SEM's Destruction - State-of-the-Art and Then SomeSEM's Secure Destruction Facility is the envy of the industry. It features: Complete Video Surveillance 24/7/365
Nationwide Destruction Facility Up and Running Security Engineered Machinery (SEM), for years a leading supplier of paper shredders, now also destroys sensitive electronic records for businesses and government agencies throughout the United States.
The company’s new high-security destruction services facility is next door to its main office in Westboro, Massachusetts. “This is a major step for us, but we are just responding to a growing demand,” said SEM President Peter Dempsey. “You see it on the news every night — losing confidential digital information can mean identity theft, corporate espionage, or even a risk to homeland security.” All of the facility’s equipment has been approved by the U.S. National Security Agency. The cost and size of SEM’s powerful disintegrators would exceed the budgets and space limitations of the companies that send a multitude of items to the new facility for secure destruction. The rotary-knife mills in these machines make short work of computer hard drives (or even whole central processing units), CDs, DVDs, diskettes, microfilm, credit cards, ID badges, audio and video cassettes, circuit boards, PDAs (“Palm Pilots” and the like), cell phones, x-rays, flash media (digital camera “thumb drives,” etc.), and key tape. Everything ends up as “E-scrap” — unrecognizable shreds that can be as small as 1/8” in diameter.
SEM disposes of or recycles the waste in accordance with pertinent federal regulations. Prototypes and off-spec batches of toys, clothing, and pharmaceuticals go into the same disintegrators, to keep proprietary product specifications out of the hands of “dumpster divers.” Fully bonded and insured, SEM monitors the entire operation with 17 video cameras around the clock, seven days a week. Customers who drop off their items in person are invited to stay and watch the destruction. Those who ship their items to SEM can watch on a designated website as their barcoded hard drives and other items are disintegrated. If desired, SEM will arrange for secure shipping in locked military transport cases. Some customers even track their shipping crates with GPS systems. |  |
