News Issue 6 January 2015
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NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 6
January 2015
03 PSSA Member News
Successful test for new Heald Mantis
07 PSSA Member News
Zaun buys CCTV Expert
03 PSSA Member News
Tescon - sliding gate successfully tested
Introducing our PSSA Newsletter Sponsors - HC SS
2015 set to be ‘the
year of the PSSA’!
Firstly a happy new year to all!
2014 closed on a high with the PSSA’s Annual Conference
in London on 11th December. The day was packed not
only with informative and interesting speakers (our thanks
again to all) but also with an unprecedented number of
announcements regarding accelerating progress on many
important fronts.
Firstly the Verification scheme is now complete and with
an engorged pipeline of companies and products entering
the scheme, 2015 will see a strong, comprehensive and
useable list of products being published. The concern is
now how we resource up to meet demand so I strongly
suggest discussing any new applications with our Scheme
manager Steve Munden as soon as possible. Congratula-
tions by the way to both Binns Fencing, and Steve Munden
on Binns achievement of Verification in a record time. This
shows what serious commitment to a properly sorted
process can achieve – well done indeed!
Secondly we announced a successful inaugural meeting of
PSSA’s new Advisory Panel which took place at
Olympia during the Transport Security Expo. Members of
this include leading specifiers, influencers and end-users
(see page 6 showing the logos of our committed
supporters) from across the industry. Their objective is to
consider the next steps and future direction of the PSSA
in its quest to continue raising industry standards. This is
a huge task but an initial agenda and direction has been
raised and work is ongoing; future bulletins will bring you
information on this as it unfolds.
The third large announcement was regarding the launch of
the PSSA’s new ‘Endorsement Programme’. This was
successfully trialled at the end of 2014 and is being rolled
out during the first part of 2015. This allows specifiers and
designers to publicly commit to specifying a PSSA Verified
product over non-Verified product wherever at all possible in
return for a special relationship with the PSSA and including use
of the coveted PSSA logo. A number of commitments have
already been made and will be announced in the coming
weeks. Importantly this cements the future success of the
Verification scheme.
The conference was also brought up to date on many
other initiatives including PSSA work on various standards and
committees, and increased engagement with other like-minded
organisations including NSCC, ADS and DSO. Lastly it was
interesting to be able to recount a number of stories detailing
how PSSA’s influence is starting to be felt globally. This all rein-
forces the growing feeling that indeed 2015 is the ‘year of the
PSSA!
Above:
PSSA’s Annual Conference - 11th December 2014
Laurence Goode - Chairman