Scandinavian slate manufacturer, Minera Norge is making use of UPM Raflatac ShortDipole and Hammer RFID tags by automating the location and delivery processes of its stone products. The company uses RFID to track pallets from loading to the point of shipment. Stone products are cut into tiles or blocks and then placed on pallets attached […]

Izzy’s Ice Cream Café in St. Paul, Minn. is utilizing RFID technology to give customers real-time updates on all the available flavors in its dipping cabinet, according to a Computerworld article. The store has more than 100 flavors to its name, but only serves 32 in its dipping cabinet at any one time. The dipping […]

Lufthansa Technik, a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has been successfully using UPM Raflatac’s RFID technology in tracking aircraft components for the past two years. Lufthansa Technik Logistik, the logistics service provider of LHT, has been attaching RFID tags to documents accompanying components as they are removed, serviced or repaired, […]

Advanced ID, developer of RFID solutions for various applications, has signed a sales and operating agreement with NovaMeric. Under the agreement NovaMeric and Advanced ID will establish a new unified corporation that will capture revenues from both companies. NovaMeric supplies a range of mobile communication devices, active mobile asset tracking systems and a product line […]

Evigia has received its first purchase orders from Northrop Grumman to supply active RFID products to the U.S. Department of Defense under the RFID III contract vehicle. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded the contract in December 2008 to four teams, including the Northrop Grumman, Evigia team for active RFID hardware products, software and engineering […]

The European FlexSmell project is exploring packing materials that can be printed with embedded sensors and RFID antennas to monitor quality during transit. The project, which began earlier in 2010, combines organic and inorganic sensing technologies with integrated RFID, to make food packaging that gathers data on its contents and changes the way food safety […]

Metalcraft announced the availability two universal RFID tags designed to deliver long read range, regardless of the mounting surface. The universal Asset Tag and Hard Tag, both small and durable products, feature custom printing of bar codes and other information on the label. The Asset Tag, with an approximate read range of 15 feet, is […]

Ubisense announced the launch of its Visible Industrial Process (VIP), a new application that will be added to its Manufacturing Solution Suite. This new application enables enhanced visibility of production components, processes, assemblies and sub-assemblies across multiple sites. The Ubisense VIP combines a Web-based user configuration with support for multiple-site operations, and management of multiple-components […]

Tortilla manufacturer, Mission Foods, deployed Intermec RFID technology to improve warehouse operations and account for its reusable plastic containers. The company used Intermec IF61 RFID readers, along with Intermec antennas, labels and PM4i printers to enhance tracking of over 20,000 reusable containers across three of its plants. Packaged products are loaded onto RFID-labeled containers and […]

Fujitsu announced a strategic partnership with Positek RFID that will integrate the Fujitsu WT-A511 RFID tags into the Positek line of garment tracking solutions. The WT-A511 RFID tags are durable, able to withstand hundreds of washings in harsh chemicals associated with dry cleaning, temperatures reaching up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for drying or ironing, and […]