Cata Company, a technology company from Florianópolis, will launch a groundbreaking piece of equipment for protecting cash at Exposec, the largest security trade show in Latin America (May 23-25). The Super Cabinet, as it's called, is the company's major bet to definitively curb break-ins at cash-in-transit facilities belonging to cash transport companies, banks, treasury rooms, and armored trucks. Initially marketed to the Brazilian market, the company also intends to export the product to other countries, mainly the United States, where it already has a sales office.
The equipment was developed to guarantee the complete security of the money and the protection of employees of transport companies and banks, who have been suffering from constant attacks. The violence of the robberies terrorizes Brazil, especially the interior of São Paulo. From November 2015 to September 2016, for example, at least five major robberies of cash transport companies were recorded in the cities of Campinas, Santos, Ribeirão Preto, and Santo André. In total, approximately R$160 million was stolen in these cities, in Bahia and Pará, and at least five people died.
The project, compliant with global security standards, consists of a Power and Control Module (MEC) and Banknote Destroyer Modules (MDC). One of the equipment's main innovations allows banknotes to have 40% of their faces destroyed when the device is activated, preventing their use and guaranteeing the custodian reimbursement of their value. “We are already negotiating with major cash-in-transit companies and will continue investing in more innovation in the financial and security sectors,” says Victor Levy, founder and CEO of the company, which already has 14 patent, trademark, design, and industrial property applications and registrations, both nationally and internationally.
Source: Adjori SC
Date: 18/05/2017
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