ASK has announced that ASK TongFang, its joint venture created in 2005, has been selected to manufacture the contactless inlays for the 12.2 million RFID tickets of the XXIX Olympiad.

Tickets include anti-counterfeiting printed security features will be provided by China Bank Note. ASK’s partner Tsinghua TongFang donate the whole RFID system to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee which including the RFID inlays, gate readers, software and service. ASK Tong Fang RFID tickets are based on ASK’s unique technology, which uses silver ink printed antenna and flip chip die attach, manufactured at the joint venture manufacturing plant in Miyun, near Beijing.

ASK already successfully contributed to the Olympic Games in 2006: for the XXth winter games, Turin public transport authorities and other players implemented contactless technology using ASK contactless cards and tickets.

Founded in September 2005, ASK-TongFang sells and manufactures contactless products. With fully automated state-of-the-art production equipment, the company can deliver up to 200 million units per year of paper based tickets, inlays and labels. The company also supplies paper based RFID inlays. The applications range from access control, logistics and asset management to military uses, public transportation and anti-counterfeiting products.

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