RFID at Vanguard

RFID offers the ultimate in convenience, ease of use and functionality. Vanguard ID Systems is a premiere manufacturer of custom-made RFID cards, key tags, labels and bands in a variety of shapes and sizes. Our RFID products can also incorporate a bar code and/or magnetic stripe for maximum ease and flexibility for the end user.

We have manufactured RFID products since 1996. All of our products are custom made and individually tested to ensure the highest quality. Our RFID products are available in a variety of configurations, shapes, and sizes.  They can easily be combined with either a magnetic stripe or a bar code, making it easy to transition from those existing systems to the latest RFID technology.

Applications
The applications for RFID products are endless. Current applications for Vanguard’s RFID product offerings include:

  • Asset tracking
  • Security access control
  • Expedited retail checkout programs
  • Pharmacy customer loyalty programs
  • Grocery customer loyalty programs
  • Major league sports, personalized vending programs
  • Kiosk access and mall loyalty programs
  • Vending machine access
  • Improved financial transaction and security programs
  • Secured parking access and vehicle tracking
  • Time and Attendance

Product details
All of our current RFID offerings operate at high frequency (HF) 13.56 MHz or ultra-high frequency (UHF) 866-954 MHz. They are fully compliant with ISO standards. We utilize commercial RFID inlays or transponders from a variety of manufacturers. Our products feature HF 13.56 MHz ISO/IEC 14443A, 14443B, and 15693, as well as UHF 866-954 MHz ISO/IEC 18000-6C EPC Class 1 GEN 2, both far field and near field (NFC).

We work with all of the major RFID reader, silicon chip, and transponder manufacturers, including:

 

 

 

  

Our Teslin® products demonstrate superior field performance and durability over PCV cards. Teslin® is a micro-porous, highly filled polyolefin material that affords outstanding adhesive bond strength and thermal/chemical durability. The Teslin® sheet acts like a miniature bubble wrap, protecting the delicate RFID inlay. Independent laboratory studies commissioned by PPG showed that, as a result of this cushioning effect, a Teslin® sheet-based composite card lasts two to three times longer than a PVC card in ISO flexure tests. In addition, the inherent electrostatic dissipation character of Teslin® sheet reduces or eliminates potential damage to the RFID inlay from random static discharge, both during production and in actual use.
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News
04/17/2008
Vanguard Wins Judge's Choice Elan Award from the ICMA
Vanguard ID Systems recently took home a prestigious ICMA Élan Award in the Judges’ Choice category for its design of an RFID key tag for The Woods Coffee. The Judges’ Choice is unique in that allows the Élan judges to recognize their favorite entry from among all the submissions received in every category.
12/22/2007
Vanguard remains a leader in its field
Anyone giving a gift card for Christmas or carrying a supermarket rewards tag on a keychain or a library card in a wallet more than likely have had their hands on a Vanguard ID Systems product. The privately owned company, founded two decades ago by Richard O. Warther, produces the ubiquitous plastic cards and tags. Customers range from retailers to minor league baseball teams, with the company’s heaviest concentration in library and health clubs. At 53, Warther describes himself as “an old bar code guy.” In the early days of the technology, Warther worked for grocery store chains and later Graphic Technology and Data Document Systems, both in Kansas City, Kan. He founded Vanguard ID in 1987 with the help of several financial backers. “They put up the money, I supplied the knowledge and backbone,” Warther said.
12/04/2007
Vanguard ID Systems surpasses a major milestone - one billion key tags manufactured
Vanguard ID Systems announced today that it has manufactured its one-billionth bar coded key tag. Twenty years after inventing the technology, Vanguard has surpassed this milestone, producing 1,020,118,000 key tags to date. Over that period, the increasingly ubiquitous accessory produced by the West Chester, PA based corporation has taken up residence next to house keys and car keys the world over. In fact, if you laid all of the key tags Vanguard has produced end to end, the resulting strand would produce a bar code that would encircle the earth one and two-thirds times.