RFID Journal

Oct. 17, 2006

Editor’s Note
CHEP's Gen 2 Container Tracking System

Since the spring of 2004, CHEP has been offering its clients PLUS ID, a service that includes RFID-enabled CHEP pallets; support applications to collect, store and process data; and upgrades to ensure compliance with emerging EPC standards. When the service first became available, the company was using Gen 1 EPC Class 0 read-only tags (see Pallet Tracking Goes High Tech).

Now CHEP has announced the launch of a PLUS ID program using tags made with Impinj's Monaco/64 Gen 2 chip. This new offering provides an extra 64 bits of user-programmable memory for clients to store data. The tags are being applied to reusable containers used to ship liquid raw materials, food ingredients and bulk quantities of manufactured products.

In a pilot project expected to start next month, Procter & Gamble and Avon will track tagged containers in Brazil. The two manufacturers haven't yet revealed the specific type of data to be recorded on the 64 bits of user memory that will available on the Impinj tag. When the time comes, it will be interesting to see how pallet-able this feature proves to be.

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Top News
CHEP Announces New RFID-Enabled Container-Tracking Service
The company is using tags with Impinj's Monaco/64 Gen 2 chip, which offers an extra 64 bits of user-programmable memory that clients such as Procter & Gamble and Avon will be able to use to store data.
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RFID Middleware Market Set For Growth, Change
The RFID middleware market is ever-changing and increasingly competitive, and set to exceed $190 million by 2010, according to Venture Development Corp.
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ETSI Tests Show EPC Scaleable in Europe
In a final, large-scale test involving 20 full pallets of tagged cases moving through portal reading zones, all interrogators tested worked in sync while still observing ETSI regulations.
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RFID News Roundup
Intelleflex announces new semi-active, passive products; Confidex releases two metal-mount Gen 2 tags; Sun's Dallas RFID Center moves to Colorado; Mattel playing with RFID.
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