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•Case Study: Italian Textile Firm Weaves RFID Into A Cost-Saving Manufacturing Solution

Textile manufacturers continually look for innovative ways to streamline their processes and manage inventory and production. They rely on automated manufacturing systems to increase profitability and maintain the lowest possible logistical costs during manufacturing.

One such manufacturer is Griva S.p.A. Based in Torino, Italy, Griva is one of the world's leading highvolume textile manufacturers and produces more than 300,000 rolls of fabric each year. It distributes 500 pieces of fabric, equal to 20,000 meters, each day. Its textiles are used for upholstery and drapery and sent to leading European retailers. Griva also produces fabric for the wildly popular Hello Kitty line of sheets and pillows.

With this diversity among its fabrics, Griva has to maintain highly accurate inventory control. It must trace the textiles starting with the initial raw thread material to woven fabric and finally to distribution and shipment of the fabric rolls.

Simet recommended RFID solutions from Alien Technology and developed a complete RFID textile tracking solution for Griva. Simet started the implementation with Alien Gen 1 RFID products but eventually moved to Alien's Gen 2 reader solutions. The ALR-8000 was built for optimal Gen 2 performance. It is fully compliant with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) EN 302-208 specification.

On the fabric rolls, Griva used EPC-complaint Alien Gen 2 Squiggle tags. The Squiggle tag is a high-performance solution that is effective for the harsh conditions in textile manufacturing. The Squiggle tag supports global operation at 860 to 960 MHz and sets the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 price performance benchmark. The Alien Squiggle tags and reader combination offer optimal read range and read consistency performance.

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•Case Study: Italian Textile Firm Weaves RFID Into A Cost-Saving Manufacturing Solution