Bangkok Airport To Install Region's Largest RFID System

Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport, the newest and largest airport in Southeast Asia, has selected Intermec to supply an RFID and barcode system to track incoming and outgoing goods in the warehouse and terminal of the airport's Cargo Free Zone.

"Intermec is proud to be a part of the Cargo Free Zone system of New Bangkok International Airport," said Piyarat Srivaranon, Thailand country manager of Intermec. "The project will be the largest RFID system in Southeast Asia and will provide faster monitoring of cargo locations and tracking of movements in the Zone."

"The main reason that Airport of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) chose to install Intermec RFID technology in the Cargo Free Zone was to make the flow of goods faster, more accurate and more efficient. It will also streamline customs procedures and speed up transfer tax processes," said Visith Somboon, president of AMR Asia Company Limited, systems integrator for the project and an Intermec Honours Partner.

The Cargo Free Zone also uses Intermec bar code printers and readers to monitor cargo, complementing the RFID system. Cargo cars entering terminals have RFID tags attached while their loads have bar code labels, which are read using Intermec's bar code readers.

The RFID system for the Cargo Free Zone includes 150 Intermec IF5 intelligent fixed RFID readers, 100 Intermec 751 rugged mobile computers, 100 Intermec IP3 portable RFID readers, 600 RF antennae, 46,000 reusable plastic RFID tags, and 4,000 windshield RFID tags. The bar code system includes ten PD4 bar code printers and ten 1551 rugged handheld scanners.