[06/05/06]
Sun Microsystems announced that it has combined its RFID Test Center with the Sun Advanced Product Testing (APT) environmental test laboratory to meet the growing demands of customers to test multi-vendor RFID and sensor solutions for interoperability, compliance with industry standards and mandates, and the ability to withstand extreme, "real-world" environmental conditions.
Companies from around the world have used the Sun RFID Test Center to simulate thousands of RFID and sensor deployments to verify that solutions are interoperable and meet industry technical standards and mandates.
To better integrate with Sun's APT environmental test lab, the Sun RFID Test Center has relocated from Texas to Colorado, where it adds the capability to test RFID and sensor solutions under adverse environmental conditions such as excessive heat and cold, shock, humidity, vibration, altitude and pressure.
"Our RFID Test Center has been extremely successful helping customers take their first steps toward implementing comprehensive RFID solutions that are interoperable and meet industry standards and mandates," said Jim Del Rossi, RFID facility director, Sun Microsystems. "Combining our RFID Test Center with Sun's premier APT test lab lets our customers take that next step - to conduct real-world, industrial-strength tests to verify whether RFID solutions can withstand the harsh field environments found in military, shipping, aerospace, medical and other settings."
Sun's new RFID Test Center, which will begin operations immediately, is located on the company's Louisville campus in suburban Denver, a short distance from Sun's APT test lab. The RFID Test Center is the world's first to combine "industrial-strength" environmental stress testing with comprehensive interoperability and standards-compliance testing. More information about Sun RFID solutions and the Sun RFID Test Center is available at http://www.sun.com/aptesting.
"We have utilized the extensive testing facilities of APT for Coors products since 1991 and the premier services of the Sun RFID test center since 2004," said Ray Toms, senior packaging manager at Coors Brewing Company. "We look forward to the integration of these test functions for enhanced future testing."
In addition to Coors, Sun APT customers include Pepsi, HP, Seagate, Maxtor and Ball Aerospace. The Sun RFID Test Center has performed tests for thousands of customers, including companies such as Coors, Goodyear and Clorox.
About RFID Technology
RFID (radio frequency identification) technology uses small tags attached to everyday objects that can be read by sensors to capture data about the object. Integration of this data within the enterprise or with partners or customers can help companies lower costs, improve processes and gain business efficiencies. RFID solutions are being used increasingly in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, health care, pharmaceuticals, transportation, security and government. The U.S. Department of Defense and many large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target have established requirements that vendors use RFID to help reduce the cost of delivering products and to improve supply chain management.
About Sun's Advanced Product Testing (APT)
Sun's Advanced Product Testing is an ISO-9001-certified, independent, fully equipped environmental test lab located in Longmont, Colo. APT employs the use of vibration, shock, altitude and temperature/humidity test machines to perform evaluations on products and package systems. All are designed, built and utilized to perform testing in accordance with NEBS, ASTM, ISTA, MIL-SPEC 810, RTCA/DO-160, UN/DOT HAZ-MAT and other specifications. Sun's APT can be found on the Web at http://www.sun.com/aptesting.
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