With the price of its basic ingredient, crude oil, surging, the petroleum industry is feeling the pinch of increased production costs. Companies are searching for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency, and some industry leaders are looking at RFID technology to gain insights into their operations. The Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group has […]

Europe-based Sokymat Automotive has launched two new additions to its line of industrial application RFID tags. The new Slim Tag is intended to enable warehouse logistic management, and the Waste Bin Tag is, as the name suggests, aimed at waste management applications. The Slim Tag is designed for managing logistics in large warehouse environments, including […]

The identification industry had a wakeup call in 2005 when parents protested the use of RFID tags in student ID badges at Brittan Elementary School in Sutter, Calif. RFID tags were used to take attendance at the school when the children walked in the door. The plan was to eventually place scanners around the school […]

A new cooperative agreement between the GSM Association (GSMA), which brings together the world’s major mobile operators, and the European Payment Council (EPC), which the EU banking sector, could speed the adoption of mobile phone payments, or near field communication, across Europe and the world. Under the GSMA-EPC plan, payments would be carried out through […]

Motorola Inc. has received a contract to supply RFID solutions for Lufthansa Technik AG, a provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services. The Lufthansa Technik Logistik business will use Motorola’s technology to track aircraft components in its maintenance facilities. According to the deal, Lufthansa Technik will attach EPC UHF tags to documents that accompany […]

Finnish RFID tag maker Confidex has introduced a new UHF RFID label designed for returnable plastic containers. The Confidex Carrier can adhere to plastic surfaces and is designed to withstand the heavy daily use experienced by plastic transit items like totes, crates and trays. The Confidex Carrier is intended for tracking applications where identification in […]

Alien Technology has unveiled an array of additional software features for its readers. The new software package, called Intelligent Tag Radar (ITR), enables the readers to determine the speed, direction and position of passive UHF RFID tags as they are identified, and to better pinpoint individual tags within a cluster or a read zone. The […]

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new service which enables clients to track their critical data center assets. The HP Factory Express RFID Service automates and tracks device movement, eliminating the need for employees to manually track inventory. The HP tagging process scans factory-built HP components such as servers, storage devices and rack enclosures before they are […]

Impinj Inc., a UHF gen 2 RFID vendor, has announced an implementation in food freshness and customer safety with the METRO Group. At the launch of their Future Store, METRO Group began using RFID in the butchery to guarantee freshness, increase customer safety and manage inventory. METRO Group adds an Impinj Monza powered tag to […]

TOSHIBA TEC Europe has released new UHF RFID modules for its Auto ID label printers. The modules operate under EPC Gen 2 UHF technology standards and can easily be fitted in all TOSHIBA TEC RFID ready printers. Among the changes introduced in this new generation of printer modules are Gray Area Detection, SPRiNT Gen 2 […]