Press Releases (2011)

Frost and Sullivan Recognizes Impinj for its Unique and Customer-focused RFID Tag Chip for the Apparel Sector

Based on its recent analysis of the radio frequency identification (RFID) chips market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Impinj, Inc. with the 2011 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Excellence for its Monza® 5 RFID chip. This product provides unmatched read reliability, accuracy and encoding performance for the retail apparel sector. The company leverages a decade of experience in the tagging market to develop and add this product to its Monza line.

November 2, 2011

Impinj and RFsense Deliver RFID Solution to Popular Brazilian Retailer

Impinj, Inc., the leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, and RFsense, a Brazilian provider of RFID software and systems, today announced the deployment of a complete “Source to Floor” RFID solution for memove, a new apparel brand and part of Brazil’s Valdac Global Brands, owner of the popular Siberian and Crawford brands. The initial phase of the implementation will involve three stores in 2011 and include more than 40,000 tagged items per location with an expected usage of 5 million tags in 2012. memove plans to open 54 stores within the next five years, all utilizing RFID technology.

October 27, 2011

Synergy to Distribute Impinj RFID Reader Products in Brazil

Impinj, Inc., the leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, today announced that Brazil’s leading RFID technology provider, Synergy, will distribute the Impinj Speedway® family of RFID reader and antenna products throughout the region. The new relationship ensures that Brazilian RFID solution providers now have easy access to the world's leading UHF Gen 2 technology for a wide variety of applications and markets.

October 27, 2011

Impinj CFO Named to Puget Sound Business Journal's 2011 40 under 40

Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, today announced that the Puget Sound Business Journal selected Evan Fein, Impinj’s Chief Financial Officer, as one of the publication’s 40 Under 40 honorees for 2011, to be profiled in a September special publication and honored on September 14 at The Showbox Sodo.

August 17, 2011

Impinj Announces Filing of S-1 Registration Statement

Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of UHF RFID solutions for identifying, locating and authenticating items, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

April 21, 2011

Impinj Drives Item-Level RFID with Monza® 5 Tag Chip and STP™ Source Tagging Platform

Leading UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) technology provider Impinj, Inc. today announced the launch of two critical components for implementing item-level RFID across retail markets and supply chains. Impinj’s Monza® 5 tag chip and STP™ source tagging platform will enable widespread scaling of RFID retail inventory management solutions, driven by the Item-Level RFID Initiative announced last November by leading retailers, suppliers and industry organizations.

April 5, 2011

Impinj Selected as Finalist for “Best in Show” and “Special Achievement” RFID Journal Awards

Award winners will be announced at the RFID Journal LIVE! 2011 trade show April 12-14, in Orlando, Florida.

March 24, 2011

Cascadia Innovation Fellowship launches in Seattle to offer paid internships to top computer science students

Summer interns will work with some of Seattle’s hottest technology startup companies including Redfin, Extrahop, Impinj, Zillow, Lockerz, and Apptio.

February 23, 2011

Impinj Tops ABI Research's 2010 UHF RFID Tag Chip Vendor Ranking

Impinj, Inc. achieved top ranking in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID transponder IC vendor report. [Read in Chinese, 中文]

January 19, 2011

Impinj Media Relations

Jim Donaldson
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications
Impinj, Inc.
jim.donaldson@impinj.com
+1-206-834-1091

Jill West
Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications
Impinj, Inc.
jill.west@impinj.com
+1-206-834-1110