Kosran News

Kosran foils thieves determined to steal a Cat 301

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Kosran’s ECV proved to be an insurmountable barrier to thieves set on stealing a Cat 301.6C belonging to Hewden and on hire to CIK Construction of Basildon, Essex. The £12,000 machine was parked for the weekend at St Alban & St Stephen School when it was attacked by the thieves who spliced the loom and hot wired its electrical system. However, they weren’t prepared for Kosran’s electro-mechanical valve (that cuts the diesel supply and requires an electronic code to open) which is integrated into the engine systems and secured with a hardened steel shield, and so left empty handed. Insurer Allianz estimates the cost to the contractor of each plant theft is £7,500 due to the hassle and disruption to business, downtime, idle crew and cross-hire charges. By Colin Sowman of ContractJournal.com.

EJK Building Contractors endorse Kosran

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Testimonial from a Building Contractor Credit where credit is due, Kosran's brochure wasn't just bull, it really did save me £300 per machine. I saved £300 per machine on my insurance. I lost machine before fitting Kosran and now I know that my machines are safe and secure for very little outlay. Signed: Mr Eddie Kidd

Kosran feature in CPA magazine

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Kosran has recently featured in the CPA bulletin online magazine, the leading plant hire association monthly bulletin. ’Kosran supply the added value your contractor customers want. It pays for itself in 28 days and then make you money. You don't believe me do you? Read this article and if you don't agree email Colin Wood and complain that Kosran is wasting valuable bulletin space.‘ Click here for the online article and browse to page 8.

Health and Safety and Company Liability

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

The following is an article from the November issue of 'New Civil Engineer' highlighting the importance of Health & Safety within the context of company liability.

Does a CESAR sticker make any difference?

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

An plant security article appeared recently on the Hire Association Europe website telling of a Kubota KX Series Mini Digger that went missing. The article says PANIU reported a Kubota recovered with ID markings removed. The question is - Do you own this machine & would a CESAR sticker have made any difference? Answer - NO. Read the HAE article here.

Satrack & Kosran competitive analysis

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Kosran Saves EPS Hire Machines STOLEN PLANT On Saturday 9th March thieves broke into a secure compound at E.P.S. Hire Centres, Mytholmroyd depot. They were confronted with 2 mini excavators, a 1-ton and 1.6-ton, both equipped with KOSRAN ECV Plant Immobilisers. Fortunately they were unable to start these machines, however, using scaffolding planks in the yard they managed to move the 1-ton excavator enough to get behind it. Behind it were parked 2 Kubota U10 1-ton excavators, a Takeuchi TB016 excavator and a Thwaites 1-ton hi-tip dumper. All 4 were loaded on their vehicles and several other machines were damaged in the process. I received a ‘phone call on Sunday about 11am to inform me that the gate was open and damaged but at the time I was enjoying the hospitality of the Sussex branch of CMPE. I made a call to my staff back at home who attended the site to secure it and inform the police. To my amazement the police were there within an hour. 2 of the excavators were equipped with ‘SATTRACK’ plant tracking units. We were unable to track them because by this time at least 12 hours had elapsed and they had already been found and disabled. We were unable to contact ‘SATTRACK’ as their emergency number was an answering machine. However, on Monday morning I did get an answer and they managed to ascertain the tracker had triggered a signal in the Seacroft area of Leeds at 10.10pm on Saturday night and this was conferred to the police at 10am on Monday. At 10.30 am we had a call from the police who had spotted a Takeuchi excavator on a trailer in the Leeds area and when checking the van they found the dumper inside. The van and trailer were also stolen. During further investigations in the area by Jason and myself, we found a roll bar off one of the Kubota excavators, again, we contacted the Leeds police who gave us support within 10 minutes to enter the Gypsy site. We recovered further panels off the Kubota and panels off one of our Benford rollers, which had been stolen 4 months earlier. On this occasion it appears that our plant tracking system is limited to only the first few hours after theft. But KOSRAN ECV stops them going in the first place. Thanks have to go to the police who, on this occasion, moved very quickly to cut our losses to a minimum. As a company we believe if KOSRAN ECV had been fitted to all machines losses would have been limited to only damaged gates. David Fielden MD E.P.S. Hire Centre Limited Member YORKSHIRE CMPE

Thieves Return for JCB Backhoe Loader & Fail Again

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

As previously reported on the 7th February last by Glen Crowther Fleet Officer at the CEMEX Castleford Depot in West Yorkshire WF1 2LA, a JCB Backhoe Loader valued at £48,000 was attacked by thieves who failed to steal the machine. Only two weeks previously CEMEX had commenced installing the Kosran ECV Immobilisation Tracking System on their fleet and this was one of the first machines to be secured. But this all adds up. Insurance & Police PANIU Statistics published for the period Oct 08 – Sept 09 stated that the JCB Backhoe Loader is the most stolen machine in the UK. Wait for it - on 23rd May the thieves returned again to Glen Crowther’s CEMEX depot and tried again to steal the same machine serial number 328999/fleet number B019 without success. Kosran predict that the thieves will not return to this depot. The Kosran ECV integrated Security, Safety & Asset Management ECV System pays for itself in 40 days and then makes you money – we can assume CEMEX agree! Ask FM Conway, they have been using Kosran for four years and have never had a machine stolen. Click here to download an MS Word news release »