TransCore's 70-year heritage supporting the transportation industry spans the early development of RFID applications at Los Alamos National Labs to implementation of the nation's first wireless toll collection system in Dallas, Texas, to establishing North America’s largest Web-based logistics freight matching network. The breadth of TransCore’s expertise includes systems integration, design consulting, operations, maintenance, manufacturing, RFID and satellite communications technologies, and extensive Web-based logistics and transportation management systems. TransCore’s businesses are organized under two groups specializing in both Intelligent Transportation Systems, led by group president John Simler, and Commercial Technology, led by group president John Worthington.

In 2008, TransCore was ranked by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as No. 98 out of the Top 500 Design Firms while Inbound Logistics Magazine selected TransCore as one of the Top 100 Logistics providers. In fall 2007, TransCore was awarded the prestigious Global Call Center of the Year Award in the small-to-medium size category by the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI). Also in 2007, TransCore was honored with the TEAM Florida Chairman’s Award for most innovative transportation project for the world’s first reversible lane, open road tolling system in the world.

TransCore is the largest global manufacturer of transportation-based RFID technology with more than 31 million RFID tags and 53,000 readers deployed worldwide in various transportation applications such as electronic toll collection, traffic management, rail, truck, container, barge and intermodal tracking and monitoring, homeland security border control, airport ground transportation, parking, and secure vehicle access control.

TransCore operates as a unit of Roper Industries (NYSE: ROP). Roper Industries is a diversified growth company with an enterprise value of more than $6 billion, and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s S&P Mid-Cap 400, Fortune 1000, and Russell 1000 Indexes. Roper provides engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, including water, energy, radio frequency and research/medical applications.

Based just outside of Harrisburg, Pa., TransCore has more than 2,000 employees located in 80 locations around the world with products and services in 46 countries and a vast portfolio of intellectual property.

For more information about TransCore and Roper, contact Barb Catlin: 972.740.7150.