APS Technology Group is partnering with Zebra to integrate solutions for tracking containers and truck processing for the Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company of Saudi Arabia. APS will provide its optical recognition portal and driver kiosks to automate marine container identification, remote damage inspection and truck processing at the company’s Jeddah and Jubail terminals. APS will […]

Savi Technology has received an order from the U.S. Marine Corps for 50 Portable Deployment Kits to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies in support of expedition force surges in Afghanistan. The PDKs ordered by the USMC track everything needed, ranging from ammunition and tires to meals and boots. The PDK integrates in a single […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that is has received orders totaling $47.4 million under its movement tracking system contract with the U.S. Army. The orders provide supply to support the Army’s move towards full adoption of the RFID ISO 18000-7 standard. This includes Comtech’s MT-2012 transceiver, which features the Savi Technology’s ISO-compliant Echo Point RFID Reader integrated […]

Spain’s Balearic Islands Blood and Tissue Bank is using a combination of Nordic ID hand held readers with an RFID system from Barcelona-based Aifo Solutions to track some 30,000 blood bags. To make the blood tracking process faster, safer and more transparent, Balearic will be equipped with Nordic ID’s PL 3000 ultra high frequency hand […]

The value of the entire RFID market – tags, readers, software/services, labels, fobs and all other factors – will increase to $5.63 billion in 2010, according to a recent survey conducted by IDTechEx. An increase from last year’s value of $5.03 billion, IDTechEx credits the growth to an increase in use of passive ultra high […]

EarthSearch Communications, East Coast Diversified Corporation’s RFID and GPS division announced launch of its latest product integrating RFID and GPS at the hardware level, called TrailerSeal. A mechanical, battery-powered, reusable padlock, TrailerSeal provides an all in one solution with embedded with RFID, GPS, and GPRS for remote container tracking. The embedded RFID allows shippers to […]

TASC Inc. has developed an RFID-enabled inventory management system for the U.S. Navy, which will allow naval warehousing facilities to be able to automatically count and locate inventory in real-time. Using passive RFID, the solution automatically inventories stock count and locations for reconciliation. The system will also identify shipments containing incorrect items, or, if an […]

In collaboration with Gerry Weber, RF-iT Solutions and Pranke GmbH have created a starter package for directly managing stocks using RFID technology in the retail industry. The detego RFID Starter kit, consisting of the detego SUITE modules Goods Inbound verification, Inventory verification and Electronic Data Interchange, provides a simple and affordable way for retailers to […]

B.O.S. Better Online Solutions announced the implementation and delivery of an RFID-enabled production line tracking system for Hollandia International, developer of advanced sleep systems. The system is based on the BOS ID software platform and BOS RFID Server, and includes Gen2 RFID inlays from UPM Raflatac, and Intermec’s CN3 mobile terminals and its IP30 RFID […]

The National Thermal Power Corporation, India, has deployed RFID technology to improve operational efficiency, as well as plant security and productivity in many of its upcoming projects, according to PC Quest. Using a combination of RFID technology and the GPRS-based Tracko system, National Thermal is able to track the movement of locomotives which carry coal […]