ExypnoTech Introduces SmartPaper RFID Product Line
HOHENBRUNN/MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003-- ExypnoTech GmbH, a subsidiary of NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., Denver, USA, (OTCBB:NPCT)today announced that it will debut its new SmartPaper(TM) RFID product line at two international trade fairs during the coming months.
ExypnoTech will have an exhibition stand and will present a workshop on the Company's latest innovations for high-volume RFID tag assembly, at the Smart Labels USA 2003 Exhibition & Conference from March 24th to 27th in Boston, Massachusetts. ExypnoTech will also attend the leading European exhibition for Identification and RFID Technology in Wiesbaden, Germany, from May 6th to 8th sharing a booth with AIM (Association for Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technologies).
The SmartPaper(TM) RFID labels will be distributed by ExypnoTech under its pending trademark, SmartPaper(TM).
SmartPaper(TM) RFID labels are printed on a new type of special paper using a customized ink jet printer developed by ExypnoTech, which is able to simultaneously read and personalize RFID devices. To achieve this, ExypnoTech integrates its recently announced ET-R1 reader into a leading medium-capacity commercial printer. Its reader modules (see press release dated February 18, 2003--ExypnoTech Expands Product Portfolio with Low-Cost RFID Readers) are compatible with ISO standards 15693 and 14443 and can read and write RFID tags from Texas Instruments (Tag-it), Philips (I-Code, SLI), Infineon (my-d) and ST-Microelectronics (LRI). Modified printer drivers will allow easy integration of automatic identification into existing applications, such as logistics. Initially, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP drivers will be offered, with additional drivers for Linux available by the middle of the year.
SmartPaper(TM) RFID products are considered to be ideal for RFID customers, who initially plan to personalize relatively small quantities of labels and tags. In time, many of these projects and applications are expected to lead to significant growth in RFID component demand.
Michael E. Wernle, President and CEO, said: "In the current RFID market there are a small number of very large projects and a large number of smaller projects, for which our new, SmartPaper(TM) RFID products are specifically designed. While we remain fully committed to large projects in partnership with leading label manufacturers such as Schreiner LogiData (see press release of June 24, 2002), our new products will enable ExypnoTech to also serve a large number of smaller customers. ExypnoTech is positioning itself to be a full provider of component solutions for RFID system integrators."
About ExypnoTech GmbH
ExypnoTech GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., located in Rudolstadt, Germany. ExypnoTech produces a range of RFID components, including smart inlays assembled using the benefits of the WaferPierce(TM) flip-chip process developed by NanoPierce Connection Systems, Inc., another wholly owned subsidiary of NanoPierce Technologies, Inc.
About NanoPierce Technologies, Inc.
NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, USA, is traded on the NASDAQ stock market (OTCBB:NPCT) as well as on the Frankfurt and Hamburg exchanges (OTC:NPI). In addition to the 12 patents it owns, NanoPierce has numerous applications pending, others in preparation, and various other intellectual properties related to NanoPierce's proprietary NCS(TM) (NanoPierce Connection System). This advanced system is designed to provide significant improvement over conventional electrical and mechanical interconnection methods for high-density circuit boards, components, sockets, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic systems.
For more information regarding NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., visit the Company's website: www.nanopierce.com.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements about NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., and its subsidiaries, that may involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors relating to the Company's operations could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements and are further detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) available at the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements are based on information available to NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., on the date hereof, and NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., assumes no obligation to update such statements.
CONTACT: NanoPierce Technologies, Inc.
Paul H. Metzinger, 303/592-1010
Fax: 303/592-1054
paul@nanopierce.com
or
ExypnoTech GmbH
Dr. Michael E. Wernle, + 49-8102-8961-40
Fax: + 49-8102-8961-41
michael.e.wernle@exypnotech.com
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