'Vote of confidence' for security bags

In the crime-sensitive transportation of cash, valuables and other security-critical items, it’s a constant battle to come up with the right solutions, according to Kevin Norwitz, MD of Vikela Aluvin. “When the security of customers’ assets is at the core of your business, you do not settle for second best,” he said. In what he claimed was a “significant vote of confidence”, G4S (SA) – the largest provider of integrated security solutions in SA – has just bolstered its security systems with new security bags and seals from Vikela Aluvin. G4S is now using Aluvin’s recently redesigned and improved ITW Envopak reusable security bag in the control of ATM keys. Aluvin sales manager, Chris Gunning, said that ATMs needed to be serviced regularly, and that the control of each individual key was a security-critical process. “The keys are transported in the ITW Envopak bags to ensure maximum control and security,” ITW Envopak’s Bob Kirby was in Johannesburg to meet with Aluvin and G4S for the roll-out of the security bags. “We supply organisations like G4S all over the world,” he said, “and we know that they will find this product perfect for their needs.” Kirby added that the large print area on the PS4 seal on these bags allowed a barcode to be printed on it. This links to the E-Viper track-and-trace system. It is based on a British system, but was developed specifically for the SA market. It is a centrally deployed, web-based solution that supports G4S’s cash solutions business by providing track-andtrace audit functionality of cash, and other items, transported in barcoded security bags. INSERT ‘It is based on a British system, but was developed specifically for the SA market.’ CAPTION The redesigned ITW Envopak ... transporting ATM keys.