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Building on Key
Successes of the Initial Agreement Over
the Past Two Years, Airbus Taps OAT’s
Expert RFID Services for Additional Three
Years
ORLANDO, April 14, 2009 - OATSystems,
a division of Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE:
CKP), today announced here at RFID Journal
Live that Airbus has extended its contract
for OATSystems’ expert Auto-ID & RFID
software services for an additional three
years.
In what was noted at the time to be the manufacturing
industry’s single largest RFID software transaction
to date, Airbus selected OATSystems and partners in
early 2008 to provide a multi-million dollar, multi-year
Auto-ID software platform In parallel, Airbus also
entered into an initial two-year service contract with
OATSystems to deploy its software platform, which is
part of the Airbus Auto-ID standard corporate architecture.
During this time, OATSystems has delivered
variety of solutions to help Airbus streamline
operations across supply chain, manufacturing
and assembly domains.
“We are extremely pleased that our software and
professional services proved their value so demonstrably
over these past two years,” said Prasad Putta,
general manager, OATSystems, upon executing the Airbus
contract extension. “We look forward to
our continued partnership with Airbus and supporting
it in its pioneering Value Chain Visibility and Auto-ID
program.
OATSystems will exhibit a variety of its
solutions for A&D and industrial manufacturers here at RFID
Journal Live in Booth 440.
About OATSystems
OATSystems, Inc. is the recognized
radio-frequency identification (RFID) solution
leader with software that empowers businesses
to achieve competitive advantage and ROI
from RFID enabled applications. As a pioneer
in developing RFID technology, OATSystems
has been setting the standards in RFID for
over half a decade and is responsible for
industry firsts that include the largest
scale and largest scope of deployments,
as well as the most innovative approaches
to providing enterprise-wide RFID solutions.
OATSystems’ multinational
client base consists of over 100 customers in retail,
consumer packaged goods, consumer electronics, manufacturing,
life sciences, aerospace and defense. A division of
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., OATSystems is located in
Waltham, MA, and has a development office in Bangalore,
India and various direct sales offices and resellers
around the globe. To learn more, visit www.oatsystems.com and www.checkpointsystems.com.
About Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Checkpoint Systems is a global leader in shrink
management, merchandise visibility and apparel
labeling solutions. Checkpoint enables retailers
and their suppliers to reduce shrink, improve
shelf availability and leverage real-time
data to achieve operational excellence. Checkpoint
solutions are built upon 40 years of RF technology
expertise, diverse shrink management offerings,
a broad portfolio of apparel labeling solutions,
market-leading RFID applications, innovative
high-theft solutions and its Web-based Check-Net
data management platform. As
a result, Checkpoint customers enjoy increased sales
and profits by improving supply-chain efficiencies,
by facilitating on-demand label printing and by providing
a secure open-merchandising environment enhancing the
consumer’s shopping experience. Listed on the
NYSE (NYSE: CKP), Checkpoint operates in every major
geographic market and employs 5,600 people worldwide.
For more information, visit www.checkpointsystems.com.
Contact:
George Cohen (for OATSystems)
GCC, Inc.
617/325-0011
george@gccpr.com |
