February 18 - 24, 2007

News from February 24, 2007

• Schiff Improves Efficiency With New IBM RFID
  WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  This makes Schiff the first mid-size manufacturer to execute such a program, giving it a competitive advantage in the market and illustrating that RFID is ...
• Company hopes to tame Wal-Mart RFID requirement
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  In 2003, Wal-Mart began setting deadlines for suppliers to start using RFID tags on their shipments. In April, Schiff learned that it was among a group of ...
• Hitachi shows off world's smallest RFID chip -- no larger than a ...
  MIT Technology Review - Cambridge, MA, USA
  Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.05 millimeters by 0.05 ...
• UPM Raflatac RFID tags enhance supply chain management at Hyundai ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  Hyundai/Kia Motors Group, a leading South Korean vehicle manufacturer, is to implement RFID technology to improve the visibility of its automotive parts ...
• Escort Memory Systems Long Range RFID: LRP S-Series Tags
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The Escort Memory Systems LRP family of RFID tags provides outstanding auto-ID solutions for demanding industrial environments. The "S" models are based on ...
• Zebra R-140: RFID, Smart Label Printer And Encoder
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Zebra’s innovative R-140 can read, write, and print 13.56 MHz smart labels carrying embedded ultra-thin RFID transponders. Transponders contain integrated ...
• Changes in Industrial RFID Demand Data Integration
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ROI-driven industrial RFID applications are increasingly adopting standard frequencies and protocols made popular in supply chain and other applications. ...
• FrenchCreek Productions RFID TRACKER System goes far beyond the ...
  openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
  “It is inevitable that the "TRACKER" technology goes beyond the fall protection industry, as we extend to meet the needs and desires of the RFID market as a ...
• Wall Street Journal Wrong On Wal-Mart RFID Story - Xterprise
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Last week the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article written by Gary McWilliams criticizing Wal-Mart’s RFID initiatives alleging they are not ...

News from February 23, 2007

• Survey Indicates Canadians Eager for RFID in Grocery Stores
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Moreover, although a large percentage of consumers said they had never heard of RFID or were unsure what it was, they still stated they would be interested ...
• RFID Journal Partners with EPCglobal North America To Provide ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The Leading Authority on EPC/RFID Standards Will Conduct Special Preconference Seminars Focused on the Basics of EPC/RFID Technology, EPC’s Application in ...
• Wal-Mart, Suppliers Affirm RFID Benefits
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  A recent report in the Wall Street Journal characterized Wal-Mart's EPC RFID initiative as "fizzling." The article pointed out that Wal-Mart had planned to ...
• Passive RFID for asset management
  MMH.com (subscription) - Newton, MA, USA
  Until now, active RFID solutions have owned the asset management space. But passive RFID is poised to enter the market. There are no comments posted for ...
• Ingram Micro to Distribute Impinj's Speedway RFID Reader in North ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  2/22/07 - Leading UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) chip and reader supplier Impinj, Inc. announced an agreement with the world's largest ...
• Comprehensive RFID Solutions Now Available from Tyco Electronics
  Helicopter Association International - Alexandria, VA, USA
  21, 2007 — Tyco Electronics Corporation has unveiled the industry’s most comprehensive line of end-to-end RFID solutions. Building on the broad technologies ...
• Netherlands uses RFID to "futurise" cash tracking
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, ampshire, UK
  A Dutch company has made an effort to futurise its cash logistics by introducing an radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking programme. ...
• RFID Program at Wal-Mart Going Slow, Wall Street Journal Says
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  The News: A major Wall Street Journal article last week summarizes Wal-Mart’s RFID/EPC (electronic product code) program status, and finds it is moving very ...
• Printronix aims to boost RFID automation awareness
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  As a relatively new technology, RFID's momentum is growing. For companies that ship and track large quantities of product, high-speed, automated labelling ...
• Defense Logistics Agency Runs With Zebra Technologies for Global ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ODIN technologies selected Zebra to provide its reliable RFID printer/encoders for the initiative. DLA is a US Department of Defense agency providing supply ...
• Schiff Puts a New Spin on RFID Compliance
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Vitamin producer Schiff Nutrition International met its Wal-Mart RFID labeling compliance requirement with a twist -- literally. The company reads RFID ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  UHF Gen 2 RFID chip and reader supplier Impinj has signed an agreement with technology distributor Ingram Micro to distribute Impinj's Speedway UHF Gen 2 ...
• Unirope RFID-Enables Inspections for Industrial Slings
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Unirope partnered with Toronto-based systems integrator N4 Systems to design and implement the RFID tracking system, which uses passive, low-frequency (134 ...
• Hitachi shows off world's smallest RFID chip - no larger than a ...
  Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  The new radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips are placed next to a human hair (that's running horizontally) for comparison.(AP Photo/Hitachi, Ltd., ...
• TAGSYS Announces 'e-connectware,' the Platform for RFID Grid ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  "e-connectware lets customers or their service provider manage RFID infrastructure just like voice and data networks," said Elie Simon, CEO of TAGSYS. ...
• Schiff Nutrition Leads the Way in SMB Adoption of RFID
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  Remaining compliant with retailer mandates while also having a strategic vision of extended uses of the technology, Schiff required an RFID partner with ...
• RFID's ROI, Bill Allen, CMP Technology
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  RFID Connections: Having recently moved from the corporate world of Texas Instruments to event management with RFID World, you obviously have to be aware of ...
• Avnet adds Lowry's thermal transfer RFID labels
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Avnet has announced a new distribution agreement with Lowry Computer Products (a provider of wireless, bar code, RFID and data collection solutions), ...

News from February 22, 2007

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News from February 21, 2007

• Shoppers 'favour RFID in grocery shops'
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  Most consumers would continue to use their usual store if cashiers were replaced by self-serve checkouts using radio frequency identification (RFID) ...
• Defense Logistics Agency Runs With Zebra Technologies for Global ...
  SYS-CON Media - Montvale, NJ, USA
  ODIN technologies, a leader in the physics of RFID solution design, deployment and optimization software, and the prime contractor providing passive RFID ...
• Hitachi's RFID Takes a Powder
  Motley Fool - USA
  Although the chip, referred to as a "powder type" RFID, isn't expected to be on the market for two or three years, I believe it offers further evidence that ...
• GlobeRanger Partners With YEON Technologies to Extend RFID ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  "With the Asia-Pacific market for RFID tags and readers predicted to reach $2.33 billion by 2010, we see Asia as the new frontier for RFID adoption, ...
• RFID Border Tracking Plagued By Low Read Rates
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to cease using RFID in its US Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) ...
• The Devil Wears RFID-Tagged Prada
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  The luggage tags contain RFID chips to help find lost baggage and are being designed to match the colors and grains of luggage offered by Channel, Dior, ...
• The devil wears RFID-tagged Prada
  EETimes.com - USA
  A company called RFID Ltd. is targeting the Paris Hilton set with designer luggage tags that contain radio frequency identification chips to help airlines ...
• RFID to Track High-Cost Items at Columbus Children's Heart Center
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  With a new RFID-enabled inventory-management system, however, the hospital may reduce its excess inventory, improve its billing procedures and reducing ...

News from February 20, 2007

News from February 19, 2007

• Don't Let Misperceptions of RFID Become Reality
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  That couldn't be further from the truth, but there's a danger that stories like this—and we've seen many—can have a chilling effect on RFID adoption. ...
• Most Installed Wal*Mart RFID Software Gets a DoD RFID Upgrade
  PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA
  COM)-- epcSolutions, Inc. is excited to announce the release of version 3.5 of its RFID software, RFIDTagManagerTM. The 3.5 release now provides complete ...
• "Powdered" RFID Chips
  ShortNews.com - Regensburg, Germany
  The world's smallest and thinnest RFID chips were introduced recently by Hitachi. Smaller than the width of a human hair, these RFID chips measure just ...
• Analyst Question And Answer: RFID Industry Update
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  There are plenty of questions surrounding the RFID (radio frequency identification) industry, and industry analyst Michael Liard helps supply some of the ...
• MedicAlert Aims to RFID-Enable Medical Records
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  About 200 students at the university's health center will each be issued a plastic MedicAlert card with an RFID chip that contains a unique ID number. ...
• Purdue adds Impinj's Gen 2 RFID to packaging lines
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Purdue Pharma says it is to integrate Impinj's Generation 2 RFID products into high-speed pharmaceutical packaging lines for improved supply chain ...
• Mixing RFID in the Auto-ID Blender
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  19, 2007—As I observe the different facets of how we commonly perceive RFID systems, it appears the rush to deploy radio frequency identification has caused ...
• Wal-Mart's radio-tracked inventory hits static
  SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford, MA, USA
  Wal-Mart once hoped to have up to 12 of its roughly 120 distribution centers using the Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, technology by January 2006. ...

News from February 18, 2007

• Mini Cooper and RFID Technology
  Technology News Daily - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  RFID, which is used in everything from passports and credit cards to pet IDs, tollbooths and even ski lifts, has never been used as a means of communication ...
• Chertoff: RFID program to be abandoned
  ImediNews - Tbilisi, Georgia
  WASHINGTON (UPI) — US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Friday told a House committee hearing his department is dropping plans for RFID tags. ...