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SUMMARY:Signature Materials – metal thieves\, your card is marked! - Dav
 id W Arthur\, Project Manager\, Signature Materials\, Institute of Materia
 ls\, Minerals and Mining
DTSTART:20150127T193000Z
DTEND:20150127T210000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Geoff Hale
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Materials\, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) has fo
 rmed Signature Materials to tackle the ever present problem of metal theft
 .  IOM3 has developed unique OVERT metal "signatures" which\, together wit
 h an instantly accessible national register provides a solution to a crime
  that costs the UK economy an estimated £220 million per year.\n\nThe rea
 dable signature information is held within a National Register (MaRC\, the
  Materials Registration Centre securely maintained by IOM3) linked to Poli
 ce systems\, and can be traced by police within a matter of minutes.  This
  rapid traceability of the metal\, without the need for a forensic check\,
  to the site of a theft has previously been a major problem.  With the new
  marks\, there is no ambiguity\, as the metal is linked to a given locatio
 n – thieves can be charged on the spot.  Processes have been developed f
 or marking of wire\, tube and sheet in a range of materials including lead
 \, copper\, aluminium and stainless steel.\n\nSince inception the range ha
 s been developed and the work with ENWL on hardening substation assets has
  seen an award for the initiative resulting in the largest crime reduction
 . \n
LOCATION:Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy\, 27 Charles Babba
 ge Road\, Cambridge. CB3 0FS
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