STMicroelectronics' RFID Partner program aims to develop partnerships with
companies that offer complementary products or services. A non-exclusive
list of some of these partners plus a brief description of their
activities is given below.
ACG
Identification Technologies GmbH : Based
in Walluf, Germany, is a leading component and technology
supplier in the smart card and RFID markets. The company
has18 locations, throughout Europe, North & South Americas,
Asia Pacific and the Middle East. ACG is part of the ASSA
ABLOY Identification Technology Group the world's leading
manufacturer and supplier of Identification solutions.
Ascom
designs, develops and sets up fare collection
systems in the fields of public transport, toll and parking.
Ascom's strength is that it is able to understand
its customers’ applications so as to prepare a proposal
beyond just putting at their disposal only its technologies.
Its systems have become real management tools for network
operators. By internationalizing its markets it has
been able to understand the economic and social constraints
of the countries and cities where everyday routine tasks
need to be made easier and safer. Ascom offers ticketing
systems in public transport, urban and interurban applications,
multi networks, multi modal and multi services in magnetic
and contact less technology, automatic ticket issuing machines,
booking office machines and retailers point of sale terminals,
access control (gates and validators), contact less tickets
reloading terminals, CATS computer assisted ticketing system.
300 AFC systems are in operation throughout the world.
ASK
With more than 50 million 13.56MHz RFID
products already delivered (end 2004) using silkscreen printing
antennas on paper, ASK is the world leader in disposable
RFID smart tickets and paper labels. Committed to quality,
ASK production capacity already exceeds 100 Million labels
per year.
ASK expertise covers antenna design, chip pick&placing,
industrial production of labels and tickets and performance
guarantee of 13.56MHz subsystems including short-range,
long-range and handheld readers.
All of these bricks enable system integrators to propose
high-quality systems to their customers.
Astag
is focus on UHF Smart Tag ( Long range & Passive ) &
13.56MHz RFID Smart Tag ( Short range & Passive ), located
in Taiwan. Our company culture is Innovation, Imagination
and Precision.
We research and develop the relations between antenna and
various mediums. According to different medium and applications,
we can revise UHF antenna drawing by ourselves.
Base on the flexible and professional technology, we are
establishing the brand of B to B.
Our Flip chip technology included ISO18000-6, epc1.19 and
lots of UHF & HF transponder.
Avance
Technology positions itself as a Smart Solution
Integrator by smart chip and wireless technology. The state
of arts technology from our partners, together with localized
middleware design,
Avance provides a advanced, safe and demand-driven solution
with proven records to customers.
Business Scope : We provide chip technology base solution
and service including smart card, card security system,
card management system, RFID related products, and RFID
system integration.
AWID
(Applied Wireless ID) is the world’s only true multi-protocol/multi-standard
RFID reader manufacturer, providing a complete line of RFID
readers for all applications. Reader types are Handheld,
Fixed Location, Portal, and Shelf Readers. Applications
are Access/Security (125 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 915 MHz), and Asset/Logistic
(13.56 MHz, 868 MHz through 2.45 GHz). AWID, the fastest
growing RFID reader manufacturer, is now the world's #1
manufacturer of Handheld RFID readers for Supply Chain,
Logistics and Transportation applications (800 MHz through
2.45 GHz). AWID's MPR (Multi-Protocol RFID) readers can
read practically any RFID protocol commercially available
today!
BemroseBooth
offers specialist and secure print services. The company
has a turnover in excess of £60 million, operating
from three production locations in the UK and currently
employing over 850 people.
The Group holds a significant position in a number of niche
markets including Mass transit and Parking, Sports &
Leisure, Secure Logistics, Security and Information Products,
Secure Mail and Promotional Products.
BemroseBooth operates internationally and has a Sales &
Marketing operation in Atlanta, USA.
BemroseBooth manufactures and markets Smart Ticket &
Smart Label products using ST Microelectronics ICs
Since
1993, CIPAM,
expert in traceability conceives and integrates complete
solutions for identification, data acquisition and data
management, mixing today’s technologies (RFID and
bar code). CIPAM offers fixed and mobile RFID solutions
based on LF, HF and UFH. RFID applications from CIPAM are
installed within large European and French groups in various
industries such as: automotive, agro-alimentary, transport
and logistics, health, and distribution.
CIPAM supports a full range of scanners for bar code and
DPM (direct part marking) code, from manual systems to fixed
scanners, as well as mobile terminals.
Deister
electronic GmbH develops, produces and distributes
innovative RFID-products for all internationally established
frequencies and technologies (LF: 125/134.2 kHz; HF: 13.56
MHz; UHF: 433/868 MHz, 2.45 GHz). The company belongs to
the leading suppliers of RFID worldwide. One of the main
markets is the field of Ident & Automation. Here deister
electronic offers stationary and mobile read/write-units
especially for industrial automation, supply chain management
and transportation/logistics. The product range also includes
universal RFID-components for different OEM-applications.
deister electronic has its headquarters in Barsinghausen/Deister,
Germany. Subsidiaries for sales and service exist in Great
Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium/Luxembourg, Italy,
USA, Canada, Singapore and Japan. Worldwide deister electronic
employs > 200 people. In 2007, deister electronic celebrates
its 30th anniversary.
Edvance,
is a french company that designs global solutions based
on RFID and business entreprise applications. Specialized
in Java / J2EE, CICS / MVS technologies, Edvance makes the
link between the real and the virtual wolrd by providing
"On Demand" and standard solutions such as stock
control systems, supply chain management and access contriol.
In progression each year, Edvance is your more reliable
partner to succeed in software integration inside your projects.
Etik
Ouest designs and manufactures labels,
in average and high volumes, for the industry. We are
an expert in technical material and adhesives for dedicated
applications. Etik Ouest is certified ISO 9001 and ISO TS
for the automotive industry. We also have patents and
exclusive know-how in combining adhesive and other
components on the same label, for multiple applications.
RFID labels: partner of the French “minalogic”
competitiveness pool “paper RFID”
FEIG
ELECTRONIC develops and manufactures RFID
readers and antennas for LF, HF and UHF frequencies. FEIG
offers a wide range of reader products from proximity reader
modules, hand-held readers, mid-range and long-range readers
with reading ranges up to 140 cm. The OBID i-scan® product
family (HF and UHF) offers readers for applications in retail
(EPC), logistics, libraries etc. Features of these readers
are multi-tag capability, anti-collision and BRM-function
(data filtering and buffering) which is increasing the speed
and guarantees, that no transponder data will be lost. As
an OEM supplier, FEIG targets system integrators and VAR´s.
These customers are supported by product trainings, technical
support, sales- and marketing support.
WuXi
Fofia Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech
company specializing in Smart Card Technology. We are good
smart card reader OEM and ODM manufactory in China. We have
a strong R&D engineer term in contact and contact less
Smart Card Application development. Our main products are
all kinds of smart card reader and terminal. Our products
can support ISO7816\ISO14443A&B\ISO15693 standard contact
and contactless cards\tags\labels. We can provide all kinds
of R/W reader or module having a Wiegand\RS232\RS485\USB
interface. In the future, WuXi Fofia Technology will
become an omni bearing smart card service company, which
can provide smart card products, reader, software development
and system integration.
GEP
is a company established in 1999 by the IFIL Group to design,
develop, implement and sell systems and advanced solutions
based on electronic cards with microprocessor technology
(smart cards). GEP specializes in designing
and developing smart cards. With its own R&D centre,
GEP realizes its solutions and integrates the systems concerned,
collaborating with the most qualified providers of the complementary
technologies regarding both the system and the production
processes.
HP
is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses
and institutions globally. The company’s offerings
span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home
computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal
quarters ended Oct. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $86.7 billion.
More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available
at www.hp.com.
Idesco
Oy is a Finnish hi-tech company that develops,
manufactures and markets readers, reader modules, tags and
cards based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology.
Idesco was founded in 1989 and is therefore one of
the oldest RFID companies in the world. The first
read/write (R/W) RFID applications using Idesco’s
technology were delivered in 1991. Together with its
system integrators network Idesco delivers RFID products
worldwide, for instance to access control, factory automation,
ticketing, intrinsically safe environments, logistics, maintenance
and assets marking.
IER,
subsidiary of Bolloré Group, develops solutions
to optimize operational efficiency and enhance security
in flow processing of people, vehicles and goods in the
transportation and logistics industries.
Based on more than 10 years expertise in ID solutions including
RF labels, IER has gradually built up its development skills
and capacity in the design and manufacture of a wide range
of inlays in various types of materials and made-to measure
antenna adapted to its clients needs.
KSW
Microtec AG: As Europe’s first service
supplier of adhesive flip chip technologies, KSW Microtec
offers a broad variety of technology-based products and
services, ranging from post-fab wafer processing to the
state-of-the-art microelectronic assembly solutions and
low cost microelectronic packaging. KSW Microtec, founded
in 1994, sets new milestones with its Smart Active Label
(SAL) products, namely TempSens and VarioSens, its advanced
sensor/RFID chip development activities and the novel and
environmentally friendly battery technology. KSW is a founding
member of the Smart Active Label (SAL) Consortium, an action-driven
group incorporated in 2003 that brings users and technology
suppliers together to promote the use of smart active label
solutions.
Magnadata:
are one of the World largest suppliers to the Passenger
Transport Industry of tickets, cards, and other fare collection
documents. We currently supply over 1.5 Billion items every
year ranging from magnetic cards to the low-cost paper smart
tickets and dual interface smart cards. All the smart
cards conform to the latest ISO 14443 specifications, Type
A+B and we are also a Calypso Licensee. Our two production
facilities based in the UK and Australia can offer a complete
service of printing, programming and distribution to anywhere
in the world.
Montalbano
Technology's mission is to establish itself
as a leader in the up-scale RF-ID market by deploying devices
based on an innovative, flexible, modular and programmable
single chip platform which combines the widely established
RF-ID technology, the microprocessor technology and the
world of the embedded sensors.
MT’s product family, named multiTag, consists of a
number of semi-passive RF-ID devices with sensors, which
are able to measure time with high accuracy and to acquire,
process, store and eventually transmit data of exposure
to heat and to other environmental factors. MT provides
with turnkey solutions which include the application software,
the reader and the application specific RF-ID device.
Such devices come in different shapes and sizes and with
specific features, depending on the targeted application.
The company, named Montalbano Technology SpA, has a fully
paid-up capital of € 1,000,000.
RCD
Technology is
a RFID solutions consultant, a tag developer, and a
vertically integrated manufacturer of passive HF and UHF
inlays, prelams, wristbands, labels, and tickets. All products
utilize the patented RCD additive copper antennae process
(environmentally green) and options such as RCDSECURE-
RFID labels that electrically fail once removed from the
object, high/low temperature designs, water/chemical robust
constructions, unique shape/sized inlays, etc. RCD creates
application specific RFID tag solutions for its customers.
Reseaumatique
is a French integrator designing and providing Traceability and Mobility solutions. Relying on its expertises in automatic data capture (RFID and Barcode), in robotics and automation, in software design, in networks and in engineering, RESEAUMATIQUE offers advanced turnkey solutions to meet its customers requirements. Combining RFID tags and readers up to supervision systems and servers, RESEAUMATIQUE builds innovative high added value solutions.
Our solutions are deployed in many domains such as Healthcare, Industry&Logistics, Food and Livestock industries.
SAG
Europe GmbH is a subsidiary of Securitag
Assembly Group Co., Ltd, Taiwan and exclusive distributor
of Sunbest Technology Company Limited, Taiwan in Europe.
SAG is a manufacturer of RFID products like ISO cards, tags,
wristbands, key fobs, readers, smart labels, smart tickets,
smart CDs and prelams. All of these products are available
in different kinds of systems, such as EM, MyD, Temic, Legic,
Hitag, Mifare, I-Code and SR176 etc.
SAMSys
is a world leader in the design and deployment of passive
RFID reader technology. We design and manufacture a wide
range of RFID readers supporting a broad array of tag protocols
and frequencies. We also offer RFID consulting services
for those companies contemplating the introduction of RFID
into their operations but who are uncertain as to the best
RFID solution to employ. We are dedicated to the proposition
that each RFID application requires a careful matching of
RFID tag, reader, and host interface components to deliver
the optimized performance promise of RFID technology.
Sharp-Takaya
electronics industry co.,Ltd
Sharp-Takaya
develops and produces low cost, high quality RFID inlays.
Sharp-Takaya expertise covers antenna design, inlay manufacturing
and its equipment development.
Sharp-Takaya was established by joint investment with Sharp
Corporation and Takaya Corporation in August, 1979.
Sharp-Takaya began as a leading factory of the semiconductor
assembly of Sharp brand IC products in Okayama, Japan.
SkyeTek
develops reader technology that allows customers to embed
RFID as a feature into products, applications and solutions
enabling security, safety, productivity, loyalty and competitive
differentiation. Espousing open standards and architecture
we prepare our customers to embrace a future of possibilities
while minimizing the risks associated with change and uncertainty.
Smart
Res, a radio frequency identification (RFID)
tag supplier, bases its transponders production on proprietary
productive technology. The flexibility of the productive
process, which is based on an insulated copper wire antenna,
allows Smart Res to offer fully customizable tags. Transponder
tuning, chip positioning, antenna geometries are some of
the customizable features of Smart Res products. In a complex-growing
market Smart Res is able to meet the widest selection of
customer needs, from mass production to prototypes. SmartRes's
head office is located in Modena, Italy, and has a second
production unit and R&D facility in Cosenza.
Founded
in 1987 SOFTWORK
is a leading company for integrated RFID solutions for LF,
HF and UHF frequencies (active and passive). Distribution
agreements with international leader companies, like FEIG
ELECTRONIC for OBID® product family and Identec Solutions
for active RFID technology, allow SOFTWORK to propose advanced
and complete data collection RFID systems: transponder,
antenna, reader, device, mobile solution, communication
interface, API, SW library, development kit, etc., as well
as ISO and EPC standard. SOFTWORK also offers consulting
& support for feasibility studies and customized applications
in retail, logistic, access control, tracing & tracking,
animal identification, library, health etc. SOFTWORK has
built a network of more than 90 certificated dealers jointing
the Work-Tag® Partner program.
Solid
Solutions en identification SA is a Swiss
company offering complete support and turnkey solutions
around "Automatic Identification Technologies"
to companies who wish to improve their traceability and
the quality of their process.
Among several accomplishments, Solid has developed a Smart
Box: SIB which will give the unique ability to simultaneously
Read/Write to/from an RFID tag, Read a barcode, Print a
label, Control I/O port.
It supports serial RS232 as well as Ethernet connection
wired and wireless, and offers the capability to communicate
directly with any upper applications such as SAP, JDEdwards,
Oracle and many others…
STId
is a French company specializing in the design, development
and sales of RFID readers and OEM products using LF, HF
and UHF frequencies. This comprehensive product range enables
STId to meet customer requirements in terms of security,
reading performance and integration in existing infrastructures.
Since 1996, STId has been at the cutting edge of RFID innovation
enabling the company to provide customers with tailored
products on the following markets:
Access control: proximity and hands-free readers (LF and
HF) with badges
Vehicle identification: high speed and long range readers
with badges
Product traceability in industrial or logistic processes:
industrial readers (UHF, HF and LF) with standard and specific
tag designs (EPC, ISO 18000, ISO 15693…)
As customer satisfaction is our primary concern, we provide
them with technical support as well as consulting services.
TAGSYS
is the global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure.
TAGSYS provides RFID systems for end-to-end item-level tracking
that automates labor-intensive processes, authenticates
and safeguards goods, and enables real-time inventory and
asset visibility. With a proven track record of delivering
Reliable, Accurate and Secure (RAS) RFID systems and tags,
TAGSYS has deployed over 50 million tags and 50,000 reader
systems to over 500 customers in more than 40 countries.
TAGSYS RFID solutions are currently being deployed in a
range of highly specialized vertical markets that include
pharmaceutical, fashion apparel, libraries, and textile
rental. The company is headquartered in France's Smart Valley
with offices in the USA (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) and Asia
(Hong Kong). More information on TAGSYS can be found at
www.tagsysrfid.com.
Tatwah
Smartech Co .Ltd was set up in 1987
and specialize in manufacturing contact-less smart cards
and reader. We was accredited with ISO 9001 : 2000 certification
and awarded 24 prizes for patents and new style utility
in area of smart card. Current staffing level is 1400 and
the areas of workshop cover 28000 square meters.
At the moment, TATWAH SMARTECH Co.,Ltd have capacity of
550k RFID products per day.
Major product lines include : contact-less smart cards,
smart tags, smart labels, as well as reader and reading
Modules. We own HP-200 printer for card personization, and
offer service with ink jet code,
laser engraveing, relief printing. Ability to laminate different
types of chips provided. TATWAH SMARTECH Co.,Ltd is leading
manufacturer of RFID products.
ThingMagic
is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, specializing in RFID (radio frequency identification)
readers, sensors, and other embedded and low cost computing
technologies. We believe in open standards, multiple sources,
and the power of partnerships. Our standards-based products
are available worldwide from a growing number of manufacturing
licensees, OEM partners, resellers and integrators.
Titoma
is a Western managed firm based in Taiwan and China, specializing
in Turnkey Development and Manufacturing of electronics.
We master "Design For Asian Manufacturing” TM
which means that for all products we design we work closely
with the Asian suppliers to optimize for lowest cost manufacturing
in China. This means basing our design on Chinese modules
and components, and optimizing for the more labor-intensive
production methods that make China the lowest cost country
in the world.
UPM
Raflatac develops and mass produces high
quality, low cost RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
tags used for contact less smart cards and labels. Founded
in 1997 and with headquarters, product development and production
located in Finland, UPM Rafsec now has the largest installed
production capacity for RFID tags worldwide. The company
has sales offices in USA, Netherlands, Japan and Singapore.
UPM Rafsec is a part of UPM-Kymmene Group, the world leading
producer of printing paper.
Vanguard
ID Systems is a premiere manufacturer of
RFID (radio frequency identification) cards, key tags, and
labels. All of our products are custom made and individually
tested to ensure the highest quality. All products operate
at either HF (high frequency) 13.56 MHz or UHF (ultra
high frequency) 900 MHz. These products are available
in a variety of configurations, shapes, and sizes. By combining
our RFID product with a magnetic stripe, and/or a bar, we
enable you to implement RFID at your pace without the cumbersome
changes associated with retraining your personnel or the
need for major new product rollouts. We have been in business
for over 20 years, including creating and manufacturing
RFID products for 10 years and have produced well over a
billion high quality products for our customers. We specialize
in working with system integrators and companies that are
doing their own integration work. Vanguard ID Systems, your
Single Source for RFID, Magnetic Stripe, And Bar Coded Products.
WaveZero
is a cutting edge leader in the development and manufacturing
of extremely low cost, environment-friendly RFID antennas
and inlays. WaveZero offers a broad range of pre-designed
RFID antennas and inlays as well as customized solutions
to meet your needs. WaveZero also offersRFID manufacturing
equipment to produce your own antennas and inlays at your
location.
X-ident
technology GmbH is a producer of RFID (Radio Frequency identification)
tags, tickets and labels under the brand IQ-Paper® for
the automatic identification of objects and people. Such
a label contains a flat antenna and a chip under its surface,
which can be activated and read by a reader to provide its
information. These labels are used on cardboard and plastic
boxes to improve logistic as no line of sight is required
and multiple labels can be read simultaneously. X-ident
has established itself as the worldwide leading company
to produce the full range of RFID smart label and ticket
products.
