Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Free RFID Tags From Avery

"Avery Dennison's RFID business division on Monday launched a partnership program for qualified companies that are facing 2006 mandates to affix radio frequency identification technology tags on cases or pallets before shipping goods from their distribution center to customers. In the program, Avery is opening a company location in Atlanta to help accelerate the adoption of RFID across the retail and Department of Defense supply chains. "We expect a great deal of interest in this program and recognize that RFID tags are a crucial component of a working RFID system," said Antony Sloan, manager of marketing services at Avery Dennison RFID. "The more than 300 companies under current and 2006 mandates that must implement RFID at their own expense are mostly likely going to be taking a close look at the advantages of the Avery Dennison Partnership Program." Through the program, the company will assist in tag evaluation at its Atlanta Technical Center, where participants in the program receive up to 10,000 free Gen 1 or Gen 2 tags to either test or ship cases and pallets to customers." Source: informationweek.com