RFID Gazette: Videojet Introduces the Fast Tag Total RFID Tagging Solutions

November 07, 2004

Videojet Introduces the Fast Tag Total RFID Tagging Solutions

Wood Dale, IL (USA) – November 7, 2004 – Videojet® Technologies Inc. (a Danaher company) introduces the Videojet FAST Tag RFID tag applicator, providing RFID tag application solutions to quickly and easily meet retailer mandates, including Wal-Mart® supplier specifications. Videojet, a world leader in product identification solutions, has joined with its sister company, Accu-Sort Systems Inc., to provide a total RFID application system for packaged goods manufacturers.

The FAST Tag encodes and applies RFID tags utilizing a Videojet label applicator, an Accu-Sort RFID reader, and a patent-pending reject identification and recovery system.

"The bad tag reject system makes this a very cost-effective solution," says Ian Carver, RFID product manager for Videojet. "It catches bad tags before they make it to the product and into the supply chain."
The Videojet FAST Tag is a portable, flexible, affordable RFID tag application solution that delivers high-speed performance and low maintenance. It supports Class 0/0+ and Class 1 tags and is EPC Global Standard upgradable.

This RFID tag application system is available for immediate installation. With the deadline for the Wal-Mart initiative quickly approaching, Videojet has already shipped several of these units to major
Wal-Mart supplier sites.

"The industry already knows and trusts Videojet as the supplier and servicer of product coding equipment," says Carver. "Combining expertise with Accu-Sort, the leader in automatic identification in major retailers around the globe, adds the experience and reliable technology of the RFID system."
Accu-Sort has considerable depth in RFID applications, with over 30 working systems installed to date. The partnership with Accu-Sort also brings over 30 years of auto ID and applications expertise in WMS and ERP systems integration. The label applicator in the FAST Tag system is manufactured by Videojet, and boasts proven reliability and performance, demonstrated by over 4,000 of these labeling systems in operation today.

Videojet supports this new RFID technology through its extensive service network in North America, which features over 150 service technicians in the United States alone.

For more information about the Videojet FAST Tag RFID tag applicator, call 800-843-3610 or visit www.videojet.com.

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Videojet Technologies Inc. is a world-leading manufacturer of coding, printing and laser marking products, fluids, and accessories for the product identification industry. As experts in continuous ink jet (CIJ), drop-on-demand (DOD), thermal-transfer overprinting (TTO), array, and laser technologies, Videojet has over 275,000 units installed worldwide. Sales, service, training, administrative and application support is provided by direct operations worldwide, including Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, with more than 250 direct sales and service personnel in the United States alone. Videojet's distribution network includes over 175 distributors and OEMs, serving 135 countries.

Statements in this release that are not strictly historical may be "forward-looking" statements, which involve risk and uncertainties. These include economic and currency conditions, market demand, pricing and competitive and technology factors, among others, as set forth in Danaher Company's SEC filings.

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