St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill. has selected the Amelior Tracker system from Patient Care Technology Systems to automatically track medical equipment throughout their facility. With the Amelior Tracker system, St. John’s Hospital will start by tracking some 2,500 mobile assets including IV pumps, beds, C5 tablets, DVT equipment and feeding pumps. Amelior Tracker will […]

UPM Raflatac recently partnered with Jawasoft China to provide Beijing-based apparel company, Jossy Jo, with an item-level RFID solution designed to improve logistics operations and prevent counterfeit products. Jossy Jo utilizes more than 2 million ShortDipole RFID tags a year from UPM Raflatac to track and trace their garments. RFID labels are attached to every […]

ODIN Labs, the scientific testing division of ODIN, a provider in RFID software and solutions, recently published a handheld RFID reader benchmark. The benchmark is a head-to-head scientific comparison of eight top handhelds for use in twenty-five industries. The thirty-six page report is designed to help end users differentiate between the many handheld models available […]

The University of Incheon in South Korea has automated its library operations with RaceTrack high-frequency RFID tags from UPM Raflatac coupled with a library automation solution from ECO. With the new RFID-enabled library automation solution, the university’s 10,000 students will receive faster book circulation, as well as self-service check-in/out stations. The RFID solution also enables […]

Canadian reader and tag provider GAO RFID Asset Tracking has rolled out a long range active RFID UHF beacon tag appropriate for tracking mobile assets, controlling access or online inventory, and locating assets or personnel in designated areas. The tag also offers long-range capabilities for wireless applications. Static data is written to the tag and […]

HID Global and UPM Raflatac announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM Raflatac to incorporate HID Global’s tamper-proof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. The deal makes UPM Raflatac is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide, according to HID. In the […]

Schreiner LogiData, a German RFID label manufacturer, has developed a label aimed at increasing readability when applied to a metallic surface. The company’s new label solves this readability problem with a spacer made of a special foam. The foam label separates the RFID antenna from the metallic substrate by means of a spacer and enables […]

Aethon announced recently that it’s automated tracking and chain-of-custody system – MedEx – is now operational at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The MedEx System serves as enhancement to the TUG robot, also developed by Aethon, and allows hospital pharmacies to know the real-time location and status of medications throughout the facility. Combining passive […]

MovieQ, an automated movie and game rental chain, is using UPM Raflatac RFID tags, along with a proprietary, RFID-enabled robotic solution to streamline entertainment selection and rental processes for California consumers. Movies and games are tagged with UPM Raflatac BullsEye high-frequency RFID tags, each of which is encoded with item information and a unique identifying […]

GuardRFID, provider of RFID-based technologies for real time tracking in the health care industry, announced that it has joined the DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting the advanced development of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networks. As a developer of active RFID technology and solutions for real time locating systems and […]