UHF tag chip and reader supplier Impinj, Inc. recently announced an agreement with Yeon Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of the YFY Group providing value-added RFID services, to resell Impinj’s high-performance, Speedway UHF Gen 2 RFID reader in Taiwan. The member of Impinj’s value-added reseller (VAR) program, Yeon Technologies deploys RFID products that incorporate the […]

With all the talk about pharmaceuticals and RFID, Blue Vector is actively demonstrating its Pharmaceutical Edition, which includes features that are “most popular in pharma deployments.” These include support for intelligent dock door, conveyor, shelf, and desktop RFID automation stations—either from Blue Vector or from third parties—as well as simultaneous support for multiple tag types […]

Systems integrator Miles Technologies announced its support for Avery Dennison’s Gen 2 RFID inlays, to be used in Benchmark LAB, a Chicago-based training center designed to provide RFID users with a real-world factory setting for RFID training and certification. The RFID Benchmark LAB is a training center offering courseware to help users achieve the CompTIA(r) […]

Cost issues and a lack of consistent frequency standards are at the heart of the holdup for the pharmaceutical industry’s slow adoption of RFID, according to Health Industry Insights, an IDC company. The market research firm draws upon 143 life science industry leaders in its latest survey, which covers additional roadblocks (like security and privacy […]

Texas Instruments is getting pretty popular in the world of RFID. Just this week, the company posted news that ten inlay manufacturers want TI’s silicon. The raw material will be used for a range of tags in North America, Europe, and Asia. Customers include Checkpoint Systems, UPM Raflatac, and WaveZero. Ten Inlay Manufacturers Choose TI’s […]

Embedded RFID provider SkyeTek, Inc. is expanding its presence in Europe. The vendor just annouced new relationships with three VARS serving the United Kingdom and Ireland: TDC, AVE, and IAData. The European RFID market has been thriving in business applications such as transport and logistics, access control, medicine and supply chain management,” stated Rob Balgley, […]

The race is on to see if this hot new technology will be an alternative, or a complement, to RFID By David Wyld, Contributing Editor What if there was a technology that one-upped RFID? What if there was a way to have continuous identification, but without the extreme size, cost, and limited life of active […]

Is the market for item-level tagging finally going cha-ching? Before you can say “bling bling,” check your Web: there seems to be a lot of refreshed interest in RFID technology for commercial operations. The latest: semiconductor and RFID provider Impinj, Inc., says it raised $19 million in a private funding round led by AllianceBernstein L.P. […]

RFID network infrastructure provider Reva Systems is giving itself a pat on the back for helping Sony Europe “to successfully move from pilot to production.” The magical antidote? Reva’s Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products, which combine item-level RFID tagging and digital video. The bottom line: better shipping efficiency, a reducting in shrinkage, and more. One […]

TAGSYS today announced a new breed of ‘e-connectware,’ its software suite designed to manage global RFID networks – while keeping the data integrity of item-level tagging. “E-connectware lets customers or their service provider manage RFID infrastructure just like voice and data networks,” said Elie Simon, CEO of TAGSYS, adding that the new software is ideal […]