FKI Logistex Offers Industry’s First Combined RFID and Barcode ID Unit for High-Speed Baggage Handling

The first fully-integrated RFID and barcode unit introduces the next generation of RFID based baggage handling systems

01 September 2008

Key Facts

• The first fully-integrated RFID and barcode unit introduces the next generation of RFID based baggage handling systems
• Easy plug-and-play integration into FKI Logistex baggage sortation systems for green-field and retrofit projects
• Achieves near-perfect read-rates by combining RFID and barcodes

FKI Logistex® - a global leader in automated baggage handling - announce a combined RFID and barcode unit for plug-and-play integration into FKI Logistex’ high-speed baggage sortation systems.

“Around 42 million items of baggage go missing every year in the world’s airports, according to SITA Baggage Report 2008; therefore after years of industry discussion on RFID, there is a real and immediate demand for this technology. The plug-and-play integration of RFID and barcode technologies into high-efficiency sortation systems enables FKI Logistex to provide airports with a single, state-of-the-art system which is ready for immediate implementation”, commented Erik Hoffmann-Petersen, Director for Airport Systems, FKI Logistex Europe.

Mr. Stickl, Division Manager AutoIdent, Management Board, SICK adds, “The combined RFID and barcode solution offered by FKI Logistex and SICK provides airports with the fastest route to reducing costs through improvements in baggage-handling efficiency.”

The new RFID units comply with IATA specifications and can be retro-fitted into existing FKI Logistex baggage handling systems or fully integrated into their latest energy-efficient systems for green-field projects. The development of the unit builds on FKI Logistex’ experience of integrating RFID into the baggage handling systems at e.g. Jacksonville and Las Vegas airports.

Potential customers can see a live demonstration of the new RFID baggage system at the FKI Logistex test centre in Denmark.

For sales and marketing information, contact Peter Elmvang, European Marketing Manager, FKI Logistex, tel: +45 8741 4141 e-mail: peter.elmvang@fkilogistex.com.

For media information, contact Rachel Madden, Account Manager, Napier Partnership Limited. tel: (0) 1243 231123 mob: + 44 (0) 7787 526341 email: rachel@napier.co.uk.