IPICO Scores Frost & Sullivan Award With Sports Timekeeping Solution
23 September 2009 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BURLINGTON, Ontario, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- IPICO Inc. (TSX-V:
RFD) announced today that it has been presented with Frost &
Sullivan's 2009 North American RFID Sports Technology Leadership of
the Year Award. The award was given in recognition for the
company's IP-X RFID Air-interface Protocol and patented Dual
Frequency technology that has demonstrated innovative leadership
and high-quality performance in the sports market through its
global solution. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) The IPICO
Sports solution enables electronic timekeeping for a range of
active sports, wellness and recreational activities, from small
local scholastic and club activities to major mass participation
events such as marathons. IPICO Inc. has succeeded in the RFID
sports market due to its unique technology, the IP-X RFID
Air-interface Protocol. This technology was developed to overcome
the limitations faced by conventional Reader-Talk-First (RTF)
protocols in the market. Its technological advantage lies with the
ability to work even in harsh and challenging environmental
conditions and despite the complexities of ensuring accurate timing
results. The patented Dual Frequency technology virtually
eliminates signal loss and tag read collision, working especially
well for objects high in liquid, carbon and electronic content,
such as the human body. Lightweight and compact, IPICO's tags and
readers are easy to use and provide high accuracy due to dual
frequency technology over the traditional low frequency timing
systems. They allow for a high tag transmission rate up to 128
Kbits per second and a high tag read rate up to 155 tags per
second. IPICO's timing systems were first launched at the Bolder
Boulder 10K held in Colorado, U.S. with almost 50,000 finishers and
have been successfully utilized to time the 65,000-plus runner
Sun-Herald City2Surf fun run in Sydney, Australia, the world's
largest electronically timed running event; Nike Women's Marathon
in the U.S. with 20,000 participants, the world's largest
all-women's marathon; and the BUPA London 10,000 in England. Since
an initial market introduction in March 2007, IPICO Sports systems
are now used in over thirty-six different countries, and continue
to develop and grow a loyal following throughout the globe. "The
excellent feedback we received about IPICO's superior performing
and cost-effective products made them the natural selection for
this award," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Neelima
Sagar. "They have demonstrated leadership by consistently
delivering value to their customers with a reliable, efficient RFID
solution that excels among its competitors. We are proud to present
IPICO with the 2009 North American RFID Sports Technology
Leadership of the Year Award. " "Receiving Frost & Sullivan's
top award for technology leadership corroborates IPICO's commitment
to a complete RFID solution that our customers can trust to
deliver," said Gordon Westwater, President and CEO of IPICO Inc.
"It also acknowledges our strong global presence and verifiable
success with providing timekeeping services to several marathons
and running events all over the world." Frost & Sullivan Best
Practice Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and
global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and
superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological
innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.
Industry analysts compare market participants and measure
performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive
secondary research in order to identify best practices in the
industry. About IPICO Inc. IPICO Inc. is a RFID solution supplier
with operations in Canada, USA, South Africa, Europe, Asia and
Australia. IPICO produces smart labels and tags based on the IP-X
communication protocol. IPICO's low interference readers are
designed to meet regulatory requirements in many major markets, and
allow for multi-reader rollout in close proximity. IPICO's low cost
RFID products excel at long read range, fast multi-read
anti-collision and high thru-beam read-speeds of dynamic tag
populations. These products are used to optimize the management of
items, people, animals and processes within the logistic supply
chain and other value chains. For more information about IPICO's
innovative RFID solutions, visit http://www.ipico.com/. About Frost
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THIS RELEASE. For further information please contact: Gordon
Westwater, President & CEO, IPICO Inc. Tel: +1 (905) 631-6310
E: Philip Lockwood, Vice President, IPICO Sports Tel: +1 (309)
672-6442, ext. 301 E: Anne-Marie Monroe, media contact on behalf of
IPICO Inc. Tel: +1 (416) 580-2687 E-mail.
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CONTACT: Gordon Westwater, President & CEO of IPICO Inc.,
+1-905-631-6310, ; or Philip Lockwood, Vice President of IPICO
Sports, +1-309-672-6442, ext. 301, ; or Media, Anne-Marie Monroe,
+1-416-580-2687, , for IPICO Inc. Web Site: http://www.ipico.com/
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