Evonik, a German chemicals producer for skin and hair care products, has announced the successful implementation of an experimental PANMOBIL RFID system designed to track Evonik’s filter panels during the chemical production process. Evonik’s panel filters cost 1,500 Euro each, and break frequently during chemical production process. Once a panel breaks inside a chemical press, […]

GAO RFID has announced the release of its new passive RFID tag designed for use in animal tracking. The transparent, bio-glass tag is water proof and resistant to immersion in salt water, alcohol, oil 10% HCL and ammonia. Users inject the small, light-weight tag directly into animals via a syringe. The ISO 11784/5 compliant tag […]

Motorola has released a new RFID reader designed specifically for installation on warehouse vehicles such as forklifts, trucks and mobile carts. The RD5000 is composed of multiple components, including RFID reader, motion sensor, battery pack, Bluetooth, wireless LAN and antennae, all contained in a single, wireless compact unit. Once installed on a vehicle, the RD5000 […]

Skytron and Awarepoint announced the deployment of an RFID-enabled Real-time Location System (RTLS) at Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, Calif. The hospital already uses Skytron’s Asset Manager solution, powered by Awarepoint, to track mobile patient care assets including beds, infusion pumps, suction and aspiration devices, electronic thermometers, telemetry and vital signs monitors. These […]

FileTrail has announced that the General Service Administration has awarded FileTrail a five-year contract for its RFID File Tracking Systems. The GSA is an independent agency of the U.S. government, charged with supplying products and communications for U.S. government offices, among other management tasks. According to Darrell Mervau, vice p;resident of business development, government agencies […]

Seattle-based UHF Gen 2 RFID provider Impinj and Japanese global trading company Sumikin Bussan announced that Sumikin Bussan will sell the Impinj Speedway family of RFID reader and antenna products throughout Japan. Dick Yamauchi, general manager of the Supply Chain Management & Project Development Department for Sumikin Bussan, expects that the partnership will help accelerate […]

Los Angeles-based Mojix has announced the successful trial run of their STAR asset tracking solution at REWE Group’s distribution center in Buttenheim, Germany. REWE Group, the third largest food retailer in Europe, operates in 15 countries with 15,000 retail outlets, with 29 distribution centers in Germany. The company’s supply chain annually commissions about 36 million […]

According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, some Asia Pacific aviation companies are considering RFID to raise efficiency levels, reduce wastage and increase security in an effort to stay airborne in the face of a major economic downturn. According to Frost & Sullivan more than 20 Asia Pacific airlines are filing for bankruptcy. The […]

UK-based RTLS provider Ubisense has announced that its products are now complaint for use in Korea. In addition, the company’s ultra-wideband (UWB) RTLS solution has been chosen by Korean steel giant POSCO for use in its plant in Pohang. According to Han Ku Park, project manager at POSCO in Pohang, the UWB RTLS system has […]

Hill-Rom and Radianse today announced plans to integrate Radianse’s real-time location system (RTLS) into Hill-Rom’s NaviCare Nurse Call system. Hill-Rom is currently testing the accuracy and reliability of Radianse’s RTLS. Should they choose to adopt Radianse’s technology, the new system will be able to wirelessly track in real time the movements and interactions of patients, […]