TransCore announces radio frequency identification (RFID) and satellite communication distribution milestones, exceeding 150,000 satellite communications transceivers worldwide and surpassing 25 million RFID tags and 45,000 RFID readers worldwide. Annual production of the company's eGo(R) paper-thin windshield sticker tags also surpassed predecessor hard-case models, marking the shift towards newer more versatile RFID tags that can perform under the rigors of long-range and high-speed requirements for transportation applications.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (BusinessWire EON) March 30, 2007 --
TransCore
announces radio
frequency identification (RFID) and satellite communication
distribution milestones, exceeding 150,000 satellite communications
transceivers worldwide and surpassing 25 million RFID tags and 45,000
RFID readers worldwide. Annual production of the company’s
eGo® paper-thin windshield sticker tags also
surpassed predecessor hard-case models, marking the shift towards newer
more versatile RFID
tags that can perform under the rigors of long-range and high-speed
requirements for transportation applications.
TransCore’s RFID
tags are deployed in transportation applications in 39 countries with
easily recognizable wireless toll collection systems in use in Florida,
Georgia, Texas, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma or internationally in Hong
Kong. Additionally, to track rail assets there are two TransCore tags on
virtually every rail car in interchange service in North America, while
universities like Harvard, Michigan, University of Southern California
and more than 30 others use TransCore tags for parking and access
control. Airports such as Dallas Fort Worth International to LAX and
more than 60 other airports use TransCore’s
RFID tags for parking and ground transportation applications.
A company rich in transportation history, TransCore’s
RFID heritage traces back to the ‘80s when
five scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory developed RFID
technology for two divisions of the federal government: the Department
of Energy to track vehicles and nuclear materials and the Department of
Agriculture to track cattle and monitor their health. In 1983, congress
encouraged the national laboratories to transfer technology to the
private sector so the public could benefit from the investment of
research dollars. The development team left Los Alamos to commercialize
the technology and founded Amtech, later acquired by TransCore. Of those
original five, Dr.
Jerry Landt, TransCore’s chief scientist
and holder of 15 instrumental RFID patents in the United States, was
honored during a ceremony at the company’s
research, development and manufacturing center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Dr. Landt explained, “Going from five guys and
a vision to transportation applications in 39 countries is humbling.
While this achievement was probably incomprehensible to us at the time,
RFID’s sustained commercial success in
transportation built a foundation for RFID developments we see today.”
Expanding on the company’s wireless
experience in research and development, TransCore acquired GlobalWave®
satellite communications in 2004 and became the first manufacturer to
offer both RFID and satellite communications. The satellite-based
GlobalWave system allows users to monitor, manage, track and communicate
with remote and mobile assets from a Web-based interface. With three
ground control stations providing service to five continents, the
GlobalWave network supports customers worldwide including more than 500
commercial transportation companies and the U.S. Department of Defense.
In late 2005, following an extensive research and development effort,
TransCore introduced two remarkably power efficient satellite-based
trailer tracking terminals, Slap
& Track™ and Sense & Track™.
At the center of these products is a new communications modem that
reduces the size of terminals and extends battery life from the usual
three years up to seven years, doubling the battery life of trailer
tracking products on the market.
The requirement to monitor and track freight demands an intricate
network of systems to provide in-transit visibility of freight movement,
whether by truck, rail, barge or intermodal. TransCore introduced
3sixty, a product suite merging six separate logistics capabilities into
a single platform to further link vital data delivered from satellite
communication and RFID enabling technologies to operational systems.
TransCore’s Executive Vice President of
Operations George McGraw commented, “Reaching
these milestones marks an accomplishment both in manufacturing
efficiency and dedication to developing technology with a solid business
case.”
About TransCore
TransCore
is dedicated to driving inefficiencies out of surface transportation
through innovation. The company’s almost
70-year heritage supporting the transportation industry spans a range of
offerings for the toll, traffic management, airport, parking, access
control, rail, intermodal, trucking, and homeland security markets. With
products and installations in 46 countries, more than 100 patents
worldwide, and pioneering applications of RFID and satellite
communications technologies, TransCore's expertise is unparalleled in
the markets it serves. In 2006, Engineering
News-Record (ENR) ranked TransCore No. 57 out of the Top 500
Design Firms and No. 11 for firms that specialize in transportation
while Inbound Logistics Magazine ranked TransCore as one of the
Top 100 Logistics providers.
TransCore operates as a unit of Roper Industries, a market-driven,
diversified growth company with 2006 revenues of $1.7 billion, a market
capitalization of over $4 billion, and is a component of the S&P MidCap
400 and Russell 1000 Indexes. For more information, visit www.transcore.com.
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