January 8 - 14, 2007

News from January 14, 2007

• IBM Helps Pliant Design and Implement RFID System to Track ...
  Food Ingredients First (press release) - Duiven, Netherlands
  13/01/07 Pliant Corporation and IBM announced that Pliant has implemented an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) platform pilot program, designed by IBM ...
• Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  The most common RFID systems, such as those used for toll-road passes or for tracking merchandise in warehouses, contain a chip and antenna. ...
• ODIN technologies Awarded US Patent for RFID Accuracy Optimization
  Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
  which focuses on the physics of RFID for solution design, deployment, and performance optimization software, was awarded a broad patent relating ...
• Zebra Acquires Active RFID Provider WhereNet
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Active RFID provider WhereNet has been acquired by Zebra Technologies in a $126 million cash deal that was announced late yesterday and is expected to close ...
• RFID Revs Up Honda Italia's Motorcycle Production
  RFID Journal - USA
  12, 2007 — Honda Italia Industriale, the Italian subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., is initiating an RFID pilot designed to improve production of some of its ...

News from January 13, 2007

• NCR TransitionWorks: RFID Infrastructure
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  As materials flow through an environment, movements are capture via RFID tags and readers and processes executed accordingly. ...
• SAVR Communications RFID Tags
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  SAVR Tags are a family of powered RFID tags that provide a cost-effective, intelligent, and adaptable solution for remote tracking and monitoring of ...
• RFID: The Good News Gets Better
  Dr. Dobb's Journal - San Mateo, CA, USA
  Still, I found it exciting to learn that Somark Innovations has developed a chipless RFID ink and tested it on cattle to identify and track cows. ...
• TI releases tiny, multiprotocol RFID reader chips
  Computer Business Review - UK
  Texas Instruments Inc has released its smallest high-frequency, multi-standard RFID reader chips that promise greater read range, lower power consumption ...
• Tamper-detecting RFID unveiled
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  A system that uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to detect whether stretch-wrapped stock has been tampered with has been developed by IBM and Pliant ...
• Retail RFID Compliance: Domino EIS #1 Systems Integrator For ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Following the announcement of epcSolutions RFID TagManager's position as Wal-Mart's most installed RFID platform, Enterprise Information Systems, ...
• RFID system tested on stretch wrapped shipments
  PackWire.com - Montpellier, France
  12/01/2007 - IBM and packaging giant Pliant are testing a radio frequency identification system (RFID) that would allow processors to track products and ...

News from January 12, 2007

• RFID Tags: RSI ID Technologies Unveils Three New High Capacity
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RSI ID Technologies (RSI), a RFID manufacturer and systems integrator, announced the release of three new RFID tags based on the RFID Gen 2 chip from NXP ...
• RFID kick starts Honda's Italian motorbike production
  PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Honda Italia Industriale, the Italian subsidiary of the Honda Motor Co., will work with IBM to introduce radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to ...
• RFID: Speed and Security for Commerce—Fraser Jennings, Savi TechnologyM
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  RFID Connections: There have been a number of US Government initiatives to improve port security and, in particular, container security. ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  Cambridge, Mass., RFID reader developer ThingMagic has released an upgraded operating system for its Mercury 4 and Mercury 5 interrogators. ...
• Zebra Technologies to Enter Active RFID with Acquisition of ...
  Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
  "Active RFID is a natural complement to passive RFID and barcoding, two key Zebra strengths, as it enhances our ability to deliver business improvement ...
• Wi-Fi, Active RFID Compete for Healthcare Asset Management
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
  A recent report from ABI Research describes how combining Wi-Fi and active RFID systems can enable hospitals to know where their equipment is, ...
• Retail RFID Options: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Avery Dennison Retail Information Services (RIS) and Vue Technology today announced a marketing alliance that will deliver cost-efficient item-level RFID ...
• TI Releases Tiny Multiprotocol HF RFID Reader Chip
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Texas Instruments today announced its smallest high frequency (13.56 MHz) RFID reader, an integrated circuit (IC) that measures 5 by 5 millimeters. ...
• RFID Readers: Fluensee Partners With Intelleflex To Offer RFID
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solution provider Fluensee Inc. has signed an agreement to support Intelleflex’s new battery-assisted passive ...
• Developer targets injectable RFID ink at meat market
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
  11/01/2007 - A biocompatible radio-frequency identification (RFID) ink would allow processors to track individual cuts of meat or vegetables, allowing them ...

News from January 11, 2007

• Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  Somark Innovations announced this week that it successfully tested biocompatible RFID ink, which can be read through animal hairs. ...
• Texas Instruments Announces Availability of High-Frequency, Multi ...
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments is the world's largest integrated manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders and reader ...
• RFID goes mobile
  MMH.com (subscription) - Newton, MA, USA
  RFID is going mobile. That is one of the most important trends illustrated by the solutions on display at ProMat this past week. ...
• IBM Tracks RFID Pilots
  Red Herring - CA, USA
  IBM announced RFID pilot projects in the United States and Italy on Wednesday as part of its ongoing push to wring as much complexity out of the technology ...
• Fluensee Partners to Offer Battery-assisted Passive RFID Tags and ...
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  Englewood, CO — January 10, 2007 — Radio frequency identification (RFID) specialist Fluensee has signed an agreement to support Intelleflex's new ...
• Pliant and IBM Harness RFID for Tamper Detection
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Packaging materials manufacturer Pliant and IBM have successfully developed and tested an RFID system that detects and records if packaging film has been ...
• Honda Italia and IBM Revolutionize Motorbike Production With RFID
  WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  IBM Global Business Services will support Honda Italia in the design and development of the RFID implementation, which will enable the real time, ...
• Packaging Maker Offering Tamper-Evident RFID Film
  RFID Journal - USA
  10, 2007—Pliant, a $2 billion manufacturer of packaging products, says it has developed an RFID-enabled stretch film. The company claims its customers—which ...
• RFID profits will come to those who wait
  Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin, Ireland
  10.01.2007 - Investment in the successor to bar codes, radio frequency ID (RFID) will pay off for those manufacturers and retailers who remain patient, ...
• Daisy Brand Deems RFID a Success
  RFID Journal - USA
  10, 2007 — After implementing an RFID system to track pallets at its manufacturing site in Texas and throughout the supply chain, Daisy Brand is working to ...
• Skilled labour shortage hampering RFID adoption
  In-PharmaTechnologist.com - Montpellier, France
  10/01/2007 - Radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag adoption will be hampered by a lack of a skilled labour force that is adequately trained to handle ...

News from January 10, 2007

• Good Things Will Come To Those Who Wait For ROI On RFID
  Manufacturing.net - Rockaway, NJ, USA
  Patience is a virtue for manufacturers when Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is concerned, as they will see the return from their investments, ...
• Fluensee Partners with Intelleflex to Offer RFID Battery-Assisted ...
  InvestorIdeas.com (press release) - Point Roberts, WA, USA
  January 09, 2007 — RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solution provider Fluensee Inc. has signed an agreement to support Intelleflex's new ...
• Athens Garbage Collection Cleans Up with RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The Aspropyrgos Municipality, part of the greater Athens metropolitan area, has deployed an RFID-based trial to better control and manage its public garbage ...
• Meat-monitoring RFID in development
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  According to Decision News Media, the technology will utilise radio frequency identification (RFID) to enable manufacturers or suppliers to check on the ...
• Veteran RFID Label Equipment Manufacturer Panther Industries ...
  Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  CUB Label Applicators with RFID verifies the label information prior to application and validates with a second antenna. Chicago, IL (PRWeb) January 9, ...
• Wake Forest Tests Asset-Protecting RFID System
  RFID Journal - USA
  Jan 8, 2007 — Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, NC, is entering a second phase in piloting an RFID-based system designed to help the school to track and ...
• Ryerson Upgrades Its RFID System
  RFID Journal - USA
  The $5.8-billion-a-year Chicago-based company is using RFID in one of its distribution warehouses in Montreal, Canada, which handles its excess inventory. ...
• Accu-Sort® EZReader-HF^TM RFID Tag Reader Tunes Itself to Cut Set ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  In an RFID installation, the reader sends RF commands to the tag and receives data from the tag via an antenna. EZReader-HF operates at 13.56 MHz and ...
• Developments in RFID Reader Technology Continue
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  There were two vendor announcements today signaling the ever-advancing state of RFID reader technology. The first came from Gen2 reader manufacturer ...
• RFID Strategy — RFID Privacy And Security Issues
  IndustryWeek - USA
  This paper demonstrated that, under contrived laboratory circumstances, the relatively small amount of data on a common retail RFID tag could be used to ...
• German project to create meat analysis RFID
  FoodNavigator-USA - Montpellier, France
  1/8/2007 - Researchers in Germany are developing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that will measure and transmit the quality and condition ...
• Atmel and SkyeTek Partner to Offer Industry Leading Secure RFID ...
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  "We selected SkyeTek because the company's Advanced Universal Reader Architecture is a tremendous complement to our secure RFID semiconductor technology," ...
• Intermec introduces Mobile RFID forklift kit
  Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
  This RFID (radio frequency identification) forklift installation system allows forklift drivers to use RFID and other data collection technologies to gather ...
• ThingMagic Boosts RFID Reader Performance by up to 400 Percent ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  These improvements increase Mercury RFID tag read performance by up to 400 percent in environments swamped with multiple sources of interference including ...
• VeriChip awarded US patent for RFID asset tracking system
  News-Medical.net - Sydney, Australia
  7116230, combines RFID tagging technology with a portable receiver to track the location of assets within a fixed setting, such as a building or warehouse. ...
• Rants: MP3, RFID and Big Hammers
  Wired News - USA
  The hammer solution for disabling RFID would work only once, but do it again and somebody will retaliate with red tape. However, there may be an elegant ...
• Mobileedge RFID-blocking Wallets Keep Prying Eyes Away
  Gizmodo.com - Budapest, Hungary
  Mobileedge is releasing a couple of RFID-blocking wallets in the next couple weeks aimed at the tin-foil hat set. There's a standard credit card holdin' ...

News from January 9, 2007

• Barcodes add a new dimension
  Financial Express - Bombay, India
  The prime benefits here include better storage capacity than one-dimensional barcodes and economics than the RFID. To take a look at some of the takers, ...
• Predictions for 2007
  RFID Journal - USA
  I said RFID would move beyond the supply chain and be embedded in more products, that retailers and their suppliers would begin to share EPC data live over ...
• How to maximise supply chain RFID read rates
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The expectation that 100% of RFID-labelled products can be read 100% of time at all points in the supply chain is perhaps unrealistic, but with proper tag ...

News from January 8, 2007

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