RFIDNews | Smartrac, Issuing Inlays, Opening Fourth Factory in Thailand

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Smartrac, a provider of inlays for electronic passports, has obtained a major order to supply several million ePassport inlays for the new U.S. passports, Security Document World reports.

Since 2004, Smartrac has been a certified supplier for the U.S. ePassport program, and produces one million inlays a month.

In order to meet the increasing worldwide demand for high security inlays Smartrac is planning to open a fourth factory at the company’s location in Thailand as early as January 2007.

SMARTRAC joins OSPT Alliance to promote vendor-neutral fare collection

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that SMARTRAC has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member.

As the newest member, SMARTRAC will participate in the Alliance’s activities around the development of next-generation transit fare collection systems based on the CIPURSE open security standard. The CIPURSE open security standard addresses the need by transit authorities for future-proof fare collection systems with more advanced security than currently in use.

UPM completes sale of its RFID business

UPM’s sale of RFID business to SMARTRAC N.V. was completed on March 31 following clearance by all competent authorities. The RFID business consisting of three companies in Finland, the United States and China, has been transferred to the new owner.

UPM sells its RFID business to SMARTRAC

UPM has reached an agreement with SMARTRAC whereby UPM will sell its RFID business to SMARTRAC. UPM will become an indirect shareholder of SMARTRAC with a 10.6% economic interest through the company OEP Technologie.

Contiental Tires deploys RFID solution from AeroScout

AeroScout was recently selected to implement and integrate its Wi-Fi RFID-enabled Work-in-Process (WIP) Visibility solution for a Continental Tire factory in France.

Traditionally, manually locating the large carriers used for material transport was challenging and inefficient, resulting in wasted time and materials. With the AeroScout solution, Continental Tire employees can check where a carrier is located in real-time from a Wi-Fi enabled computer.

Smartrac launches Midas NFC tag

Dutch RFID inlay maker Smartrac has announced the availability of its new Midas NFC tag.

Designed to link small objects with cloud services, Midas tags can be attached to electronics and various other accessories allowing for a unique identification of the object while at the same time granting access to a range of services and options residing in the cloud.

SMARTRAC acquires Neology

SMARTRAC announced that the company recently signed an agreement to acquireNeology Inc., a provider of integrated solutions for the tolling, electronic vehicle registration (EVR) and public safety markets.

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Smartrac, Issuing Inlays, Opening Fourth Factory in Thailand