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RSI ID Relases New Tamper-Proof Tags

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

RSI ID Technologies’ announced this morning its new tamper-evident RFID tags feature special components and properties, which provide the tags with their unique characteristics.

The manufacturer of RFID antennas, inlays and tags, says this “first tag in the class” is a destructible RFID tag that upon visual inspection looks and is programmed the same as standard construction tags. But when applied to the product, it reveals unique properties and causes the tag to come apart when an attempt to remove the tag is made.


RSI ID Technologies Announces Class of Tamper-Evident RFID Tags

RSI ID Technologies (RSI), a leading manufacturer of RFID antennas, inlays and tags, announced the release of a class of tamper-evident RFID tags. The tamper-evident RFID tags feature special components and properties, which provide the tags with their unique characteristics.

The first tag in the class is a destructible RFID tag that upon visual inspection looks and is programmed the same as standard construction tags, but when applied to the product, reveals its unique properties and causes the tag to come apart when an attempt to remove the tag is made.

This tamper-evident class of RFID tags also includes the development of tags that offer additional levels of security ranging from the ability to leave behind part of the RFID antenna to incorporating a tamper-evident material construction, which when removed, leaves behind a residual adhesive or an image identifying that the label has been tampered with.

“Tamper-evident materials have been used for some time in a variety of applications,” said Wolf Bielas, CEO of RSI ID Technologies. “It was a natural progression to develop a way to integrate the use of these visual tamper-evident technologies along with RFID for those companies that want to combine and leverage the best of both technologies.”

Ideal applications for RSI’s tamper-evident RFID tags include tracking sensitive goods, product authentication, and vehicle registration.

Samples of RSI’s new tamper-evident RFID labels will be available in Booth 224 at EPC Connection, October 2-4 in Chicago , IL . For inquiries or to place an order, please visit www.rsiid.com or call 619-656-2515.

About RSI ID Technologies

RSI ID Technologies is a leading, vertically integrated manufacturer of antennas, inlays and tags. RSI’s core skills in rapid tag design and high quality manufacturing of inlays and labels, coupled with its extensive systems design and integration expertise, enable it to deliver innovative solutions to complex RFID problems across global markets. Established in 1991, RSI offers a full line of HF and UHF RFID labels, readers and software to customers in a broad range of industries. [end] 

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