Syrma Technology Receives ATEX Certification for Application of RFID Transponders in Explosive Environments

Syrma Technology announces today that its RFID tags are now ATEX certified for use in potentially explosive environments. Syrma supplies transponder tags used in the LP gas distribution industry and ATEX certification is a critical requirement to ensure safety and to support the requirements of the major gas distribution OEMs in India, and worldwide.

The certification confirms that Syrma’s RFID transponder products have been found to comply with essential health and safety requirements per Directive 94/9/EC and has been assured by compliance with EN 60079-0:2006 and EN 600079-7:2007. This assures users that the products comply with essential health and safety requirements relating to the design and construction of equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. In addition the manufacturing quality systems in the Syrma Chennai facility fully comply with the Annex VII of the Directive. Syrma has demonstrated that they have considered every possible electrical or non-electrical source of ignition, and, at the same time, consider all potentially hazardous environments a product could operate in; the different ways it could be applied and the technical ability of the person using the product.

Syrma’s RFID products include passive tags in 125 KHz and 13.56 MHz frequencies, and are produced in a flexible capacity manufacturing model, enabling support of low volume custom tag requirements to mid / high-volume applications.

Syrma range of RFID products include:
• Wrist Bands / Key Fobs
• Clamshell Cards
• Molded Tags / Epoxy Potted Tags
• Nail Tags
• Laundry Tags
• Clear Discs / Inlays
• Glass Tags/ Tube Tags

Jaideep Tandon, CEO of Syrma Technology commented, “This certification enables our products to support the improved automation and logistics management of the LP gas distribution industry. Achievement of ATEX certification further enables our customers to support the demands of the ever expanding domestic India and global RFID automation deployments in potentially hazardous environments. They can have the added confidence that Syrma RFID transponders are in compliance with the most stringent EU safety standards.”

About Syrma Technology

Syrma Technology (www.syrmatech.com), a Tandon Group company, provides global OEM’s unique opportunities to reduce product development costs and deliver globally competitive manufacturing services through leveraging Syrma’s contract engineering and manufacturing services. Syrma has a 30 year legacy of creating innovative electronics manufacturing and fulfillment solutions for global end markets, and to enable OEM’s to grow their presence in the rapidly expanding India market. We specialize in collaborative design (CDM) and electronic manufacturing services of med/high mix and flexible volume electronic products, RFID tags and magnetic products, for branded OEM customers in the Industrial, Medical, Telecommunications, and Defense sectors.

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