Argentina-based Ausol Autopistas del Sol has selected TransCore’s RFID eGo Plus windshield sticker tags and Encompass 6 reader technologies to upgrade its legacy electronic roadway toll collection system. The contract includes 150 Encompass 6 readers and more than 200,000 sticker tags over the next three years. Initial system installation and integration will be complete by […]

Lithuanian furniture manufacturer, Freda, has begun employing RFID technology to track furniture shipped and destined for Sweden’s global retail outlet IKEA, reports The Baltic Times. The system consists of EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags, a portal reader at each loading dock, and a forklift with an on-board computer that transmits order updates. As forklifts […]

Two Technologies, a developer of rugged, mobile computing solutions, has announced the release of a new line of handheld computers called HANDGEAR (HG) that includes four different models. All four models come with a number of features among which include a FIPS 201 compatible fingerprint scanner, an RFID interrogator, a three track magnetic card reader, […]

Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okl. has teamed together with ClearCount Medical Solutions and Medline Industries to introduce an RFID platform aimed to prevent retained surgical sponge incidents. In all of its operating rooms, Jane Phillips implemented ClearCount’s SmartWand-DTX, an RFID-based platform that uniquely counts and detects all surgical sponges used during hospital procedures. […]

Tego recently made available new aviation-grade RFID tags developed by Tokyo-based RFID provider Marubeni Chemix using the TegoChip technology for aerospace and a broad range of industrial applications. The Marubeni TAGAT tags deliver high memory and rugged survivability for harsh industrial environments. They are ideal for use in oil/gas, rail/aviation, automotive, chemical, medical, utilities and […]

COMMERCEWorx and GlobeRanger announced the market release of the GR-Shipping Validation Solution, designed to ensure final reconciliation for retail suppliers that product shipments correctly match the advance shipping notice expected by large scale retailers. Utilizing GlobeRanger iMotion software platform, the solution marries and verifies, through the use of RFID enable packages, the actual ship quantity […]

NASA’s Johnson Space Center announced that it intends to purchase RFID readers and associated peripherals from A.C.C. Systems Inc. for a space flight inventory system on the International Space Station. NASA has a requirement for forty-one RFID readers and other associated peripherals— for example extra batteries, handle battery, USB cable and power controller. The RFID […]

Axios Mobile Assets has signed a letter of intent to supply its green logistics solution to J.D. Smith and Sons for use in its integrated, asset based, third-party warehousing and transportation solutions. Under a supply arrangement, Axios will provide their bio-resin pallets equipped with the Axios proprietary software and RFID tags for use in several […]