UK-based metal mesh manufacturer The Expanded Metal Company has become the first supplier of security mesh to achieve Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) certification.
The certification relates to the manufacturer's ExMesh™ Securilath™ product range, used by worldwide financial institutions and retailers and at many high-risk sites, when applied to metal stud, timber stud and block walls.
The Expanded Metal Company enhanced its range in response to the increasing use of metal stud wall systems in the construction industry and will help contractors and end users to meet insurance and security requirements.
Securilath™ was originally developed by company in the 1990s as a discreet method to target harden critical areas.
According to company literature, the solution "significantly delays determined intruders from creating an aperture large enough to gain entry to a building and can be situated within internal and external walls, ceilings, roofs and windows".
Products in the Securilath™ range have long held LPCB certification when applied to timber stud.
However, after extensive testing, ExMesh™ Securilath™ MD1 now holds LPCB Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) Security Rating (SR) 1 certification for metal stud, Securilath™ HD1 holds LPCB LPS SR1, SR2 and SR3 certification for metal stud and Securilath™ HDR holds LPCB LPS SR3 certification when applied to block wall.
Securilath™’s LPCB ratings are achieved when installing the mesh on timber stud, metal stud or block wall in accordance with fitting instructions.
Philip Astley, managing director of The Expanded Metal Company, says:
"By achieving this enhanced certification across our Securilath™ range, The Expanded Metal Company can provide additional peace of mind to contractors and end users who wish to apply a security mesh to metal studs and block walls, and further options to specifiers who wish to specify LPCB approved security laths in new projects.
"When Securilath was launched, it was originally referred to as Expamet Securilath: Expamet was a brand name of The Expanded Metal Company, which had formed the Expamet International plc group of companies in 1918.
Visit www.expandedmetalcompany.co.uk for additional information.
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