November 25 - December 1

News from December 1, 2007

• Minnesota RFID Forum to Focus on Manufacturing Applications
  MidwestBusiness.com - Chicago, IL, USA
  MINNEAPOLIS – RFID (or radio frequency identification) refers to electronic devices that consist of a chip and an antenna. RFID devices serve the same ...
• Dollar Store Sees Dollar Signs in RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  29, 2007—What type of retailer has the most to gain from deploying RFID for automatic identification? Pose that question, and you'll get a range of answers, ...
• Six steps to a smooth RFID rollout
  ITBusiness.ca - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  by Nestor E. Arellano Many benefits delivered by radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to large enterprises are also available to small and ...
• Solar Power Helps RFID Track Anywhere Under the Sun
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Solar-powered RFID readers are being installed to help track things anywhere under the sun. The US Army and Emprevi , a Colombian logistics company, ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Two years after its formation, the RFID Consortium has announced four new members—Hewlett-Packard, France Telecom, LG Electronics and Motorola—each holding ...
• Website offers insight into RFID innovations
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
  by Ahmed elamin 30/11/2007 - In a bid extend the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) beyond the pallet level, epcglobal has launched a internet ...
• Atlas RFID Solutions Event Planning Solution
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Event planners around the world are beginning to realize the tremendous benefits of utilizing the latest Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies ...
• Helping consumers to 'Discover RFID'
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  There is a real world education exercise to be done on RFID, demonstrating its benefits to the average consumer, and how it could transform their lives. ...
• MP3 Players and RFID Chips ... and More!
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  now that electro king Samsung's getting into mass-production of RFID chips. Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it will start mass producing mobile RFID ...
• US Tax Court Selects FileTrail RFID Solution
  Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  The US Tax Court has selected the FileTrail RFID Tracking Solution for national roll-out across its US facilities. (PRWEB) November 30, 2007 -- The US Tax ...

News from November 30, 2007

• Log-ic launched as world's first RFID probed temp logger
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  Log-ic thermproberf combines the wireless benefits and accuracy of RFID. Log-ic thermproberf is an extension to our Radio Frequency (RFID) temperature ...
• RFID an additional marketing weapon for smbs
  ITBusiness.ca - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  by Nestor E. Arellano Small Canadian companies can use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as an effective marketing tool to battle bigger ...
• Sirit Plug-n-Play Readers Authenticate Sports Memorabilia
  Earthtimes - London, UK
  These cost-effective readers can turn everyday tools such as smartphones, pdas, handheld computers and laptop pcs into mobile RFID devices. ...
• Going green and mobile with RFID
  MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
  By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large Savi Technologies installed solar-powered RFID readers for the DOD, saving power and enabling data collection in more ...
• Ontario car maker reaps rich rewards with RFID
  ITBusiness.ca - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  But the efficiencies that RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has brought to Cami Automotive Inc. are by no means minor. ...
• Strong Growth Documented for RFID File Tracking
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID is on the fast track for growth in file tracking, according to solution providers active in the segment. They describe RFID as well proven and accepted ...
• RFID: Too Costly for Airline Luggage?
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh,PA,USA One airline official was recently quoted as stating that RFID is too costly to justify its use since the airline doesn't "lose enough bags to justify that ...
• Samsung produces RFID chips
  ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa
  BY ILVA PIETERSE , ITWEB CONTRIBUTOR Samsung Electronics will start mass producing mobile RFID reader chips next month, reports Biz/Tech. ...

News from November 29, 2007

• RPCC launches field trial of RFID tags and reusable packaging
  MMH.com - Newton, MA,
  USA By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor RFID tags will track produce containers from California fields, to dcs, to Wal-Mart stores. There are no comments posted ...
• Banyan Commerce launches $5000 Wal-Mart RFID compliance solution
  WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  Canadian Supply Chain Alliance led by Banyan Commerce creates a $5000 compliance solution for Wal-Mart, Target and DOD (Department of Defense) RFID mandates ...
• Uniform Firm Boosts Productivity With RFID-Guided Sortation
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Ten years ago, the company began employing low-frequency (LF) passive RFID transponders made by Swiss firm datamars to track the lifecycle of the garments ...
• Samsung announces development of RFID
  Sify - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  Kolkata: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd today announced development of its new single-chip radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for mobile devices. ...
• Cami Expands Its RFID Deployment
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Addressing attendees at the RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007 conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Denomme said that prior to implementing its current RFID system ...
• RFID Reader: Advanced ID Introduces The Industry's Most Advanced
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Advanced ID Corporation, a leading developer of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology for livestock tracking, pet recovery and supply chain ...
• verichip Corporation to Unveil Plans for Self-Contained ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  verichip's goal is to become the leading provider of RFID systems for people in the healthcare industry. The Company recently began marketing its ...
• Gemalto tells Congress about secure RFID
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Gemalto reports that Pattinson also sought to explain to lawmakers the differences between insecure RFID tags and secure, microprocessor based and ...

News from November 28, 2007

• Samsung to Mass Produce Mobile RFID Reader Chips
  Chosun Ilbo - Seoul, South Korea
  Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it will start mass producing mobile RFID reader chips next month. RFID stands for radio frequency identification, ...
• New Web Site Highlights Benefits of RFID Technology
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  In a section called "Stay Healthy", for example, www.discoverrfid.org explains how a hospital in Milan uses RFID to confirm that patients receive the ...
• RFID Dives Into Patent Pool
  Red Herring - CA, USA
  by Cassimir Medford France Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, 3M Innovative Properties, and Motorola in a consortium of seven companie will attempt to push RFID ...
• Advanced ID Introduces the Industry's Most Advanced and Affordable ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The introduction of the Ultra High Frequency 500 Series RFID reader establishes Advanced ID as the industry's low cost provider for a fully functioning ...
• Samsung Unveils RFID Reader Chip For Mobile Devices
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  Samsung expects the RFID chip will initially be designed into card-type readers that plug into mobile handsets. By W. David Gardner With mobile RFID growth ...
• Wal-Mart Canada Making RFID Progress
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  27, 2007—With 20 stores equipped with RFID readers and a dozen suppliers tagging shipments of goods bound for those stores, Wal-Mart Canada's nascent RFID ...
• Combating counterfeits with RFID labels
  Newindpress - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  CHENNAI: When Hyderabad Central University recently issued its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagged e-diplomas, developed in partnership with Tata ...
• RFID Just Icing for Imperial Sugar's New Pallet Program
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Imperial Sugar is changing its pallets from traditional wood to RFID-tagged plastic, but improved traceability from RFID is not the main motivation for the ...

News from November 27, 2007

• RFID Is a Viable Solution in Manufacturing
  IndustryWeek - USA
  RFID has been called the only automatic identification technology because reading of RFID tags typically does not require any action on the part of ...
• RFID Consumer Awareness Campaign
  Technology News Daily - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  AIM Global has launched an aggressive and proactive RFID outreach initiative in the United States to educate the general public and policy makers about the ...
• Transport for London to trial 'Oyster' phone
  ZDNet UK - UK
  As with the Oyster card itself, the handset will probably use a variant of RFID technology called near-field communications (NFC). ...
• Tracking blood the RFID way
  Healthcare IT News - New Gloucester, ME, USA
  By Molly Merrill, Contributing Writer MILWAUKEE - The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is in the process of finalizing RFID standards for labeling and tracking ...
• RFID company struggling with revenue slump
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  RFID Ltd. Inc., a radio frequency identification system integration company, is considering going private or selling some of the company's assets to avoid ...
• AIM launches aggressive RFID awareness campaign
  Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa, OK, USA
  Recognizing the need in the marketplace to dramatically increase positive public perception of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, ...

News from November 26, 2007

• Vers Schakel project proves the added value of RFID in the ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Over the last two years, Vers Schakel - the first project of its kind in the world - has tested out the use of RFID in the logistic chain for fresh ...
• Phone briefing covers European active RFID market
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  This briefing is based on ongoing European Active RFID Market analysis. The report provides an insight into the dynamics guiding the market, and includes ...
• Chipless RFID Market to Reach 417 billion units by 2017 based on ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  By value, chipless versions will rise from $0.52 million in 2007 to $2.10 billion in 2017, 17% of all income from RFID tags in 2017 because most of the ...
• Tagsys Ramps Up with 'Path to V2' Program
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Tagsys, IBM and NXP are working together to make it simpler and easier for customers to deploy RFID infrastructure today with the ability to migrate to HF ...

News from November 25, 2007

• RFID Training Now Available in Pearl River Delta Region, China
  PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
  OTA Training, the global leader in hands-on, vendor-neutral RFID training, and GS1 Hong Kong, a not- for- profit industry support organization for ...
• Research and Markets: Increasing Awareness of RFID Capabilities ...
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  This Frost & Sullivan research service titled RFID Value Chain Analysis in APAC identifies the traditional and emerging RFID applications, and further looks ...