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News Release from: Millipore | Subject: Smart Technology RFID filters
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 June 2007
Filters incorporate RFID
Millipore's customers can increase speed by quickly and reliably retrieving critical information, such as when and how the product was manufactured.
Millipore is the first company to successfully integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with filtration products used to manufacture biopharmaceutical drugs The new RFID capability will be branded as Smart Technology
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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By using RFID technology in filtration products, Millipore's customers can increase speed by quickly and reliably retrieving critical information, such as when and how the product was manufactured.
Additionally, when the filters are coupled with sensors, RFID can deliver real-time information about product performance and identify which fluids are present during the manufacturing process.
This information will help customers to ensure regulatory compliance and make recording and conveying manufacturing data faster and more reliable.
Unlike previous labeling methods such as barcodes, RFID enables customers to automatically document product and process information.
It eliminates the risk of losing critical information, and provides the ability to rewrite information into embedded RFID tags.
Millipore has recently entered into an exclusive license with Tack Smart Filter Technology BV to embed the RFID technology in its filters and filtration apparatuses for biopharmaceutical applications.
Additionally, Millipore has formed relationships with Tagsys RFID for tags and reader components; the Tech group for injection moulding and fabrication and Northern Apex-RFID for RFID integration services and instrument development.
"Using RFID technology to record and convey valuable product and process information allows our customers to more efficiently develop and validate key process steps", said Roland Heinrich, PhD, Vice President, RandD of Millipore's Bioprocess Division.
"In an industry where time to market and compliance are crucial, RFID improves the speed and confidence with which critical data is exchanged for these steps".
"This license agreement is a milestone for Tack Smart Filter Technology and confirms the importance of this technology for the worldwide filtration and separation industry", said Eduard de Haan, President of Tack Smart Filter Technology.
"We are proud to support Millipore to retain its leading position in biopharmaceutical filtration and we expect that this agreement will further boost the interest for this technology in other segments of the filtration and separation industry". Request a free brochure from Millipore ...
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