October 2007

Stolen machinery driven from yard

Six large excavators worth £140,000 were driven away by thieves who cut their way through a wire fence. The heavy plant machinery, belonging to hire firm Selwood Ltd, were driven away from the company's yard between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning. Police said the firm's yard, on Old Barn Farm Road at Three-Legged Cross in Wimborne, Dorset, stores diggers, dump trucks and excavators.

The stolen items included three 2.5 tonne and one 7.5 tonne excavators.

Fife Constabulary

Theft of High Value Plant Machinery, Kirkcaldy. - 22nd January 2008

 A JCB Forklift Truck was stolen from Ennstone Thistle , Orrock Quarry, Kirkcaldy  between  5.30 pm on Saturday 19th  and 11.30 am Sunday 21st January 2008.  The JCB, model 533-105 is described as Yellow in colour, bearing the Logo Robert Purvis Plant Hire on the side is valued at £32000.

EXTRACT FROM CONSTRUCT 2012

Construction is facing a plant theft plague ahead of London's 2012 Olympic Games, reports the National Plant and Equipment Register.

The warning came as national plant register TER unveiled figures that showed the value of equipment theft soared 13 per cent to £43 million in 2005. The number of goods stolen increased by 20 per cent to 4,324, with the average theft costing £9,800.

TER manager Tim Purbrick told Construction News: "We are already receiving information about equipment being stolen and stored ahead of work on Olympic construction projects.”There's an incredible amount of building work to be done for the Olympics. But how much of it will be done with stolen plant?" Mr Purbrick added: "At the moment the problem is only going to get worse because equipment theft isn't set as a priority for chief constables of police forces. They're not measured on their performance in solving crimes.

"But plant theft covers the whole spectrum of criminality from small-time thieves to major organised gangs.

There are links with smuggling, money laundering, drugs and terrorism." According to Home Office figures, £1 million-worth of plant and equipment is stolen every week. But Mr Purbrick said: "£43 million in theft could be the tip of the iceberg.

We only know what the industry and what the police tell us. The true figure could be twice as much again." TER ? which has £200 million worth of stolen plant on its database, wants to see more due diligence from insurance companies dealing with used equipment.

Its report says: "Very few parties appear to concern themselves with the ownership status of an item of used equipment prior to purchase, sale, insurance or finance, despite known high levels of equipment theft and of stolen equipment in circulation.

"Insurers, who end up owning a significant quantity of the stolen equipment, then, insure it with another of their equipment owning clients." In March a Construction News investigation revealed £23.8 million in goods were stolen across 33 of the UK's 52 police forces, with just £1.2 million worth recovered by police. For the 23 forces that provided theft and detection data, 6,906 crimes resulted in just 363 detections, a rate of just 5 per cent.

“Don’t delay keep the thief at bay”

Kosran ECV Ltd, Dublin, Have been approved to be a member of Hire Association Europe.