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NW&LR products begin on p33 Reporter Narrow Web & Label Labels | Flex-Pack | Tapes | Tags | RFID UPDATE | Labe l OFF Sleeves GR SET/ A CO VURE M See BO p34 AN DE D EDI ANDE D ED EXP IT IO N RFID Patches To Aid Medical Uses and More GLASGOW, UK | Frank Sammeroff Ltd., a manufacturer of medical products, reports a strategic alliance with technology development company Gentag, Washington, DC, to produce smart, wireless, RFID skin patches for ID and diagnostic applications. Gentag focuses on the creation of wireless sensor technologies based on cell phones. “By combining cell phones with RFID skin patches, we feel that medical errors in hospitals worldwide can be reduced significantly in major cost benefits, says Gentag founder Dr. John Peeters. “Our unique, patented, noninvasive solution combines disposable skin patches with RFID tags and cell phones and will allow physicians and nurses to use their cell phones or wireless PDAs to update medical charts, time of patient visit, drug administration, and also be immediately warned about possible drug interactions prior to drug delivery.” Lawrence Sammeroff, chairman of Frank Sammeroff Ltd., says, “We expect large quantities of RFID skin patches to be sold to hospitals but also to organizations such as amusements parks, where [they] could be used for entrance control, payment services, and child ID and location.” The patches are thin, flexible, and washproof. They allow for writing on them by pen as well as writing data to the chip or to a remote website. EX P TION Two-Sided Tape Offered LAKE VILLA, IL | CH Hyde Co. announces the availability of Teflon (PTFE) tape with adhesive on both sides (thin to thick gauge). The PSA is up to 0.060 in. thick. The double-sided tape allows customers to fasten two substrates together easily and cost-effectively, the company reports. Rivets, bolts, and screws are not necessary. The characteristics are the same as those associated with Teflon: chemical resistance, nonporous barrier, extreme temperature resistance, and dielectric strength. 3M acrylic adhesive on both sides enables attachment to other substrates. A Sampling of Winners | Print 2000, Monterey CHICAGO, IL | Substrate supplier GPA Pk., CA; Marilyn Monroe retail announces the winners in its third sticker-postcard annual Printed Sample Contest. u Ultra Film Non-Adhesive Films | Printers across the country competed Graphic Arts Color, Pittsburgh, in six categories for Best of Category; PA; popcorn bag for American one was named Best of Show. Eagle’s rollout party To be eligible a piece must be from u Ultra Digital Pressure Sensitive an actual job or promotion and be Papers | Triangle Printers, Skokie, printed by a GPA customer on a qualIL; Caffe Sonora coffee labels ified GPA substrate. This year judges u Ultra Digital Films | Digital chose from more than 100 entries. Ink, Long Island City, NY; Following are categories and winners: promotional signage featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers BEST OF u Ultra Film Pressure Sensitive u Ultra Digital Papers | SHOW Films | Getz Color Graphics, Raff Printing, Pittsburgh, PA; Lenexa, KS; “Rub It!” two-way open-house self-promotion piece. retail signage For more information visit u Ultra Bak Plus Pressure Sensitive www.askgpa.com. Papers 30 | MAY 2008 Partnering to Further RFID PETAH TIKVA, ISRAEL | PowerId, a supplier of battery-assisted, passive (BAP) RFID technology, reports the conclusion of a strategic partnership with STMicroelectronics, Geneva, Switzerland, a supplier of RFID chips. Under the agreement, PowerID will work with STMicroelectronics to foster the further penetration of BAP technology into existing and new markets. The companies will explore, in a future deal, ways to co-market EPCglobal Class 1, Generation 2 technology to customers that demand highperformance RFID where the performance of passive RFID is limited and where active RFID technologies are too expensive or bulky. The co-developed technologies will be based on the combination of PowerID’s thin and flexible, environment-friendly battery and STMicroelectronics’ integrated-circuit family designed to support BAP technology. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.askgpa.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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