Ford Motor Company’s Land Rover division and Savi today launched a pilot program to deploy an active RFID system, which will synchronize the delivery of auto parts from multiple suppliers to Land Rover’s key assembly plant in the West Midlands (U.K.). The pilot is made possible through a U.K. central government grant administered by the […]

Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID products and services, today announced the completion of a warehouse distribution center system for inventory and shipment tracking for Diakinisis’ warehouse distribution center. Located in Athens, Greece, the system uses Gen 2 Squiggle and ‘M’ tags and ALR-8800 readers from Alien Technology, with RFID installation services provided by Business […]

Unisys Corp. said Monday that it received a contract worth at least $37.2 million to work on a system that will allow for RFID-based passports, The Philadelphia Business Journal reported earlier. The Blue Bell, Pa., company said the work is for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. In addition to reading RFID passports, the system would […]

With a successful nine-month test of its RFID-powered shopping carts at two New Jersey ShopRite supermarkets completed, MediaCart is just about to roll out a second, larger pilot that will incorporate a number of functions designed to help shoppers save time and money, RFID Journal reports. Carts feature integrated, battery-powered video monitors and ThingMagic EPC […]

InkSure Technologies Inc., a leading provider of covert machine-readable security solutions (“CMRT”) for the detection of counterfeiting, fraud and diversion announced it has been selected to present a technology update on its patented SARcode(TM), a new “chipless” symbology for low-cost RFID applications at the RFID Smart Labels USA 2008 Conference in Boston. The Conference, which […]

Ospedale Treviglio-Caravaggio, located in Treviglio, Italy, has deployed an RFID system to track its patients as they are admitted to the hospital’s emergency wing and then move through the facility, receiving medical services, RFID Journal reports. With an RFID system provided by Softwork, hospital personnel can immediately locate a patient. Emergency patient management has become […]

Intelleflex, a player in RFID solutions, just announced the availability of its line of extended capability RFID products in South Korea, DMasia.com reports. The company’s Intelligent RFID Platform will enable advanced RFID solutions in areas such as high value asset tracking, yard management, parts maintenance and reusable transport item tracking. This expansion follows the recent […]

Confidex, a company specializing RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, has unveiled Confidex Pino, an EPC Generation 2 RFID tag that enables users to economically track wooden pallets, one of the most common transit items used throughout the world. RFID Tags: Confidex Introduces New RFID Tag To Trace Wooden Assets 1/23/2008 Confidex, a fast growing company […]

In preparation for compliance with California’s pending 2009 ePedigree requirements, CorePharma selected rfXcel’s ePedigree Management solution, after evaluating the leading ePedigree software providers, the companies announced earlier today. Based in Middlesex, NJ, CorePharma is a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer of prescription and over-the-counter products. CorePharma was established in 1998 and has US FDA registered facilities, in […]

Articles about the use of RFID in passports are becoming more balanced, RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti blogs, citing a recent L.A. Times article as evidence (correspondent Jane Engle explained the concerns of privacy advocates about a proposal to use RFID in passports, and what the U.S. State Department did to address them). Though there […]