Not ready to commit to new technology? Real-time location system (RTLS) provider Parco Merged Media Corp.’s new RFID solution providing RFID tags, readers and installation training services are available for customers to rent, RFID Journal reports. According the Journal‘s article profiling Parco, the leasing offer will be sold through resellers and directly to customers, and […]

RFID Journal reports that a number of fresh food providers are beginning to use plastic RFID-enabled pallets made by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) rather than wooden pallets without RFID tags. Thus far, RFID has helped iGPS better manage the flow of its pallets, through more accurate and timely shipping and receiving records, while end […]

Sonoco and IPICO Inc. today announced an agreement to co-develop and commercialize RFID technology for the paper-making industry. The agreement will enable the development of an RFID tracking solution for Sonoco’s paper making tube and core customers. “We have looked at a number of RFID tag technologies and feel that IPICO’s technology is best suited […]

In-building wireless solution provider InnerWireless, Inc., today announced that it will deploy its PanGo location-management platform in the University of Michigan Health System’s medical campus. This platform will enable the pharmacy department to track and monitor hundreds of boxes containing emergency drug supplies throughout its 913-bed medical campus. The Department of Pharmacy Services selected InnerWireless’ […]

Patrick Rodwell, Product Marketing Manager, Identity Solutions, Lenel Systems International Inc. (A UTC Fire & Security Company) As the Smart Card industry continues to consolidate, and falling aggregate costs of raw materials continue to support the decline in chip and card prices, the physical access and asset management industries are beginning to consider the smart […]

RFID Journal and EPCglobal Canada’s big-deal conference (the second annual RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007) in Ontario brought 400 attendees. Read this excerpt from a press release that offers a look back: “This year’s event brought together some of the leading early adopters, leading technology providers and those eager to learn how Electronic Product Code™/Radio […]

Progressive Gaming International, a provider of diversified products and services used in the gaming industry worldwide, and Gaming Partners International, a casino currency and table game equipment vendor, announced today that Foxwoods Resort Casino has selected the Paulson chip embedded with high-frequency RFID tracking technology along with the Chip Inventory System (CIS) table management system. […]

Denver-based RFID Ltd., said Friday the cost of remaining publicly traded was too great, and it is not generating enough revenue to cover expenses, reports Denver Business Journal. “RFID Ltd. has undergone a major resource loss of both operating capital and human capital,” the company’s written statement said, noting that the trend has hurt its […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded EDS an $11.6 million contract to help the department develop and provide personal identity verification (PIV) card solutions to all VA employees, affiliates and contractors in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). EDS will support the implementation and deployment of PIV cards to more than […]

Sonitor Technologies announced it is scheduled to present at and is a silver sponsor of, the 3rd Annual Active RFID, Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) and Sensor Networks Summit, organized by IDTechEx, on December 5-6 in Dallas. Terry Aasen, President and CEO of Sonitor Technologies, Inc, will give a presentation on December 5th at 12:30XPM CET, […]