European EPC Competence Center GmbH (EECC)

The European EPC Competence Center (EECC) is the European market leader for products and services around EPC-enabled RFID technologies. It was founded by GS1 Germany, Deutsche Post DHL and Metro Group in 2004 with the specific objective to bring technical acumen and transparency to the RFID industry.

In 2005, EECC became the first EPC competence center in Europe by achieve the prestigious certification of "EPC Global Performance Test Center." In 2006, EECC founded its industry-leading "RFID Academy", which provides all relevant industry training ranging from standards and software applications to EPCIS networks and broad architectural considerations in conjunction with Auto-ID Lab St. Gallen / ETH Zürich and RWTH International University.

In addition to our educational and research activities, we offer software and traceability technology that ranges from standardized to highly custom-tailored solutions to enable visibility throughout entire supply chains independent of individual data input technologies such as barcodes, RFID or other forms of data entry. With EPCAT the EECC offers one of the first EPC Global 1.1. certified EPC information system (EPCIS).