Press Releases (2005)
Precisia Partners With Impinj To Launch RFID Products
ANN ARBOR, MI (April 12, 2005) - Precisia LLC, a leading developer of advanced printed electronics technologies, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flint Ink Corporation, announced today that it is partnering with Impinj, Inc. to launch a line of RFID products utilizing Impinj's family of chips.
Precisia's products delivered through the partnership will utilize Impinj's Monza™, EPCglobal™ Generation 2 compliant RFID tag silicon, as well as its ZumaRFID™ Class 0+ chips. Precisia will design, prototype, test and print its own antennas for the inlays it produces with the chips, or will print existing antenna designs developed by Impinj.
RFID antennas designed and printed by Precisia have been used by Impinj for more than a year. Precisia's experience with inline webfed and sheetfed printing processes has consistently demonstrated the performance and high production efficiencies of printed antennas.
"Precisia is a highly responsive company and we are impressed with their RFID products and printed electronics technologies," said Dr. William Colleran, president and CEO of Impinj. "We're very pleased that they have selected Impinj's Monza and ZumaRFID chips to use with their innovative printed antennas for their products. We anticipate our collaboration will deliver maximum performance to our customers."
Dr. Graham Battersby, president of Precisia, noted, "The addition of Impinj as a valued partner further demonstrates Precisia's customer-responsive, multi-partner, multi-option operating philosophy. In an RFID market that is growing and changing rapidly, we are continuing to pursue partnership opportunities for Precisia with combinations of resources and solutions to meet our customers' specific applications needs."
About Impinj, Inc.
Impinj, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company whose patented Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two synergistic business lines: high performance RFID products and cost-effective semiconductor intellectual property (SIP). Impinj's semiconductor chips power high performance, enhanced-functionality RFID systems that fulfill the global mandates promulgated by the consumer packaged goods and retailing industries. For more information, visit www.impinj.com.
About Precisia LLC
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Flint Ink Corporation, Precisia LLC provides conductive and advanced printing inks, and electronics technology and processes. Precisia's offerings include essential materials and completed devices for radio frequency identification (RFID) and other printed electronics applications. For more information, please contact: Paul Carnarvon, Director of Sales and Marketing, at +1-734-205-6600, or conductivesolutions@precisia.net.
About Flint Ink
Founded in 1920, Flint Ink Corporation offers a comprehensive range of flexographic, sheetfed, web offset, gravure, UV/EB curable, digital, and advanced and conductive inks. Operations are organized into nine segments: North America, Latin America, Asia, India/Pacific, Flint-Schmidt in Europe, Jetrion LLC, Precisia LLC, Progressive Color Media LLC, and CDR Pigments & Dispersions. For additional information on Flint Ink's products and services, contact Rita Conrad, vice president of Corporate Communications, Flint Ink, at +1-734-622-6362. Flink Ink is on the Web at www.flintgrp.com.