At Smart Labels USA 2005, in June, UPM Rafsec presented the "world's first" global Gen2 RFID tag portfolio for retail supply chains. After introducing the first Gen1 EPC tag in 2003, the company has now developed an approach - named Rafsec OneTenna – said to allow a single antenna design to function in every region of the world.
With OneTenna, it is no longer necessary to produce numerous antenna designs to meet the different regional RFID regulations, according to Rafsec. It says the placement of the IC guarantees the optimum performance in a certain region. OneTenna simplifies and speeds up the design and production process, thus allowing the company to improve product availability for customers.
It will continue to manufacture and support its Gen1 HF and UHF products, in order to best serve its global customers, regardless of which EPCglobal standard they follow.
The new UPM Rafsec factory in Fletcher, North Carolina, scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2005, will concentrate on high volume production of UHF EPC tags used primarily in retail supply chain management, for example by companies that need to meet the Wal-Mart and US Department of Defense mandates.
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