UPM Rafsec submits new tags to UPC testing

RFID tag supplier UPM Rafsec has announced its participation in the EPCglobal Hardware Interoperability testing system. The testing is part of an effort by EPCglobal Inc to improve Electronic Product Code (EPC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) hardware interoperability within the EPCglobal community.
The testing evaluated the interoperability of UPM Rafsec's newly released 96-bit Class 1 RFID tags with readers supplied by major RFID reader manufacturers.
‘The  interoperability results are according to our expectations that EPC Class 1 96-bit products will be available from multiple interoperable vendors,’ says UPM Rafsec president Timo Lindstrm. ‘It also signals that pilots associated with the various US mandates can begin in earnest with data structures intended to be long lasting.’