Petah Tikva, Israel – July 8, 2008 – PowerID Ltd., the industry leader in battery-assisted, passive (BAP) RFID technology, announced today that it has established partnerships with Asian manufacturers to respond to expanding demand for PowerID’s BAP EPCglobal Class 1, Generation 2 labels. 

With the introduction of PowerID’s EPCglobal Class 1, Generation 2-compatible labels, PowerID has experienced high demand from system integrators worldwide which have been looking to expand their solutions offering.  As a result, the company intensified its efforts to forge manufacturing partnerships in Asia to enable high-volume production.  After rigorously screening potential manufacturers, PowerID concluded agreements with Asian partners that combine the highest quality standards with high-volume manufacturing capabilities.

Representing an industry first, PowerID’s Gen 2 products combine the high performance and reliability of a BAP label with support for standards-based Gen 2 RFID readers. The labels operate in the ultra high frequency (UHF) range (850-960 MHz).  PowerID's BAP labels are designed to track challenging materials—such as liquids, metal, and paper—that can negatively affect the reliability of traditional RFID technology.

The key to BAP's performance lies with PowerID's flexible battery technology, which enables readability in difficult environments while boosting the read range of the labels. BAP provides performance that is comparable to active RFID technology, but at a much lower price point and with better performance than those of passive RFID tags.

"We had already searched for alternatives to ramp up our manufacturing volumes prior to our Gen. 2 label release, and partnering with strong manufacturers in Asia is only logical in light of the growing market pressure on us to supply Gen. 2 BAP labels,” said Erez Kahani, CEO of PowerID.  “We look forward to continuing to ramp up our capacity commensurate with demand and to passing on to our customers and channels the benefits resulting from economies of scale.”