Intermec RFID Secures Pan American Games

Intermec RFID Secures Pan American Games

Intermec (NYSE: IN) provided RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to this year’s Pan American Games, a multi-sport event held every four years between competitors from all nations in the Americas. The technology was purchased by the Brazilian government to provide maximum security and optimal access control for event attendees and venue workers, as well as the 5,662 athletes that competed at the Rio de Janeiro-based event.

All event competitors, workers and attendees were required to wear a badge with a bar code and an RFID tag containing identifying information such as name, country of origin and a venue access matrix. Twenty-one on-site security offices operated throughout the games to monitor the information, ensuring safety by providing efficient access control during all events. The Pan American Games is the first Latin American event to employ RFID technology for access control.