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Security Seals in Our Midst

Security seal providers are no strangers in the industry. As a staple product in providing you peace of mind, these seemingly insignificant units have just one main objective: to protect your goods.

Now, security seals are not limited to just metal and plastic seals that provide protection. There are also security labels and tapes, as well as security bags. As the world becomes more comprehensive in providing and demanding protection of their goods, there is now an international standard for mechanical freight container seals to ensure that the quality of security seals meets the minimum standard in protecting and securing your assets.

The Deal between ISO17712, Security Seals and Mega Fortris

ISO 17712 is the standardized document that gives uniform procedures to classify, accept, and also withdraw mechanical freight container seals. With this certificate, you will get a single source of information regarding mechanical seals that are acceptable for securing your freight containers for international commerce. There are three kinds of classes of security seal strength or even barrier capacity: “I” is for Indicative; “S” is for Security, and “H” is for High Security. 

One should know that C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) needs the employment of “H” class seals.

What makes Mega Fortris Group different from our competitors is that as a designer and manufacturer of security seals, we pride in having and knowing that there is quality in our products.

Every year, Mega Fortris Group ensures that the ISO17712 Clause 6 (Tampering Testing) certificates of security seals that fall under the “High” Security Seals category that are issued and certified by SGS Malaysia are updated after strict testing, so that the quality of our products are maintained without fail and you will have a peace of mind when using them. SGS Malaysia is an independent third-party test laboratory that validates the security seal’s classification and is accredited according to the ISO/IEC 17025.

For the year 2022, our “High” Security Seals have updated our certificates with the latest version. They can normally be found here, but we have also included them below (click on the tabs):

Development of the Revolutionary 2K Klicker!

The 2K Klicker is a Strong tamper-evident mechanical seal which consists of hardened steel pin and bush moulded with resilient high impact ABS. With immense tensile strength and anti-spin locking mechanisms, the 2K Klicker is a fortified container bolt seal widely used in shipping, securing, intermodal containers and ground transportation. With it being the World’s first tamper evident bolt seal it is also the world’s first container bolt seal to feature a unique two colours in its design.

Mega Fortris Security Seals Manufacturer’s, are fully dedicated to ensure that your cargo is protected from all kinds of danger. It may be from a thief which is why we have a specialist team working round the clock to develop new seals to fit your purpose. It could be from Damage which is where our sister company Fortris Load Secure come in whom specialises in equipment to ensure your cargo doesn’t get damaged in transit.

We provide a full range of fortified ISO 17712, C-TPAT compliant high security seals and other tamper-evident products and services at very competitive prices, which has led us to become the preferred supplier for many leading companies around the world. These include high security seals, semi-barrier security seals, indicative seals, tamper-evident labels and bags, and total end-to-end journey and asset monitoring security solutions.

Commitment to Innovation

One of our high security seals, the award-winning Klicker 2K, is the result of solid and ongoing improvement on our mechanical container seal designs. The first iteration of the seal was completed and supplied 16 years ago in 1999 with its locking mechanisms and design further improved in 2004. Finally, as of 2013, the enhanced Klicker 2K was ready for mass production – a state-of-the-art mechanical container seal with high-tamper evident features; it is also the first container seal in the world to feature two colours in its design.

Our range of seals play integral roles as security solutions in transportation and logistics. ISO 17712-certified Mega Fortris high security container bolt seals are used to secure vehicles and rail wagons with valuable goods on land and maritime containers through international sea routes for shipping companies. This is further combined with our other seals and security products that safeguard vehicles against tampering, contributing to the safety and protection of goods, the integrity of the transportation processes and the peace of mind of all involved across the supply chain.

The improvement process is significant and crucial to stay a step ahead of any challenges that surface within the industry. To combat them, Mega Fortris utilizes covert market intelligence and our sensitivity towards anticipating customer needs to develop advanced and scalable solutions that can be fortified further in the long term.

Our dedication to customer service and delivering quality products is reflected in our investment in the innovation and development of our seals. With our very own in-house Research and Development team and tooling facilities, we subject our products to rigorous testing processes, rapid prototyping and continuous improvement.

Our specialists’ development team are always looking to innovate new types of seals to provide our customers with seals which are strong, secure and efficient. We at Mega Fortris understand the importance of innovating new seals and solutions, which is why we spend a lot of time and money in the development of new seals and other products. After years of experience our team has developed the World’s First Tamper Evident Bolt Seal, the 2K Klicker.

The 2K Klicker Bolt seal was developed due to the fact that our specialist teams understood the issues surrounding theft in transit. This is why our team understood the importance of developing a seal which provided strength and also allowed the organisations to know if anyone had tried to tamper with the seal. This not only will allow the firms to place seals which are of high strength but also inform them of tampering to the seal by the anti-spin locking mechanism.

The 2K Klicker is a Strong tamper-evident mechanical seal which consists of hardened steel pin and bush moulded with resilient high impact ABS. With immense tensile strength and anti-spin locking mechanisms, the 2K Klicker is a fortified container bolt seal widely used in shipping, securing, intermodal containers and ground transportation. With it being the World’s first tamper evident bolt seal it is also the world’s first container bolt seal to feature a unique two colours in its design.

While the development of the 2K Klicker it was very important to ensure the seal was tamper evident and to ensure this there were two main features applied to the seal. The first feature is the 1 way locking system. This stops the twist and spin attacks on the seal. The second feature is the feature which allows the user to clearly view if the seal has been tampered with. If anyone tries to break the seal the outer plastic shell cracks but does not break allowing the driver to see of the seal has been tampered with. In addition to this though the plastic shall cracks the metal pin inside stays intact providing maximum strength.

The features of the 2K Klicker include:

  • Hardened steel pin and bush for added security.
  • The pin and bush are moulded with high-impact ABS to provide high tamper evidence.
  • Oval-shaped pin and bush to mitigate ‘spin attacks’. The anti-locking mechanism prevents friction and only allows 1-way locking.
  • Identical sequential numbers on both parts provide greater security as it prevents parts substitution or replacement.
  • Engraved paired pin and bush for easier handling.
  • The bush is etched with name, logo, sequential numbering and barcode using permanent laser marking. Laser marking offers the highest level of security as it cannot be removed or replaced.
  • Two colours for improved product definition, visibility and identification, marking variations and increased operation efficiency.

Mega Fortris bring the Old School Techniques and New Technology to provide the perfect Security Solution.

Mega Fortris have been working with organisations to overcome their transport security solutions for over 18 years. We understand the issues that have developed over the years. As the intruders develop their techniques to break into Containers and trailers, Mega Fortris have always stayed one step ahead with development of revolutionary security seals.

Now we have come to a point in time where the transportation industry is starting to face new issues posed by intruders, with new ways to breaking into containers and trailers. There are also new arising problems with increased container/trailer breaches conducted by disgruntled employees within the organisation itself.

At Mega Fortris we have developed a team of experienced employees who have come from backgrounds in the transport security industry. Our team of professionals have applied their skills and innovation into the development of High Security seals that are engineered with Tamper Evidence technology.

As we mentioned above we have always stayed one step ahead of the intruders and to combat this issue. We have done something which has never been done before. We have taken the old school techniques and incorporated it with the new technology based solutions, making this solution the best of both worlds. At this point in time you must be wondering what this revolutionary solution is and how it works; well read on and find out how you can be “READY FOR TOMORROW TODAY”.

2K Klicker

As we all know the Bolt Seal has been around for many years with many organisations trying to ensure they provide maximum strength and security to containers. However at Mega Fortris we have done things a little differently with the ultimate and universal “2K KLICKER” Bolt Seal. When developing the 2K Klicker one of the things we were aiming to achieve was to ensure the seal has strength to with stand intruder attacks yet show signs of tampering to ensure the organisations knew if the seal had been tampered with. To ensure we met these aims we have used a very high quality steel to manufacture the 2K Klicker to ensure it has the highest strength to prevent easy breaking of seal. To provide the seal with tamper evident features we have placed a plastic coating around the seal. However this isn’t just any plastic; the plastic used on these seals have been specially manufactured to provide the seal with an Anti Spin technology. This means if the intruder tried a spin attack on the seal the plastic coating will crack (but not break off) to show signs of tampering.

Nano Technology

Another problem which transport companies face is with the seal markings being rubbed off the seal making it hard to track which seal was originally placed on the container. To combat this issue we came up with two very different yet effective solutions. We now offer “Nano Technology” to customers allowing organisations to read the serial number of the seal even if the serial number has been scratched off. Let us explain what Nano Technology is; When manufacturing the 2K Klicker we insert a small chip in the bolt seal itself which contains the serial number of that seal, this can be read with a special reader. This means the chip isn’t accessible by the intruder and yet the organisation can use the reader and find out the seal number. The second solution is the special marking of the serial number which is burnt into the plastic making it harder for intruders to scratch off the serial number. Moreover we now offer the seals to be QR Coded to allow seals to integrate with technology based solutions.

The 2K Klicker also provides other features such as:

  • Hardened steel pin and bush for added security.
  • The pin and bush are moulded with high-impact ABS to provide high tamper evidence.
  • Oval-shaped pin and bush to mitigate ‘spin attacks’.
  • The anti-locking mechanism prevents friction and only allows 1-way locking.
  • Identical sequential numbers on both parts provide greater security as it prevents parts substitution or replacement.
  • Engraved paired pin and bush for easier handling.
  • The bush is etched with name, logo, sequential numbering and barcode using permanent laser marking. Laser marking offers the highest level of security as it cannot be removed or replaced.
  • Two colours for improved product definition, visibility and identification, marking variations and increased operation efficiency.

Now that we have covered the old school solution we move onto the technology based solution.

Mega Fortris understand that now organisations like to see more technical advances in being able to track their seals and providing easier options for audit purposes. To overcome this demand Mega Fortris have recently developed a Mobile Application called the Mega App.

Mega App is the World’s first Security Seal Application for IOS and Android Mobile Devices. The Mega App is a cost–effective and user-friendly Smartphone based software solution that offers a chain of custody tracking through the automatic scanning and recording of barcodes on security seals.

The App Works in Four Simple Steps:

  • Login to MEGA–APP and enable the barcode scanner by pressing the ‘Scan barcode’ icon. Hold your Smartphone / device in front of the barcode on the security seal and the automatic scanner will do the rest. If a seal or item cannot be scanned due to no barcode, the contractor can simply photograph the seal and manually load the details.
  • If you’re happy with the barcode scan, you can either send it immediately by hitting submit, or add comments in the remarks field eg. ready for export and then hit submit. If you’re not happy with the scan / image simply hit the ‘retake’ button and start over. The user interface is very clean and is not cluttered with any unnecessary functionality, making it full proof for field staff.
  • (a) Upon hitting submit, the MEGA–APP will upload the barcode details and send them to your support office (b) You will get an alert on your device that your upload has been successful. (c) Hit OK and you will see the uploaded details
  • You can view your scan history by clicking on the retrieve scans button. You can delete a scan by checking the square at the bottom right corner of each can and then selecting delete at the top of the screen. Scan data shown on the History page cannot be removed and adjusted after being submitted to ensure robust sensitivity of information.

The ultimate solution is built be placing the 2K Klicker and the MEGA App together to ensure the highest level of security for your goods. While the 2K Klicker provides the physical security to the application the MEGA App provides the organisation with an Audit trail and technical security to allow them to pin point where the breach attempt occurred. This will also allow the organisation to see which personal was the last to handle the seal allowing them to also find the intruder.

In essence the new solutions doesn’t just stop intruders from breaking into the containers but also allows them to find out where the breach took place and find out the culprit.