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BlueStar adds Confidex product line

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BlueStar Inc., a distributor of RFID products and other related technologies, has added Conifdex’s family of UHF Gen2 RFID tags and specialty labels for asset tracking to its product line.

Confidex, headquartered in Finland and with offices in Europe, North America, and China, produces specialty RFID tags for a wide variety of applications, from the Pino, for tracking wooden pallets, to the Corona, designed for the automotive industry and able to withstand the environmental challenges of painting processes specific to that industry. Confidex also produces a line of RFID-enabled tickets for mass transit applications.

BlueStar is based in Florence, Kentucky, with operations throughout North America and in Europe. In addition to RFID solutions, the distributor offers point-of-sale, Auto-ID, and mobility products. [end] 

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