Specially designed RFID label provides new vision for asset tracking applications

Tampere, Finland - June 16, 2008 - Confidex, a fast growing company with unique expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, today announced the introduction of Confidex Carrier, the company's new, UHF RFID label for returnable plastic containers. Confidex Carrier is a special label designed to effectively and reliably adhere to plastic surfaces.

Millions of plastic transit items such as totes, crates, and trays are used in various applications that require proven durability under heavy use and challenging environments. Accurately and reliably tracking these plastic items requires an RFID tag solution that is equal to the task.

Confidex Carrier, with its high performance acrylic adhesive and proven EPC Class 1 Generation 2-compliant reliability, was specifically developed to meet these demands by providing an RFID tag solution that will reliably withstand the daily use of plastic transit items for several years.

"Prior to its introduction, Confidex Carrier was tested in industrial applications with real-life use and cleaning conditions to ensure the tag design meets the requirements of our customers," said Jarkko Miettinen, Vice President of Marketing at Confidex. "The requirements for better visibility in asset management have been continuously expanding due to increased material and transportation costs and the need to remain competitive in today's business environment."

A reliable UHF RFID tag solution can provide a fast return-on-investment for asset tracking applications where identification in inventory and cleaning management are critical, such as meat crates or other similar assets used for delivering food. With its long read range, UHF RFID can enable fast identification of assets in just a fraction of a second and provide more accurate information about the location and quantity of such assets.

In addition to tracking returnable plastic transit items in the supply chain, Confidex Carrier, with its wide-band antenna design, is also ideally suited for a wide range of other applications.

Confidex Carrier joins the growing family of unique Confidex RFID special tags and labels, as well as its line of RFID hard tags. Confidex RFID products have been successfully used in a variety of demanding applications such as identification of IT assets, vehicles, rail cars, and reusable transit items, in motion, from arctic to subtropical regions.

About Confidex

Confidex, headquartered in Tampere, Finland, is a fast growing company with unique expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and system engineering. With offices in Europe, North America and China, Confidex provides high-performing, industry-standard RFID tags for demanding applications in the Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Petrochemical and Retail Logistics industries; ensuring consistent quality, performance, and reliability at the lowest possible cost.  The company's highly experienced team has enabled Confidex to quickly become the trusted partner for major vendors and end-users in the RFID industry.

Confidex's core competencies and experience span HF (high frequency) and UHF (ultra high frequency) antenna design, tag manufacturing, and advanced tag conversion and encapsulation.