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Selectamark plc

Selectamark, established in 1985, is a leading name in the UK Security industry. The Company holds ISO9001:2008 accreditation and offers a full range of property marking and identification products.

The revolutionary SelectaDNA forensic marking products, which mark assets, metals and criminals, is a powerful crime reduction system which is proven to reduce theft and burglaries by up to 85%.

SelectaDNA not only reduces crime but also enables the Police to link criminals to crimes and secure convictions. Products are Police approved by SBD and used by the majority of the UK Police forces. Selectamark’s products are supported by a LPS1224 database with 24/7 access for Police.

Standards

Selectamark actively seeks to obtain standards to demonstrate it's commitment to delivering security solutions of the highest quality.

The commitment is significant in both management time and money but we believe that everyone wins as a result. We, as a company, have better internal controls and you, as our customer, benefit from the peace of mind that we are customer focused and continue to deliver quality products.

In fact, all Police, Local Authorities, NHS departments and Universities are required to ask for these standards. This trend is set to continue and if you are not asking for these you should be asking yourself - why not?

There are three main standards worth holding and Selectamark holds all three. A brief description follows below:

Secured by Design
LPCB 1225
ISO9001:2000

Secured by Design

Secured by Design is the UK Police flagship initiative supporting the principles of designing out crime. It has a number of key features:

Secured by Design is supported and managed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and has the backing of the Home Office. It has been drawn up in consultation with the Department for Transport, Local Government & Regions (formerly DETR) as well as trade, industry and standards organizations.
Secured by Design (SBD) is the corporate title for a family of national police projects involving the design for new homes, refurbished homes, commercial premises, car parks and other police crime prevention projects.

Licenced Products

Secured by Design licensed company status is awarded to those companies producing security products which pass standards and tests nominated by the police service as "Police Preferred Specification".

Licence Holders

Companies appearing on the product categories hold Secured by Design Licences and produce one or more products, which meet technical standards endorsed by ACPO CPI Ltd.

The Secured by Design logo and the title "Police Preferred Specification" may only be used in respect of products which meet these standards.

Selectamark Security Systems plc is one of only two companies that has a police preferred specification for Property Identification.

LPCB 1225

The Loss Prevention Certification Board joined BRE Certification on 31 March 2000. The Loss Prevention Certification Board traces its origins back more than a century to the introduction of engineered fire protection systems in the 1880's. Later the Fire Offices' Committee (FOC)'s technical documents became Loss Prevention Council (LPC) rules and standards, and the approval schemes became Loss Prevention Standards.

Approval or certification is third party confirmation that products, services, systems and personnel meet and continue to meet certain standards and specifications. In Selectamark's case that means "Asset Marking Systems" and "Database Management for Asset Marking".

Asset Marking Systems

For a number of years both the Police and Government have promoted visible marking of property, the most basic form of which is a postcode. Although effective as a basic deterrent, traceability and proof of ownership through postcodes is limited since it does not cater for the movement of the owner (change of address), rented products or sale of products. As a result the need was identified for the secure marking of items with unique codes that can identify the item and ownership via secure databases which are fully transferable.

The work, undertaken with the backing of the Police, Government and Insurers, resulted in the publication of LPS1225 Specification for testing and classifying asset marking systems.

The Aim of the Standard

LPS 1225 specifies requirements for the composition and performance of an asset marking system such that, when used according to the manufacturer's instructions, the asset marking device may:

Enable a marked asset to be traced to the legal owner via a secure LPS 1224 database register linked to the marking system employed.
Act as a theft deterrent in the first instance by virtue of known existence.

What is certification?

Certification is third party confirmation that products, services, systems and personnel meet and continue to meet the appropriate standard. It differs from a test which is basically a snapshot showing that the product passed the test on a given day. Certification, through regular audits, ensures that the product continues to meet the specification.

Certification is beneficial to everyone in the supply chain, from the manufacturer to the end client.

The certification process involves rigorous assessment and testing of products and services to ensure that they meet and continue to meet quality standards set by a team of experts who may be manufacturers, installers, designers, clients, regulators, insurers, engineers and scientists.

These standards may be our own Loss Prevention Standards or may be British, European or International Standards.

Once the LPCB are satisfied that a product, service or company meets the necessary standards, they issue a certificate and list them in the relevant "Red Book - List of Approved Fire and Security Products". The Red Books are available free of charge to spefifiers and other users throughout the world and can also be viewed on line at www.redbooklive.com.

ISO9001:2000 (www.iso.ch)

ISO9001:2000 supersedes our previous ISO9001:1994 standard held by us for the last 5 years and is recognized and respected throughout the world. Interestingly enough, the standard has developed since its previous version and now places greater significance on customer satisfaction and continual improvement.

The standard took almost 3 months to obtain and involves internal reviews of internal procedures. The certificate is only issued after LPCB Inspector visit to our premises.

A BSi (www.bsi-global.com/news) press release dated 31 July 2003 estimates that as of December 2002 only 16% or 9,760 organizations had upgraded their certificates to ISO9001:2000 which only demonstrates further how difficult it is to obtain. It is the BSI's view that the transition to the new standard is a vital step for businesses wanting to maintain a competitive advantage and acceptability in today's increasingly sophisticated supply chains.

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