Retail RFID: Checkpoint Systems Plays Key Role in Metro Group RFID Roll-Out and ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Dr. Gerd Wolfram, Executive Project Manager said, "Checkpoint has a wealth of experience with RF-EAS technology in applying labels at source which are read at ...

" ... Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP), the leading provider of RF-based product identification and shrink management solutions for retailers and consumer package goods manufacturers has been selected by The METRO Group, the world's fourth-largest retailer, and the first to deploy RFID technology across the entire supply chain, to form part of an RFID solutions team that will help suppliers implement the technology in their daily operations. Within the scope of the solutions team, Checkpoint has been chosen as the recommended partner for systems integration services, along with IBM. In addition Checkpoint is also recommended as a supplier of RFID labels and antennas. ... "

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. is an international company that specializes in product identification and shrink management solutions for the retail industry and its supply chain. Checkpoint's solutions provide its customers greater efficiencies from the point of manufacture to the point of sale and improve the consumer shopping experience. Listed on the NYSE, the company employs more than 4,000 personnel worldwide, has direct sales in 30 countries, and has distributors in 50 countries. Checkpoint is the world's leading provider of RF (Radio Frequency) technology, producing billions of RF tags and manufacturing and installing tens of thousands of RF antennas.annually. The company's extensive product portfolio includes digital RF/EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems, RF source tagging, barcode and labelling systems, including a global network of 30 service bureaus, and solutions for retail merchandising.