Solutions Partners

Aethon is the leading manufacturer of practical, dependable courier robots for hospitals. Their team consists of hospital environment experts with over 100 years combined robotic experience in healthcare, so they understand the people and processes involved in running a hospital. Aethon has used that knowledge to develop an automated technology platform that helps increase productivity and staff satisfaction, while saving hospitals time and money.

e-Plate™ uses wireless, RFID technology—specifically a proprietary, active UHF tag—buried behind, within or through the standard vehicle number plate, to achieve an electronic vehicle identification system (EVI) fully capable of meeting local requirements throughout the world. e-Plate Ltd is an independent company originating from Hills Numberplates Ltd – the UK’s leading manufacturer of number plates, making over three million plates per year.

The complete e-Plate offering consists of tags, security packaging, readers and protocols, antennae, utilities software and expertise both in RFID and number plate construction. The official, published results of a government-generic trial of RFID-tagged plates in the UK last year demonstrated that key vehicle information such as the registration mark and the VIN can be successfully read by roadside readers and that the technology is fit for purpose.

FRITZ & MACZIOL is one of the leading providers of software, systems and related services. The company develops and sells software and system solutions for local authorities (newsystem® communal) and medium and large sized companies (VAS® dispatch automation and LAP for the bulk goods industry, Microsoft Navision ERP/PPS solutions, F&M Groupware & Applications suite based on Lotus Notes and IBM WebSphere). Founded in 1987, FRITZ & MACZIOL : INFOMA® currently have over 1,500 clients spread throughout local authorities, industry and commerce, the service industry as well as banks and insurance companies. With approximately 320 employees operating from 14 locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, the company achieved a turnover of more than 111 million Euros in the 2005/2006 business year.

Hi-G-Tek is the developer of Highly Intelligent RFID asset sense and control solutions for fuel distribution and global trade lanes. The company’s patented “sensing” technology has applications in several key markets, including homeland security, transportation, fuel distribution, military, biomedical and global trade lanes.

Hi-G-Tek’s unique active-RFID solutions provide unparalleled levels of real-time security and “sensing” of key assets, whether stationary or in transit, indoors or outdoors. Its sophisticated technology not only detects where an “asset” is, but also its status or condition—anytime, from anywhere in the world. For additional information, please visit www.higtek.com.

Horizon Services Group (HSG) is a pioneer developer of advanced information technology for the transportation industry. Led by industry experts in operations and technology, HSG is dedicated to providing cost-effective solutions for improving information flow in the supply chain, increasing productivity and minimizing cost. These proven solutions are deployed at leading companies and organizations across the United States, including ports, shippers, and ocean carriers, warehousing and trucking professionals.

HSG serves each customer's unique needs with a mix of logistics and technology consulting services, IT outsourcing, custom development and product implementation. As the technology division of Horizon Lines, HSG maintains a heritage of innovation started by its predecessor company Sea-Land, at the birth of containerization. HSG is a leader in developing information technology to improve supply chain security, working with business and government to protect the United States and world trade from the threat of terrorism.

Intellion is a systems integrator and service provider for wireless embedded computing technologies. In tight interaction with the customer, Intellion's "Business Innovation" division develops value-adding business processes that are based on wireless technologies.

Mainstreet's RFID solutions surpass traditional asset management and portal applications. Mainstreet harnesses the power of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS' RFID technologies to solve mission critical manufacturing challenges with groundbreaking technology. Mainstreet’s Temperature Outpost System (TOPS) is designed to actively monitor time/temperatures and movements of their clients' high-end raw materials to reduce losses resulting from out-of-specification materials and to provide a refined process in the management of composite materials.

McKesson is the only company providing a complete, integrated supply chain solution that combines technology, point-of-use information and distribution services to specifically meet the needs of healthcare. The IntelliShelf-Rx pharmacy utilizes advanced technology to capture, collect, and dispense. First dose, cart fill, and cabinet restock operations are more efficient and safer. Inventory management is simplified, and technicians are trained in weeks instead of months.

Silverstroke AG develops and markets standard software and solutions within the domain of automatic identification and localization of objects such as containers, equipment or vehicles. Silverstroke’s goal is to help their customers enhance competitiveness and reduce costs. This goal is achieved with help from Silverstroke’s industry-independent auto-ID solution Tagpilot by optimizing their customers’ core processes in production and logistics. More transparency, reliable planning, reduction of discontinuity of media and the alignment of real and virtual world (e.g. SAP R/3 etc.) are advantages which result from the automatic localization of objects and the evaluation of movement profiles.