26 May 2010

Eruma plc Contract Wins Worth £85,000

Eruma plc, the AIM traded specialist provider of counter terrorism, intruder prevention products and intelligent lighting, is pleased to announce that it has won a number of contracts through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security Blinds Ltd (‘Security Blinds’), totalling £85,000. Security Blinds has two key products, the Secur™ range of security blinds and the Anti Ram Raid Gate, offering high quality intruder and counter terrorism protection solutions to clients operating in both the public and commercial sectors.

Eruma has been awarded a contract to install Secur™ security blinds at a high protection facility for a new blue-chip financial services client in northern Europe. The contract is worth £47,400 and provides the Company with its first contract of this kind in northern Europe outside of the UK. This win follows a concerted campaign in the European security sector to demonstrate the quality of Eruma’s products in counteracting threats from terrorism and intruders. It is the first of its kind in the region further to a referral based on the Company’s reputation in the financial services sector.

Additionally, Eruma has been selected by a client operating in the construction industry to install its Anti Ram Raid gate at nine separate industrial units containing highly valuable goods across the UK. The total contract value for this single client throughout 2010 so far has been £35,500 and with over 300 units throughout the UK, this has the potential to be extended. Furthermore, there are a vast number of companies in the UK which use industrial unit facilities, some of which store assets which can be difficult to insure, thus creating a significant market for the Anti Ram Raid Gate. The Anti Ram Raid Gate, which can be rapidly deployed, provides customers with a reduced risk of thefts as well as reducing damage inflicted on the storage unit itself.

Eruma Chief Executive Wayne Money said, “Our technology is proven to provide critical facility protection and is suitable for corporations operating across a range of sectors. With this is mind, we have seen an escalation in sales both through new business wins and repeat orders for Security Blinds’ products. Importantly, our products are simple to deploy, making our offering more attractive for customers looking to increase security across a number of locations in a short amount of time which, combined with our focus on developing client relationships, has led to multiple client contracts.”


08 December 2008

Launch of New Anti-Burglary Products

Eruma plc, the AIM traded specialist provider of counter terrorism and burglary protection products and emergency lighting has developed and launched two new fully proprietary products aimed at the retail and industrial / warehousing markets, to complement its existing security product offerings.

The first product, the Concertina Secur™, has been developed to address the needs of clients who require unencumbered access to windows and doorways in addition to the unrivalled security benefits that the Security Blinds system offers. The new product utilises a continuous hinge system and retracts into a limited space offering greater versatility for prospective clients. The Company has developed this product to meet the particular needs of the retail sector where clients need out of hours protection from attack via shop windows.

In addition, the Company has developed a new retractable gate designed to increase the security of premises that utilise roller shutters, such as those commonly deployed at warehouses and delivery depots to allow access for larger vehicles. The anchored gates developed by Security Blinds, are designed to resist ram-raid attacks and prevent shutters from being forced open by jacks or breached by angle grinders, both common methods employed by thieves targeting such buildings. Target markets for this product include businesses such as building, plumbing and DIY outlets. The Company is currently in talks with a number of major distribution companies.

Eruma Business Development Director, Alan Davis said, "I am delighted that our investment into research and development has resulted in these new products. The Secur™ Concertina blind complements our existing Security Blinds products, offering greater versatility and choice to our customers, without compromising the high levels of security on which we pride ourselves.

"The development of the anti-ram retractable gate is particularly exciting for the Company. The product will open up an entirely new target market, offering increased protection for any business operating warehouses vulnerable to ram-raid attack from large vehicles. Potential target markets include supermarket warehouses and delivery companies and we have already received a number of enquiries from businesses operating such premises."


21 August 2008

Appoints General Sir Alistair Irwin as Strategic Adviser to the Board

Eruma plc, the AIM traded specialist provider of counter terrorism and burglary protection products and emergency lighting, announces the appointment of General Sir Alistair Irwin as Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors effective immediately.

Sir Alistair has over 35 years of military experience, culminating his career as Adjutant General, the Army Board member responsible for all personnel matters throughout the British Army. His extensive operational and managerial experience includes a term serving as General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland as well as numerous other appointments involving direct communication with Ministers, Senior Officers and top military and civilian officials around the world.

During his career, Sir Alistair has dealt with the highest levels of Government and has worked in close co-operation with the Police, security services and other organisations on a range of issues. His broad expertise ranges from strategic planning and human resources to international relations and equipment procurement. Sir Alistair currently serves as President of the Royal British Legion Scotland, Veterans Scotland, the Earl Haig Fund for Scotland and the Officer's Association. He is also a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and chairman of its audit committee

Eruma CEO Wayne Money said, "We are extremely pleased to welcome Sir Alistair to Eruma, his many years of military experience have provided him with expertise in the application and management of counter terrorism operations. Through Sir Alistair's skill and experience in dealing with top security officials both at home and abroad, the Board believes he will prove to be an invaluable asset in building the success of Eruma and its security products. We look forward to working with him and benefitting from his insights."


19 March2008

Eruma plc -  Philips to Market Eruma’s Emergency Lighting Range

Eruma plc, the AIM traded specialist provider of counter terrorism and burglary protection products and emergency lighting has, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Illuminex Ltd (‘Illuminex’), entered into an agreement whereby Philips Lighting UK, the UK lighting division of Royal Philips Electronics, will market and distribute the DALI protocol version of Illuminex’s Xscape Series emergency lighting product range in the UK. 

Philips Lighting UK Managing Director Paul Coggins said, “I am delighted with the agreement with Illuminex because it supports our strategy of bringing controllable, environmentally friendly and energy efficient lighting solutions to our customers.  Emergency lighting provides a significant market opportunity for Philips and we anticipate sales in excess of £1 million within our first year.”

Illuminex supplies state-of-the-art emergency lighting systems designed to provide superior performance and reduce both fiscal and environmental costs compared to conventional systems.  Its Xscape series of products incorporates the Philips ‘K2’ and ‘Rebel’ light emitting diode (‘LED’) technology.  This LED technology, together with the use of lithium battery technology and microprocessor control, provides considerable benefits including up to a 98% reduction in energy consumption when compared with a standard 8 Watt fluorescent tube luminaire.  Furthermore, The typical life expectancy of an 8 Watt fluorescent tube is 6-8000 hours and for higher wattage tubes 10-12,000 hours.  The life expectancy of the LED technology is 60,000 hours – 5-10 times longer.  The life expectancy of the Lithium Ion battery is also 60,000 hours – twice the average life of Nickel Cadmium technology.  This represents significant savings in both manpower and replacement materials.

Importantly, the intelligent products also have inbuilt automatic testing capabilities and internal memories for retrieval of data at any time, which not only ensure that all the major components are fully monitored according to the stipulated code of practice for emergency lighting, but also keep maintenance costs to a minimum. 

Finally, under EU legislation, the Xscape range of products, excluding batteries, do not have any waste disposal issues unlike all other products on the market which are classed as WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) and need to be specially processed at the end of their useful life.

Eruma CEO Wayne Money said, “This agreement is part of our strategy to market our products to ensure that we achieve maximum market penetration of our emergency lighting range.  We are proud to be working with such a well known and respected brand as Philips, and believe that with its support, the Illuminex range will become increasingly popular with large corporates and government organisations.”  

12 December 2007

Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder,

Much has happened over the last year and I am pleased to report that we continue to make strong progress in building the business both organically and through acquisition. We now have an expanding company focused in three major markets, Security Blinds targeted against burglary and forced entry, counter terrorism products including bomb and bomb-blast protection and emergency lighting, with particular emphasis in the public sector markets. With increased spending in all three areas of activity, particularly in counter terrorism, where Gordon Brown recently underlined his commitment to increasing security in the UK, I believe we are very well positioned to take advantage of these new government initiatives.

As you are aware, our initial strategy was to position the Company as a specialist provider of physical security systems to the corporate, commercial and domestic markets, mainly targeting products to stop burglary.  This part of the business has been our mainstay and has contributed significantly to our order growth in the past twelve months. Through specialist testing, we have created a range of Security Blinds, Secur™, Secur™ Plus and Secur ™ Ultra, which have opened up an entire new market in the form of anti-terrorist products. With terrorist threats and attacks becoming more serious both within the UK and globally, we now have the opportunity to exploit this rapidly growing market with our products which we believe to be the only solution for blast protection against the threat of high level bomb attacks.  Our solutions have already led to more interest from other government departments.

As part of our aggressive growth strategy, in July we acquired Illuminex, which has a range of unique and fully developed Light Emitting Diode (LED) products to provide intelligent emergency lighting systems. The Xscape series has been created to take full advantage of the latest in solid state light source and battery technologies. Blended with a unique design concept, the product range provides users with significant improvements in performance, a reduction in cost of ownership and a reduced impact on the environment.

Our emergency lighting subsidiary, Illuminex, is a natural fit for Eruma, as it enhances our product offering when targeting our existing portfolio of prospective clients, particularly in the public sector. Legislation mandates that all public buildings must regularly test their emergency lighting products, monthly and annually. The Illuminex Xscape series of products not only fulfils the requirement for testing but via intelligent microprocessor technology, the whole building can be automatically monitored and records kept of the test results. All of the testing requirements of BS5266, the code of practice for emergency lighting, are carried out automatically, therefore significantly reducing the cost associated with maintenance. All this can be carried out remotely and together with its modular design provides a unique solution with state of the art technology and networking capabilities.

Additionally, the product has green credentials which eliminate the use of heavy metals such as mercury found in fluorescent tubes or cadmium found in batteries which reduces the liabilities associated with recycling these materials. Xscape also consumes 98% less electricity than is typically consumed by conventional lighting products that proliferate in the market currently. This is exciting for Eruma which gives us opportunities to sell through direct and indirect channels in UK, Europe and globally.

Gordon Brown’s latest National Security announcement on 14^th November opened a huge market for companies providing products which prevent damage from terrorist bombs. As already mentioned, I firmly believe that Eruma is uniquely positioned in this market place. We recently announced that our latest test on the enhanced Security Blind product successfully withstood a very large vehicle bomb in excess of 1,000 pounds TNT equivalent - five times the size of previous explosive blast tests. I am not aware of any other business anywhere in the world that has the same capability in blast mitigation against terrorist attack and the protection of windows.

In his speech the Prime Minister stated, “new guidance to be sent to thousands of cinemas, theatres, restaurants, hotels, sporting venues and commercial centres, and all hospitals, schools and places of worship” in relation to installing “robust physical barriers as protection against vehicle bomb attacks” and “making buildings blast resistant” in response to the recent June terror attacks in London and Glasgow. With this in mind, we are marketing our products into areas where protection of people, buildings, assets and the continuity of business are of paramount importance.

The Prime Minister proposed that the UK’s security budget of £2.5 billion this year, which is three times as much compared with six years ago, should be raised to £3.5 billion by 2011.  He also stated that “we will now work with architects and planners to encourage them to ‘design-in’ protective security measures into new buildings, including safe areas, traffic control measures and the use of blast resistant materials”.  This is extremely positive news for Eruma as we now find ourselves in a position where future growth of projected sales of our flagship product Secur™ from Security Blinds, has the backing of the Government’s initiatives in the above mentioned markets.

Through our offering we have already built what I believe to be an impressive client list such as Police Constabularies, High Street Banks, Utilities, Schools and Universities, Local Government and Blue Chip Organisations.   At this stage in our development we are building on our continued growth in the UK but also have significant plans to continue our expansion into the US and Europe where we see huge market potential for our products. We will continue to target more corporations and government bodies and seek further acquisitions which we believe to be a good fit in growing Eruma and its portfolio.

We will continue to inform you of your company’s progress via this newsletter and if you are agreeable we will forward you any future information by Eruma plc electronically. Please send your email address to info@erumaplc.com.

I remain very upbeat with regard to our prospects and look forward to updating you on developments going forward. I would also like to wish you a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

Yours sincerely

Wayne Money

Chief Executive Officer

6 November 2007

Eruma plc, the parent company of Security Blinds Ltd, specialists in products to counteract terrorism and burglary, has successfully undertaken tests on an enhanced Security Blinds product.

On 23 October 2007, the Security Blinds product was subjected to a bomb of more than 1,000 pounds of TNT equivalent.  This was five times the size of the explosive charge that the Security Blinds product had previously been tested against and was designed to simulate a large car bomb.  The test was carried out by Advantica Ltd at their test site at Spadeadam in Cumbria and the Security Blinds product successfully withstood the blast. The test was undertaken to satisfy both USA and UK requirements with regard to the size of the window, the size of the explosive device and the distance from the explosive device to the window system. 

In addition, on 29 October 2007, the product was successfully tested to exceed US Department of State regulatory standards against physical entry by the BRE (Building Research Establishment) at their site in Watford.

Phil Garfinkle (Managing Partner of Trust Strategy Group, Eruma’s American partner) who witnessed the bomb test said, “These tests are very important for us in the United States, as well as for Eruma in the UK, for combating the terrorist threat.  The results are great news and will open up many opportunities in the United States both with the GSA (General Sales Administration) and other relevant government entities.  These accreditations are a pre-requisite in the government, military and commercial sectors”

Wayne Money (CEO of Eruma) said "This is a significant step forward for the Company. With the current threat of increasing co-ordinated terrorist acitivity the unique design of the Security Blind system now enables it to withstand very large vehicle bombs and puts the product firmly on the world stage."


9 July 2007


The board of Directors of Eruma, parent company of Security Blinds, are delighted to announce the acquisition of Illuminex and the associated intellectual property rights in respect of the emergency and security lighting systems developed by the company.

Illuminex has fully developed products using Lighting Emitting Diodes (LEDs) to provide emergency lighting systems for public sector and commercial buildings which have a much reduced power consumption compared to existing products.  The state-of-the art technology can be managed remotely allowing low-cost maintenance in such environments and currently, the Directors believe, has no known competition offering anything like the Illuminex systems.  Health and Safety legislation in the UK dictates that it is a requirement for such premises to have back-up lighting in the event of a power cut or lighting failure.  Eruma has agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares on completion to acquire 100% of the share capital of Illuminex from its existing shareholders, valuing the consideration at £350,000 at the placing price at 7p as described below. In addition, Eruma has placed 10,800,000 shares at 7p to raise £756,000.  This will be used to build the sales and marketing for Illuminex and to provide working capital to create volume stocks of the new product.  Application will be made for the new ordinary shares of 1p each, which will rank, pari passu, with all existing ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM.  Wayne Money, Chief Executive of Eruma, said; "this is the perfect addition to our portfolio selling to the same customers in our existing security market and Illuminex products will complement Eruma's current offerings.  The Directors are confident that this will enable Eruma plc to reach profitable status more quickly".