Metalcraft’s new RFID flag tag, aimed at speeding production and lowering cost for customers seeking durable RFID tags and labels for fixed and mobile assets, is now available. The tag is a 4.5-inch square adhesive label with a non-adhesive, folding tab that offsets the inlay. It has three scored sections, with the middle containing the […]

Heathrow will become the largest European airport to track passenger baggage using RFID when trials begin in September, reports VNUnet. According to the online tech pub, the airport operator BAA will install the infrastructure on selected check-in desks to tag bags with RFID chips. Then, bags will be scanned on entry into the baggage system. […]

Elektrobit Corporation (EB) has purchased 100% of the shares in 7iD Technologies GmbH. The acquired company specializes in RFID technology, provides services and products for system integrators and RFID companies and delivers technology and turn-key solutions for supply chain and asset management in pharmaceutical, paper, aviation and automotive industries. The Elektrobit transaction strengthens the offering […]

Dulles, Va.-based RFID systems integrator ODIN Technologies this week completed a benchmark report based on the results of tests it performed on seven EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID interrogators, reports RFID Journal. The readers were certified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to operate under current RF regulations in the European Union. For the […]

What does the American Medical Association think about RFID implants? If you ask the folks at VeriChip, the Florida company that makes FDA-approved implantable microchips to help physicians identify patients during surgery, they’ll likely say ‘two thumbs up.’ The company’s press release (issued Wednesday) boasts in its headline that the AMA recommends implantable RFID devices. […]

RFID provider Evigia Systems just completed product trials for an upcoming Department of Defense project known as RFID III, the company announced this morning. “This is an important first step for our entering this federal market, which previously represented up to $425 million in RFID II,” said Karl Ma, VP Sales & Marketing at Evigia […]

As part of a five-year study of biodiversity in the Amazon, the World Wildlife Fund recently began using RFID transponders to track white-lipped peccaries, reports Wired magazine’s online hub. According to the article, the tusked pig-like animals, which weigh 100 pounds or more, descend on natural salt and mineral deposits called collpas to chow down […]

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Asia Pacific RFID Supply Chain Market, reveals that the market earned revenues of $170.3 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach $646.3 million in 2013. Buoyed by the success of the increasing numbers of RFID pilots and projects in supply chains, end users are becoming progressively keen on […]

It seems as though some folks are still confused about the differences between ultra-high frequency and high-frequency RFID (imagine that!). Zebra, which makes RFID printing technologies (and works with both HF and UHF frequencies), is attempting to put an end to the confusion companies face when trying to pick a product. It’s new, downloadable “webinar” […]

Gerd Wolfram will explain why METRO Group is moving ahead with its RFID rollout and what it will require from suppliers in 2008 at RFID Journal’s upcoming conference for companies doing business in Europe, November 6-8, 2007, Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam. The focus of RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2007 is on how European companies can cut […]