Intermec Technologies Corp. today announced that HK Systems/Irista, an Intermec
Honors Partner, has been named an Intermec RFID Authorized Partner. HK Systems/Irista
and Intermec have teamed up to help customers develop comprehensive plans
for adding RFID capabilities to their supply chain operations.
RFID Authorized Partners complete a rigorous qualification and training process
that authorizes them to resell Intermec RFID products and services and to
specify Intermec RFID solutions.
“HK Systems/Irista is a highly valued Intermec partner with a long history
of deploying automated data collection systems to customers who use Irista
software,” said Intermec Vice President Rod Crane. “Working with Intermec
as a RFID Authorized Partner, both companies will help their customers add
RFID capabilities to their supply chain operations.”
“Our relationship with Intermec goes back many years,” said Jim Stollberg,
vice president and general manager of Irista. “The advances they have
made in developing RFID equipment are world class. Like HK Systems and
Irista, Intermec has been working with this technology for years and has many
successful installations. We are truly looking forward to including
Intermec equipment as part of our RFID-enabled logistics solution”.
Intermec RFID technology already is at work throughout the world in wide-ranging
applications, from providing inventory and pallet tracking to increasing levels
of access control at U.S. border crossings. Intermec offers a complete, integrated
line of RFID products and services for virtually any supply chain application.
Its RFID product line includes a wide variety of tags, labels and printers
designed to meet specifications of a complete range of industries and environments,
from heavy manufacturing to retail. Intermec also offers RFID interrogators,
both fixed and handheld, including multifunction devices that can read and
write to RFID tags as well as scan bar codes, allowing easy transition between
technologies.
About Intermec
Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) is a leader in global
supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration
of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag® RFID
(radio frequency identification), mobile computing systems, bar code printers
and label media. The company’s products and services are used by customers
in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of
business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource
planning to field sales and service. For information about Intermec, visit
www.intermec.com.
To learn more about how companies can benefit from Intermec’s supply chain
technologies, contact Intermec Technologies Corp., 6001 36th Ave. West, Everett,
WA 98203 USA; telephone 800-347-2636; or visit Intermec's web site at>
www.intermec.com.
To learn more about UNOVA, visit> www.unova.com.
About HK Systems and Irista
HK Systems is North America’s leading automated material handling and logistics
software total solutions provider. The company develops, implements,
and supports integrated solutions for the management of enterprise-wide inventory,
distribution, logistics management, and automated material handling systems.
The company also manufactures a full line of automated guided vehicles, automated
storage and retrieval machines, conveyors, palletizers, and sortation equipment.
Irista, HK Systems’ software subsidiary, has a proud history of delivering
unique logistics solutions that enable the efficient and accurate flow of
raw materials and finished goods through the production, distribution, and
delivery process for manufacturers, distributors, and their 3PL partners.
Working in concert, Irista’s warehouse and transportation management applications
optimally direct logistics activities based upon real-time conditions, constraints,
and priorities of an enterprise’s logistics assets.
For more information regarding HK Systems or Irista, call 1-800-HKSYSTEMS
or 1-866-4IRISTA, and visit our web sites at www.hksystems.com and www.irista.com.
