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Impinj-Powered UHF Gen 2 RFID Solution Delivers Exceptional Results for Item Tagging of Pharmaceuticals
Demonstration at RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit Showcases Embedded-Tag Packaging Technology From Owens-Illinois
| Source: Impinj, Inc.
SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 14, 2006 -- Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of Gen 2 radio
frequency identification (RFID) chips and readers, today announced the
results of a live demonstration conducted yesterday by the HealthCare
Packaging division of Owens-Illinois (O-I) at the RFID Health Care Industry
Adoption Summit in Washington, D.C.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing and fill-line demonstrations, a near-field
UHF Gen 2 RFID solution, comprising Impinj's Speedway™ reader and O-I's
item-level embedded RFID tags powered by Impinj's Monza™ chips, achieved
100% reliability when reading and writing tags at high speed on
pharmaceutical bottles. In the first demonstration, the UHF Gen 2 system
programmed 96-bit EPC numbers at rates exceeding 600 tags per minute on
bottles containing the four most common dose types -- liquids, gel caps,
solids and powder. In the second demonstration, the system developed by
Impinj and O-I flawlessly read 600 tags per minute on cases containing 48
individually tagged bottles and a case-level tag.
"These results are a true breakthrough in item-level RFID implementation,"
said Michael Liard, Research Director, RFID & Contactless at ABI Research.
"The demonstrations validate that a near-field UHF RFID solution exists and
that it provides remarkable performance and reliability. The focus on RFID
as part of the packaging, and not a standalone label attached to the
packaging at the item-level in pharmaceuticals, is both innovative and
exciting. With these solutions being made available, we can expect to see
increased interest among pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers
evaluating item-level RFID."
About Impinj, Inc.
Impinj, Inc. is a semiconductor and RFID company whose patented
Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two synergistic business
lines: high performance RFID products and semiconductor intellectual
property (IP). A leading contributor to the RFID standards for high volume
supply-chain applications worldwide, Impinj leverages its technical
expertise and industry partnerships to deliver the GrandPrix™ solution,
comprising tags, readers, software and systems integration to offer RFID
that just works™. Impinj's innovative IP products, core to the
company's RFID tags, are licensed to leading semiconductor companies
worldwide, allowing them to seamlessly integrate crucial nonvolatile memory
(NVM) alongside analog and digital functionality on a single chip.
Impinj's IP products include the popular AEON® family of embeddable
cores, which provides rewriteable NVM technology in logic CMOS
manufacturing. For more information, visit www.impinj.com.
About O-I
Millions of times a day, O-I glass containers, healthcare packaging and
specialty closure systems deliver many of the world's best-known consumer
products to people all around the world. With leading positions in Europe,
North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America, O-I provides
consumer-preferred products that enable superior taste, purity, visual
appeal and value benefits for our customers' products. Established in 1903,
the company employs nearly 30,000 people and has more than 100
manufacturing facilities in 23 countries. In 2005, annual revenues were
$7.2 billion. For more information, visit http://www.o-i.com.