Exhibitor and Sponsor List

Dow Corning is a leading supplier of silicon-based performance-enhancing materials for various industries. Dow Corning supplies a broad range of materials for the construction, protection and assembly of electronic components across the industry.

Aeroscout is the market leader in enterprise visibility solutions based on Wi-Fi and other wireless-networking standards. The AeroScout Visibility System utilizes the power of innovative positioning technology to provide real business benefits through real-time location (RTLS), active radio-frequency identification (Active RFID) and telemetry. AeroScout's partnerships with Cisco Systems, IBM Global Services and other leading technology providers have brought AeroScout hardware and software solutions to over 100 customers in health care, manufacturing, logistics and other industries.

Soligie is the leading company to utilize printing techniques to manufacture products with integrated, printed electronics in a thin, flexible form-factor. Soligie's proprietary techniques enable the development of reliable, custom solutions using a full range of functional inks and specialized substrates. Soligie is now in production with products that utilize nano-particle and conventional inks. Soligie forms partnerships at any phase from concept to high volume production to make our customers successful. Soligie is also investing in the development of processes for printed thin-film transistors that can be used in products such as smart labels and chipless RFID tags. If you need a manufacturing partner to get your "printed electronics" product to market - let us "Deliver your Vision".

For over 50 years, Emerson & Cuming has focused on providing high performance conductive inks and adhesives for the most demanding electronic industries around the world. Our state-of-the-art antenna inks provide the best solution for solvent and temperature-sensitive substrates, while our novel snap cure die attach adhesives enable low cost tag assembly at high production speeds. As RFID technology evolves, we remain at the forefront as a proven leader with exceptional antenna inks and die attach adhesives for RFID tag assembly.

IBM's RFID consulting and implementation practices are part of IBM Global Services, the world's largest information technology services provider. With professionals serving customers in 160 countries IBM Global Services annual revenue was more than $42 billion in 2003, or nearly 48 percent of IBM's total annual revenue. IBM Global Services offers a broad range of capabilities -- consulting, IT services, hardware, software, research and financing -- to help companies of all sizes realize the full value of information technology.

Impinj, Inc. is the world's leading technical innovator in developing UHF Gen 2 RFID solutions for both item-level and supply-chain tagging. Impinj draws on its technical expertise and industry partnerships to deliver a wide range of products and solutions comprising high-performance tag chips, readers, reader chips, software, antennas, and systems integration. Impinj products provide unprecedented performance, integration and cost effectiveness to a global customer base, in applications across numerous vertical markets, including inventory management, asset tracking, authentication and serialization. For more information, visit www.impinj.com.

Muehlbauer is a global, independent manufacturer and consultant of turnkey automation solutions for the Smart Card, Smart Label, Semiconductor Backend and Vision industries. With more than 1,800 employees in 27 locations on five continents Muehlbauer is the leading supplier of production equipment for the Smart Card and Smart Label industry.

 

Based on the RFID Smart Label experience since 1995, Muehlbauer is the only company in the world to provide a complete turnkey solution for RFID Smart Label production including test equipment to guarantee best quality. From raw materials like antennae, RFID chips or adhesives over straps and smart inlays to the finally finished converted self-adhesive Labels, tickets or contactless cards, all market requirements and participants can be served in the best way from one source.

Parelec offers Total solutions for both the Passive and Active RFID markets. Parelec's Parmod® conductive ink enables us to offer partners and customers lowest-cost highest performance passive RFID antenna. This superior performance is due to the patented technology of Parmod® ink's higher conductivity and custom antenna designed to fit a customer's specific needs. We also have an Active RFID with our iLocate™ solution which enables us to offer partners and customers the lowest cost solution due to low infrastructure cost and smart active RFID solutions. We have the only two-way encrypted communications supporting tag on the market, 128bit EAS encryption for all wireless communication and less than 1 foot location accuracy combined with zone location in a single solution. We were established in 1996 and have offices in Princeton NJ and R&D centers in NJ and Israel. Our Certified Partner Program brings together printers, chip manufacturers and systems integrators to deliver the best Total RFID Solution in the market today!. The Parelec patented Parmod® inks are also very suitable for Membrane Touch Switches, Circuits, High Density Interconnects and Defroster/Heaters

Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company™, is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs. Symbol enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies.

DELO is a leading manufacturer of industrial adhesives with its head office close to Munich, Germany and more than 45 years of experience in the field of industrial adhesives. The company with more than 200 employees provides tailor-made special adhesives for applications in all lines of business - from electronics to the chip card and automotive supplier industry as well as in glass and plastic design. Accompanied by several patents, DELO is well established with high-tech adhesives and individual solutions on the international market. Being one of the leading suppliers of ACP and NCP adhesives for flip-chip applications, the products are supplied either in the smart card as well as in the smart label sector. In order to provide the best possible solution for the customer, DELO works in very close cooperation with its technology partners like antenna manufacturers, chip producers and equipment suppliers. In a tight relationship with the customer technical requirements are analyzed and extensive conceptions are created, e. g. for the integration of bonding processes in large production lines. Of course detailed introductory tests, continuous monitoring and consequent development guarantee first-class products for the markets needs. DELO's customers are, for example, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Festo, Infineon, Philips and Siemens. In the financial year 2006/2007 about 170 employees gained a turnover of nearly Euro 27 million. DELO has a network of worldwide distributors and sales partners.

TAGSYS is the global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure. TAGSYS provides RFID systems and tags 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 (R.A.S.) RFID systems and tags, TAGSYS has deployed over 100 million tags and 60,000 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 Cambridge, Massachusetts with offices and R&D Centers in France, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and in Hong Kong. More information on TAGSYS can be found at www.TAGSYSrfid.com.

ADASA Inc headquartered in Eugene Oregon, is dedicated to exploring innovative new uses of RFID technology that help our customers improve supply chain visibility without disrupting their existing business practices.

Adozu provides a complete Asset Awareness system.

bielomatik, a pioneer in RFID technology, is considered the leader in field-proven high production UHF / HF converting and qualification machines. Lowest cost and highest quality per unit are the distinguishing features of bielomatik's solutions for the production of Smart Labels, Tags and Tickets. The building blocks of our line of machines are interchangeable modules, which accommodate changes required by customer demand and evolving technology. bielomatik in partnership with NXP, recently introduced the RF-LoopTag program. RF-LoopTag enables converters to produce their own UHF inlays reliably and economically in order to accelerate the widespread use of RFID.

DAG System, electronic branch of PYGMALYON company, develops RFID (Radio frequency Identification) systems since 1998. Thanks to its technological advance, DAG System is present in more than 30 countries in the world and realize 90% of its turnover abroad. DAG System has already registered 10 patents to protect its innovative products.

Datacon, the world's leading supplier of advanced-packaging equipment, is first source for high capability chip assembly equipment for RFID inlay manufacturing. With a small die capability down to 0.3 mm flip chip and a placement accuracy of 15µm@3 sigma the big number of installed Datacon RFID chip assembly lines are already capable to handle smallest chip sizes which will become standard in the next couple of years. As a pioneer who introduced high speed dot dispensing technology up to 10,000 dots per hour for chip-on-web attach Datacon has set the challenging benchmark for the best in class total cost of ownership. Based on the TTT-program ("Triple-T") Datacon offers total solutions for RFID inlay/tag manufacturing.

IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of printed electronics, RFID and allied technologies.

 

You can trust IDTechEx to help you build your business. We provide consultancy, market research and executive-level events across the US, Europe and Asia.

InfraTab products are "radio frequency identification (RFID) tags". Their purpose is to help perishable producers and their trading partners gain insight into how well the quality of a perishable has been maintained throughout the cold chain.

Transparent Silver Inks, developed by InkTec with patented technology, are Ag-based conducting inks suitable to RFID Tag, PCB, reflective film, display, and EMI shielding, etc. Differently from other prior conductive inks based on nano-technology, InkTec inks are purely transparent silver inks which are not formulated by particle structure. The inks are stable even in long-term storage and applicable to various substrates because they enable ink sintering in low temperature for conductive trace. According to our business plan for electronic materials, it was completed the 2nd plant in March 2007 and this plant will be occupied by electromagnetic manufacturing facilities.

Lyngsoe Systems AS is one of the world's leading software manufacturers and systems integrators of logistics solutions for a wide range of monitoring and automating processes in complex logistics chain environments.

 

Lyngsoe Systems' solutions enable our customers to improve their quality of service and global competitiveness, reduce costs and optimise their return on investment.

 

With more than 1,300 installations worldwide, the Lyngsoe team can demonstrate extensive experience in system design, software manufacturing, installation, service and maintenance of a wide variety of Lyngsoe Systems' solutions. We also offer complete project management and consultancy services.

 

Lyngsoe Systems works closely with customers to provide solutions within the:

The MIT Auto-ID Laboratory is dedicated to creating the Internet of Things using RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks. Our aim from the start was to create a global system for tracking goods using a single numbering system called the Electronic Product Code. The Auto-ID Labs are the leading global network of academic research laboratories in the field of networked RFID. The labs comprise seven of the world's most renowned research universities located on four different continents.

Meco Equipment Engineers B.V. (member of the BESI group) is a leading equipment supplier of plating systems for the semiconductor, connector and film & foil industry.

 

Meco's new development, the Flex Antenna Plating system (Meco FAP) is the solution for tomorrow's low cost antenna production where high volume, product flexibility and process robustness become key!

 

Over the years, the Meco systems have established an international reputation for high performance, outstanding reliability, top quality and unbeatable economy.

ODIN technologies is the leader in the physics of RFID solution design, deployment, research and optimization software. RFID is all we do. Global corporations on five continents leverage ODIN technologies' expert engineers and patented RFID optimization tools to achieve accuracy, speed and visibility for their RFID deployments. In addition to client deployment services, ODIN technologies is also the publisher of the RFID Benchmark Series™, the industry's first and most referenced head to head performance analysis of RFID equipment. ODIN's RFID optimization software suite EasyRFID™ has been successfully used in dozens of sites to ensure accurate RFID implementations. ODIN's founder, Patrick J. Sweeney II, is also the author of RFID for Dummies published by John Wiley & Sons and Wiley's CompTIA RFID+ study guide. ODIN serves clients from offices in Dulles, Virginia, USA, Tokyo, Japan and Budapest, Hungary.

Plastic Logic is a leading developer of plastic electronics - a new technology for manufacturing (or printing) electronics. The Plastic Logic approach solves the critical issues in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment, which is scaleable for large area, high volume and low cost. This enables radical new product concepts in a wide range of applications including flexible displays and sensors. Plastic Logic has a team of more than 100 employees based in Cambridge, UK, California US and Dresden, Germany. In May 2007, Plastic Logic laid the foundation stone of its first production facility for flexible display modules in Dresden, Germany, planned to ramp to production in 2008.

For more information: www.plasticlogic.com

PolyIC produces printed electronics in a high-speed printing process. Printed electronics means that in a printing process electrical conducting and semi conducting plastics, so called polymers, are applied in several layers on a polyester film. The printing process is conducted in an exactly defined design so that electronic devices can be created. These devices are integrated, for example, into a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag. PolyIC's product line for RFID is called PolyID. Printed electronics makes low-cost RFID tags possible that can be used for mass applications. Furthermore, this new technology is also used in displays and complex systems, called smart objects. PolyIC sells smart objects under the name of PolyLogo.

 

PolyIC is a joint venture between Siemens AG and Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG and is located in Fuerth, Germany. PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2003.

PowerID is the industry leader in the field of Battery-Assisted, Passive (BAP) RFID. The company provides reliable and cost-effective BAP RFID labels for selected applications in industries involving freight, metals, chemicals, paper, people tracking, and cold chain.

 

With corporate headquarters in Israel, PowerID is a privately-held company backed by first-tier investors such as Partech International, Apax Partners, Clal Industries and Investments, Amadeus Capital Partners, Infinity Venture Capital, and Bank of America.

Shipcom Wireless has become a leading provider of integrated supply chain execution software solutions focused on the RFID and enterprise mobility markets. Shipcom's proven, open standards platform, CATAMARAN, is a server-based solution that captures, filters, aggregates, transforms, and routes data from multiple devices such as RFID readers and barcode scanners and integrates it directly with enterprise systems such as Oracle, Provia, SAP and various legacy systems. Its software solution also includes reusable application libraries and more than 100 user-friendly development tools, developed from eight years of supply chain experience, that enable customers to easily and quickly configure the CATAMARAN platform to their specific needs.

We offer the simple solution to protect RFID devices from electro-static discharge, esd. RFID devices can be sensitive to electro-static discharge (esd). We are exhibiting the new ion360 Rods, a new patented technology, which dissipates static without contact.

Founded in 2000 as an MIT start-up company, TagSense is a provider of RFID hardware for handheld systems, printers, asset management, access control, and smart shelves. With a portfolio of both passive RFID and high-performance active RFID solutions, TagSense designs and develops custom RFID hardware and sensors for a variety of clients.

TagSense core competency includes antenna design, RF circuit design, and passive sensors. In 2006, TagSense created the world's smallest UHF EPC reader module, the Nano-UHF.

 

In 2007, TagSense released its Active RFID platform, the ZR-HUB, which is the first industry software platform to support both active RFID and passive RFID with the same software API. The TagSense active RFID tag portfolio includes the ZT-10, ZT-50, and ZT-100 active tags which support multiple sensor inputs and data logger functionality based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard operating at 2.4 GHz.

 

The TagSense hardware platform is available to resellers, OEM, and private label companies.

Thin Battery Technologies, Inc. is the leading supplier of thin, flexible, printed power solutions. Thin Battery's products are integrated into innovative solutions created by the leading developers of RFID, RF-linked sensors, transdermal patches, and other thin, flexible, electronics. Providing eco-friendly power sources to printed electronics systems, the TBT leadership team combines a track record of entrepreneurial accomplishment with deep domain experience in printing and high volume, low cost batteries. The technical team is rooted in battery development and has over 250 years of battery design, development, and production experience. Based on a patent estate acquired from the Eveready Battery Company (now Energizer), Thin Battery is expanding its portfolio of products, technology and applications to create market changing solutions.

Ubisense is the global market leading precise RTLS (Real-time Location System) company, utilizing UWB (Ultra-wideband) technology to deliver unprecedented levels of precision, responsiveness, reliability and scalability. The solution provides visibility into mission-critical applications, delivering substantial savings for customers and partners in logistics, manufacturing, entertainment and military industries.

CircuiTree is the only global magazine covering printed circuit board manufacture. Its monthly blend of technical and business articles are complemented by columnists who are regarded as industry experts. CircuiTree also translates technical articles into Chinese for its Asian edition. Please visit our website for a free subscription or advertising information.

Conversión de Películas, Foil, Papel y Cartón is a multimedia (Internet & Print) publication that responds to the information needs of over 13,000 converters and printers of materials for packaging and other paper, foil or film products, throughout Latin America with BPA-qualified subscribers in 20 countries, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. Please visit us at:

Converting Magazine is the authoritative print and electronic voice of the North American package-printing and converting industries. Via our monthly magazine, weekly Frontline News e-newsletter and 24/7 Website, we cover the technology and business of value-added manufacturing for flexible packaging, labels, folding cartons, corrugated cases, smart materials and printed electronics.

Data Collection Online 's reference library and weekly e-newsletter service focus on the automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) industry. Manufacturers, resellers, and system integrators of bar code and RFID technologies are prominently featured on this Web site. Locate providers of fixed and handheld mobile computing devices (and supporting infrastructure) for printing and scanning bar code labels and RFID tags in our supplier directory. Download product specifications through the product showcase and case studies and white papers from the download library. Please take a moment to join our community and discover the benefits of your free membership. For more information, view our editorial calendar for the list of topics we cover.

EuroTag is an independent educational forum for the RFID industry (from vendors through to users), offering its members an in-depth understanding of the various types of RFID/tagging products and technologies as they arrive in this busy market sector. EuroTag also clarifies the standards that are emerging to govern the operation of these products. EuroTag provides its members with topical information relating to applications and current case studies of tags in action. Membership of EuroTag is by annual subscription, and is open to any company, organisation or individual with an interest in tags and related technology.

Ink Maker has a proud history of 81 years of serving the printing ink and color industries. The editorial content consists of contributed technical papers and nontechnical features about trends, technology and global happenings to help our readers to improve their profitability. It is the only magazine in the ink industry that features a monthly interview with printers-the ink manufacturers' customer.

Integrated Solutions shows organizations how to capture, generate, and retrieve data at all points of work and service through the supply chain. We educate IT decision makers about RFID and related technologies that drive business performance - and revenue - by eliminating boundaries of time, distance, and scale. Integrated Solutions covers all RFID applications, ranging from active tag asset tracking to the latest EPCglobal initiatives.

THE LABEL SHIMBUN performs a matchless function in the industry. As the only newspaper in Japan devoted entirely to covering Labels(self-Adheisive Label/Packaging Label/Smart Label) & Label converting news, our publication is ubiquitous throughout the Japanese Label converting industry.

MoreRFID.com is a leading global information provider of RFID news, report, articles, and events. Currently MoreRFID.com operates both English and Chinese sites.

packagePRINTING is a publication dedicated solely to printing for packaging, including tags and labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons, and corrugated containers. It covers all major printing processes, packaging materials, and supporting operations. Monthly features follow the "workflow" that is encountered in the operation of printing facilities including prepress, on-press, and off-press functions. packagePRINTING keeps its readers up-to-date on the latest technologies, market trends, and business issues that impact printers' bottom lines and long-term business strategies.

Packaging & Converting Essentials supports the online marketing activities of suppliers to the packaging, converting, graphical and related industries via posting of industry related news releases and a supplier-website focused directory. The topics cover materials manufacturing and converting, the graphical industry, the packaging industry equipment manufacturing and supply-chain related activities. The target groups are companies and professionals active in the printing, converting, packaging, retail and distribution industries.

Plastics in Packaging As flexible and rigid plastics increasingly become the packaging materials of choice, Plastics in Packaging is the only global publication dedicated to the plastics packaging industry. It is aimed at bringing together those who buy, those who sell and those who make plastics packaging. Published monthly, and with a daily updated news service at www.plasticsinpackaging.com, it reports exclusively on resins, flexible and rigid packaging and machinery.

RFID International is a bi-weekly publication providing industry players in over 35 countries with concise, accurate coverage of the radio frequency technology industries throughout the world.

RFiD Society is an internationally oriented knowledge centre on RFID, based in The Netherlands.

We provide consulting and project management services. Furthermore, we trace and analyse trends in the unfolding markets and industry of RFID. Our financial monitor (RFiD Index™) provides insight into the performance of some of the key players in the field. We have built an international network of professional expert members, distributed across all continents.

RFID Solutions Online's reference library and weekly e-newsletter service focus on incorporating RFID technology into data collection, asset management, and supply chain track and trace solutions. We feature both closed loop solutions as well as emerging open loop applications for the retail supply chain. Visit regularly to stay abreast of industry mandates and the evolving EPC Network standards upon which they are based. Locate providers of tags and labels, readers and printers, middleware, and integration services in our supplier directory. Download specifications through the product showcase and case studies and white papers from the download library. Please take a moment to join our community and discover the benefits of your free membership. For more information, view our editorial calendar for the list of topics we cover.

Planning to implement RFID and related technologies? RFIDswitchboard.com is dedicated to making your life easier. This free, industry-sponsored portal organizes real world, no-nonsense content in logical, easy-to-follow sections. Learn engineering tips, data strategies, implementation techniques, shortcuts, even step-by-step guidance to solve problems you may face. Get direct answer to your questions from a wide variety of technology providers, using your anonymous Switchboard Inbox to avoid phone calls and emails.

RFID Weblog is an online media publication serving executives, researchers and others who follow RFID. As an alternative citizen media publication, we do not duplicate mainstream media reports, but instead add value through: - Information not widely published elsewhere - A common sense, balanced approach to controversial issues - Resources such as research reports, PowerPoint presentations, government regulations, and citizen experiences with and opinions of RFID

Using RFID provides free daily news reports and informative articles about RFID technology and its applications, users, developers, trials, and implications. From the publisher of heavyweight research reports such as The Loyalty Guide 2004, this online publication simply aims to give technology executives and developers the pure facts without any hype, commercial bias, banners, or pop-ups. Feature articles and news items are published daily, and full research facilities are built in.

GS1 UK is part of the global GS1 organisation, dedicated to the development and implementation of global standards and solutions for the supply chain. GS1 standards are the most widely used in the world. GS1 UK helps industry to implement these standards through the use of bar codes, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Global Data Synchronisation (GDS) and electronic business messaging.

 

EPCglobal, part of GS1, is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) to support the use of RFID in today's fast-moving, information-rich, trading networks. EPCglobal is a subscriber-driven organisation, comprised of industry leaders and organisations focused on creating global standards for RFID in the supply chain. The goal of EPCglobal is to increase visibility and efficiency throughout the supply chain and improve the quality of information flow between companies and their trading partners.

iNEMI is an industry-led consortium of approximately 70 electronics manufacturers, suppliers and related organizations.

The Association for Postal Commerce is a national association of businesses and

organizations that use or support the use of mail as a medium for business communication

and commerce. The association represents its members on all matters pertaining to the

development and implementation of postal policies and operations that affect their use of

the mail. PostCom works in its members behalf before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Postal

Service, the Postal Service's Board of Governors, the Postal Rate Commission, and all

other federal agencies and audiences that affect our nation's postal policies and operations.

PostCom is regarded in Washington postal circles as "the association for postal

communication and commerce." Its weekly postal newsletter, the PostCom Bulletin, is

considered the most comprehensive and timely source of national and international postal

news. It's considered must reading by Members of Congress, congressional staffs, Postal

Rate Commissioners, the Postmaster General, all USPS officers, and by postal officials at

all other levels. The PostCom Bulletin serves not only as a source of postal news, but also

as a shaper of postal opinion. Indeed, it's widely considered the "most influential" postal

newsletter in the nation.

So...if your business depends in any way at all on the continued viability of a universal

postal system, then PostCom is the one organization to which your company absolutely

should belong.

RFID Tribe, a global organization with local chapters, is a radio frequency identification (RFID) collaboration forum. The group of industry experts collaborates on RFID and sensor technology, standards, venture capital, products, solutions, industry trends, people and events. RFID Tribe serves as an engine for ideas, people and capital.