New letterplate security scheme
2nd May 2017

With a growing concern that letterplate performance can seriously undermine the security of doors a new Certisecure scheme, ‘STS 218 - Enhanced Security Performance for Letterplates’ has been developed by Warrington Certification in response to a mandate by Secured by Design (SBD) that all letterplates used in doors for SBD projects must be third party certified.

The UKAS accredited scheme acts in support of technical specification TS008 – a new test standard developed with the support of SBD, trade associations and the wider hardware industry - which defines the requirements for classification of enhanced security for letterplate assemblies and slide through boxes.

Paul Duggan, Certification Manager at Warrington Certification, said: “While the security performance of doors has significantly improved over the past few years, letterplates continue to be a cause for concern.

“Manufacturers are striving to improve the security of their products, and this new scheme should give confidence to those purchasing the letterplates that the product they are buying offers the best in terms of security performance.”

wcl@exova.com