CESAR celebrates

21 October 2022

The CESAR plant registration and theft deterrence scheme is celebrating its 15th anniversary. 

An initiative of the of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), promoted by the AEA (Agricultural Engineers Association) and developed by Datatag Id Ltd, the scheme has been adopted by leading manufacturers such as Caterpillar, Hitachi, John Deere, New Holland, Massey Ferguson, Volvo, Komatsu, Hyundai, Takeuchi, JCB, Sany, Manitou and Merlo since its launch in 2007. 

To date more than 550,000 thousand items of equipment have been marked with the multi-layered technology to give each machine a unique identity, making it more difficult to steal and easier to track. 

In 2013, Datatag launched the Micro CESAR anti-theft theft system for small tools and equipment, and six years later saw the introduction of the Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) which enables quick visual identification of a machine’s status regarding compliance with engine emission regulations for non-road mobile machinery (NRMM).  

Sunbelt Rentals was the first plant hire company in the UK to adopt an ECV upgrade programme across its fleet of machines with Stage V engines including excavators, dumpers, telehandlers, compressors and rollers.

Tom Welland, Sunbelt’s business development director HS2, said: “As part of the HS2 supply chain, Sunbelt Rentals recognise the need to report, easily, our plant NRMM data to help achieve these targets. There is no universal recognition scheme for NRMM, so currently it is a manual process to identify and ensure the correct policy is enforced. 

“With a clear need for a simple system which could cut down on confusion, wrong deliveries, wasted time and money, as well as the risk of non-compliant plant being used, the ECV scheme created by Datatag ID in partnership with the CEA, seemed the logical scheme to get behind and support.” 

Further CESAR initiatives are said to be in the pipeline.