Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers and DataDot Technology Canada will be holding a free information session on March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel located at 50 Brady Street.

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20 businesses in North Surrey have hooked up with DataDot Canada. The technology helps police not only track stolen goods but provide proof positive where the property comes from and whom it belongs to.

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Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has today set a new benchmark in executive styling and performance with the release of an all-new concept, the F6 E.

Powered by the high performance 4.0 litre turbo-charged DOHC 24 valve in-line six, the F6 E produces maximum power of 310kW at 5500 rpm and maximum torque of 565Nm across the range from 1950 to 5200 rpm. It is also protected by DataDot identification.

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The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVTRC) in Australia recently released figures showing a dramatic drop in the theft rate of Yamaha motorcycles. This is a direct result of the company adopting DataDotDNA identification protection across its entire range two years ago.

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BOAT owners and waterfrontage residents will soon receive information packs promoting maritime security.

Ten thousand of the waterproof bags containing advice on securing boats, tips on reporting crime, and leaflets featuring security products like DataDot spray will be issued.

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A world leading anti-crime technology company has welcomed a Government proposal to launch a commission of inquiry into organised crime.

DataDot Technology says it hopes the inquiry, announced this week by Police Minister Annette King “as a means of establishing the extent of gang involvement in organised crime and ways to stamp these out”, will also focus on organised car theft which is costing New Zealanders more than $10 million a year.

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Tracers more slender than a human hair – sprayed onto copper cables that were stolen – have enabled Maitland police to identify the owners.

It was the first time such technology has been used in NSW to trace stolen copper cables, the Sydney company marketing the product, DataDot Home and Business, revealed on Thursday.

The copper, stolen from a Maitland electrical sub station this year, was worth several thousand dollars.

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In the New Technology category of ISTOCKANALYST.COM, Geoff Folsom, Odessa American, Texas, reports that …”while inscribed microdots have been used since the 1940s, the rise in oilfield thefts have increased their use in the industry”.

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Copper theft at its Rosslyn manufacturing plant, in Tshwane, has cost vehicle manufacturer Nissan South Africa (Nissan SA) R420,000 over the last three years.

Now the company is to make use of microdot technology, an advanced identification system, to combat this.

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A world-first Australian and New Zealand technology being launched today is expected to counter hundreds of millions of dollars worth of international textile fraud and label counterfeiting each year.

Unique identifying fibres can now be woven into textiles - and read with a simple handheld device.

The invention, called Verifi TT, a joint venture between Australian listed security technology company DataDot Technology Ltd, and AgResearch, of New Zealand, is expected to put an end to clothing makers substituting high quality textiles for low-quality ones using fake labels - and conducting large runs of counterfeit items carrying major brand labels.

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