Bremen, June 2017. German number plate manufacturer Tönnjes E.A.S.T. has developed the number plate of the future together with its cooperation partners NXP Semiconductors and Kathrein. Many years’ development work has now resulted in the visionary IDePLATE system which incorporates a number plate with an integrated RFID chip (radio frequency identification) and the associated reading devices. For the realisation of this technology, three companies pooled their specialist industry expertise under the direction of Tönnjes E.A.S.T. The automatic and contactless identification and authentication via electromagnetic waves guarantees the protection of individual vehicles and, “could, for example, assume transport management systems, access solutions in environmental zones or the control of traffic light systems with only one medium, the IDePLATE,” says Thomas Brunner, Head of the Kathrein RFID division. The cooperation offers an integral concept for controlling the growing number of vehicles with view to identification, authentication and access controls. “It is a ground-breaking development which has immense potential,” says Dietmar Mönning, Managing Director of Tönnjes E.A.S.T.