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Block Shield Corporation PLC 
24 February 2009 
 
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Block Shield Announces Agreement with Ramtron International Corporation 
 
 
Block Shield announced today an agreement between its Rfidium RFID group 
and Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and 
supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and 
integrated semiconductor products. The agreement is to collaboratively develop 
and test prototype RFID antenna inlays utilizing Ramtron's new line of 
high-memory, EPC Class1 Gen 2 RFID chips. 
 
 
"We evaluated many suppliers of RFID antenna inlay design and production 
services, and found Rfidium's proprietary manufacturing processes provide the 
best combination of design prototyping to volume production," said Danny 
Secrest, senior marketing manager at Ramtron International Corporation. 
 
 
As part of the agreement, Rfidium will deliver near-field and far-field UHF 
antenna designs to Ramtron's specifications, producing prototype samples in 
aluminum with Ramtron chips, and performing inlay characterization and 
qualification. 
 
 
"Ramtron is a leader in the field of F-RAM, and we are pleased to work with them 
as they define their offerings," said Edwin Oh, CEO. "We are looking forward to 
a long-term relationship that will enable them to continue to meet the 
ever-growing demand for rapid and reliable data collection." 
 
 
Rfidium is a complete custom design, prototyping, and production RFID inlay 
provider, enabling customers to go from ideas to production quantities of RFID 
antennas more rapidly than competitive processes. Rfidium carries a variety of 
stock RFID inlays using chips from Impinj suitable for many applications, 
including tape cartridge, item-level, and pallet tracking. Stock inlays can be 
custom-tuned to meet specific requirements. 
 
ABOUT RFIDIUM 
 
 
Rfidium, a Block Shield (AIM:BLS) brand, is a complete design, prototyping and 
production RFID antenna inlay provider. Using a patent-pending laser production 
system, proprietary design software and Mühlbauer FCM 10000 flip chip equipment, 
the company provides up to five simultaneous "variations on a theme" for test, 
enabling faster time to market by providing the ability to quickly create 
prototypes and validate pilot runs. Rfidium's high-volume RFID antenna 
production equipment can precisely deposit the thinnest layer of aluminum on 
plastic film rolls, with excellent edge quality and performance. Our pure 
aluminum antennas are inherently more efficient than conductive inks, are 
environmentally friendly, and fully recyclable. Rfidium also provides stock 
RFIDs for tape cartridges, items, pallets, and more. 
 
 
For more information, visit www.Rfidium.com or call 408 702 1828. 
 
 
ABOUT RAMTRON 
 
 
Ramtron International Corporation, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 
is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets 
specialized semiconductor memory and integrated semiconductor solutions used in 
a wide range of product applications and markets worldwide. For more 
information, visit www.ramtron.com. 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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