Ship2Save extends RFID alliance with SAMSys and Sato

November 16th, 2004 - Montreal, Quebec

Ship2Save announced today its new RFID alliance members SAMSys Technologies and Sato Corporation. Theses RFID partners help broaden Ship2Save's ability to provide the flexibility it needs to deliver solutions to the growing list of enterprises embarking on their RFID pilgrimage.

Director of Business Development & RFID Strategy Sam Falsafi explains: " Each and every customer has different needs that need to be met. One, may ship carbonated drinks, another, cereal. Having the ability to align ourselves with RFID hardware vendors means being able to have the flexibility to select the most effective setup for each customer."

System Analyst Maninderpal Singh adds: "RFID equipment responds differently to its physical environment. Some equipment works best in harsh environments, other, in closed workspaces. Some equipment is more or less plug-and-play, other is a bit more complicated to setup. Some, like SAMSys equipment have tremendous flexibility, allowing a multitude of protocol and frequency compatibilities. Others, like Sato, provides leading industrial product lines of RFID printers, print engines, and smart RFID media. These RFID partners allow us to reinforce our integration and software expertise with a solid hardware component. "

"The integration of the Ship2Save offering with our SAMSys multi-protocol reader is an important development for the supply chain solutions being offered today," explains Steve Hall, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SAMSys. "The ability to read with widest variety of UHF tag protocols, plus integrate that data into the Ship2Save solution in a seamless way, will provide immediate information about the user's product tracking and availability."

Jan Svoboda, RFID Product Manager at Sato adds: "SATO understands the importance of overall expertise necessary for a successful integration and rollout of RFID solutions. This is well reflected in SATO's partnerships, SATO RFID Solutions, and the technical expertise supporting SATO's products and customers."

Providing complete RFID solutions for various vertical-markets, Ship2Save's product portfolio includes warehousing, manufacturing, and transportation solutions built on top of an RFID powered infrastructure. Alliance partners such as Microsoft, Alien Technology, Zebra Technologies, Bell Mobility, and new partners SAMSys and Sato, enable Ship2Save to bring these products to the market place reliably and cost-effectively.

 
About Ship2Save
Ship2Save is one of the industry leaders in cost effective RFID Solutions and is a founding member of the Canadian Microsoft RFID Council, a member of the Microsoft Global RFID Council, and a member of Texas Instruments Tag-It Team. Ship2Save's unique product lines, flexible and proficient software, business development models, and distinctive deployment services, offer customers cost effective and high quality solutions for their logistic needs. http://www.ship2save.com/

About SAMSys Technologies Inc.
SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SAMSys), founded in 1995, is a world-leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions and RFID integration consulting services designed to evaluate and recommend optimal RFID solutions to enhance existing business process. SAMSys offers a family of products to simplify the installation and ensure the ongoing performance of the overall RFID hardware infrastructure. SAMSys is a public company whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Exchange under the symbol: "SMY". The Company has a total of 46.1 million shares outstanding. Visit SAMSys at http://www.samsys.com/ and http://www.investorfile.com/.

About Sato Corporation
SATO Corporation, Japan, was established in 1940 to manufacture and sell packaging machinery. In 1962, SATO invented the world's first hand-held labeler and operations as an international supplier of labeling machinery were begun. The US subsidiary was established in 1977 and eventually became SATO America, Inc. in 1987. During that period, SATO developed the world's first thermal transfer barcode printers and became the leader in applying the technology to the market. Since SATO's 1979 introduction of the world's first thermal transfer barcode printer, Model 2311, SATO has continued to be in the forefront of thermal printing technologies.Our product line includes direct thermal and thermal transfer printers, OEM print engines, printer accessories, label design software, labels and thermal transfer ribbons.
Today, SATO continues its tradition of designing and manufacturing high quality industrial printers that deliver reliable performance with each print job. http://www.satoamerica.com/