"Statistics are alarming. I am not going to get too involved with the technical aspects however the Microdot system is a fairly unique technology.  

Essentially a Microdot is a tiny little pinprick sized nickrl dot that carries a unique code that identifies the owner of an asset that has been Microdotted.. To give an example this small tin contains 10 000 tiny little dots that get applied to a vehicle. These microdots are all the same but unique to that vehicle and identify the owner of the vehicle. The stats from Business Against Crime indicates that vehicles that are Microdotted are 50% less likely to be subject to criminal events. BMW, Nissan and all the Toyota taxis are Microdotted in the factory and the recovery rate of the vehicles is as high as 90%.  Once a year the police destroy about 18 000 vehicles because they cannot identify the owners. For a thief to remove 10 000 of these Microdots that are fixed with the strongest adhesive in the world is impossible. If they do try to remove them the police only have to locate one to positively identify the rightful owner.

It is a very simple process for the police to sms the code to the central database and receive a return sms providing the details of the vehicle and the owners name and contact details. 

Needless to say veridot has entered into an agreement with Compendium Insurance who are Westville based to provide a significant discount on insurance on Microdotted vehicles.

Enforce is about to rollout a service whereby every new home security contract will include a Microdotting of assets feature. This will make assets "contaminated" in that the thieves already know that Microdotted items are difficult to dispose of. A home showing a logo that it's assets are protected by Microdots has a strong chance of being bypassed by thieves.

What Microdotting does is twofold. It lets the thieves know that the goods are tarnished which acts as a strong deterrent  and also if the assets are recovered by the police it is simple to identify the rightful owner and to then get a conviction. The acceptance of this technology has been widely acclaimed and taken up in Australia and will most likely continue in South Africa.'

The asset protection Microdotting is reducing the theft of company assets as the employees know that it is near impossible to prove that such assets belong to anyone other than the company. 

Question: How are the Microdots applied?
Answer: With a motor vehicle there are predetermined standards and only certified teams may undertake the task. The dots are sprayed from underneath and must be applied in at least 18 locations. However the dots for a given vehicle are unique and usually enough to do at least 35 locations. With respect to household assets it is permitted to buy a kit as a DIY product. It consists of a phial of dots and an applicator. You mark your assets and register them on line. Insurance companies love it because not only are the assets less attractive to steal but are also easy to identify if suspected as stolen.

Question: What happens if you sell your car?
Answer: Very simple. You notify the registering authority who will go through a simple verification routine to identify you and you submit the details of the new owner.  If by chance the new owner details were not submitted timorously the registering authority would contact the previous owner and ask for details of the new owner.

Question: How many household items can be marked from one kit?
Answer: Normally about 18 though up to 20 is possible?  When registering these items you are prompted to provide full product description, date of purchase, price and retailer. This simplifies submission of claims.

Question: How long do they last?
Answer: At least 25 years. Initially is was expected to pre-age the products to at least 25years. An additional severe test was to blow up a vehicle with a bomb that subjected the Microdots to heat in excess up to 1300^o.  Most Microdots were locatable.

Question: I live at home. Can I share a home kit with my mother?
Answer: Certainly. With a home kit you can share the kit and all assets will have the same ID number. If there are more assets than the kit provides you simply buy another kit and register the assets under their specific ID numbers. 

Question: How much does it cost for a car to be done?
Answer: R1315-00 excl VAT.  You should recover this cost within 8 months by negotiating your insurance premium.

To get the history of this technology simply Google Datadot Australia to see the huge acceptance and success of the technology.

Soon the micodotting of copper cable will make selling cable as scrap near impossible.

Also insurance companies can check with repairs to see if a claim for new parts fitted by a panel beater is false as a repaired original component would still have original microdots on it.

Second hand car sales from from next year will have to be microdotted by law.
The biggest car rental company has its fleet microdotted and theft has been reduced by 50%

Sean can be contacted at:
Cell: +27 076 425 9371
Tel: +27(0)31 201 3225
eMail: sean@holomatrix.co.za