HID Global Introduces The SlimFlex Laundry Tag to Its Industry-Leading Portfolio of RFID Tags

Key Highlights:

• Flexible housing combined with advanced durability characteristics creates ideal tag for commerical laundry and health care asset tracking applications
• Withstands the chemical exposure and high temperatures of repeated commercial washing, drying and pressing cycles, and medical-grade sterilization procedures
• Optimizes health care and commercial laundry operations by enabling automation systems, asset tracking of inventory, and accounting for commercial cleaners

IRVINE, Calif., March 6, 2013 – HID Global^®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced the addition of its industry and logistics SlimFlex^™ Laundry tag solution to the expanding SlimFlex Tag family of broadband UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders. This introduction provides integrators with a rich feature-set of RFID tags that deliver the characteristics of the SlimFlex tag’s durability and flexibility in a format ideal for automated tracking and inventory for commercial laundry and health care linens and supplies.

HID Global’s SlimFlex Laundry tags withstand the chemical exposure and high temperatures of repeated commercial washing, drying and pressing cycles, as well as medical-grade sterilization procedures. The small, thin, flexible white strip-shaped tag can be discreetly sewn into the hem of clothing or linens, unnoticeable to users during everyday operations. With a long read range of up to 8.2 ft. (2.5 m), SlimFlex Laundry tags enable automated sorting, inventory and accounting for commercial cleaners, and improved tracking and infection control processes for health care linens and supplies.

“The SlimFlex Laundry tag design with resilient composite materials delivers excellent durability characteristics, creating limitless possibilities for UHF tag placement and performance,” said Richard Aufreiter, director of product management for Identification Technologies with HID Global. “HID Global is excited about the potential that the patent-pending SlimFlex Laundry tag has to help optimize health care and commercial laundry operations.”

Building upon HID Global’s successful LogiTag^™ family of LF and HF tags, SlimFlex Tags with UHF technology enhance the potential for laundry and medical asset tracking and automation systems. The unique thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) used in SlimFlex housings is made from the same materials used to manufacture automobile pipes and hoses with the ability to tolerate repeated bending or torsion, while maintaining excellent performance characteristics.

 All SlimFlex tags are waterproof and food compatible; they provide high resistance to aggressive liquids and UV rays; and the tags deliver reliable performance and reading stability in high heat and sub-freezing temperatures. SlimFlex Laundry tags also provide added heat resilience, withstanding up to 428° F (220° C) during ironing.

Availability
HID Global’s SlimFlex Laundry Tag is available immediately.

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About HID Global
HID Global is the trusted source for innovative products, services, solutions, and know-how related to the creation, use, and management of secure identities for millions of customers around the world. The company’s served markets include physical and logical access control, including strong authentication and credential management; card printing and personalization; visitor management systems; highly secure government and citizen ID; and identification RFID technologies used in animal ID and industry and logistics applications.  Primary brands are ActivIdentity®, EasyLobby®, FARGO® and HID®. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global has over 2,000 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. For more information, visit www.hidglobal.com. 

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