iDTRONIC, the German provider of RFID hardware solutions, has introduced its Bluebox professional line of industrial reader/writers. The readers, designed specifically for industrial applications, are completely sealed against water and dust intrusions. The new devices are available with an internal antenna or with one or two external antennas, offer four digital I/O Ports to enable […]

Three major players in the RFID industry, UPM Raflatac, Impinj, and Zebra Technologies, have announced their collaboration on an RFID-enabled product concept. The newly available concept attempts to optimize item-level tagging and validation for process-intensive industries, including electronics and retail manufacturing, health care and pharmaceuticals and third-party logistics. The collaborative effort offers users the ability […]

ODIN Technolgies, provider of RFID infrastructure solutions, has unveiled its SMART Container solution. The solution is a self-inventorying container system initially conceived to close via RFID technology the visibility gap in the supply chain where items were put into closed containers. Users of the SMART Container solution place low-cost passive RFID tags on items to […]

Toshiba TEC Europe (TERIS), a provider of point-of-sale, printing, software information, and other systems, has announced a strategic alliance with Nordic ID, a producer of handheld terminals and computers for retail and industrial applications. The alliance, focused on the European market, will offer wireless and mobile telecommunications solutions for retail, manufacturing, health care and warehousing […]

RFID developer ThingMagic has teamed with Zebra Technologies, provider of auto-ID and printing solutions, to offer a new mobile RFID printer. The Zebra RP4T printer integrates ThingMagic’s M5e-Compact embedded RFID reader module with a lightweight printing device, enabling users to produce long-lasting RFID tags and labels for a variety of applications. ThingMagic’s M5e-Compact was specifically […]

Avery Dennison’s RFID division has announced its entry into the HF RFID inlay market. The firm makes its first foray into the HF scene with three new platform products. Much of the market for HF RFID devices in the media management, health care and asset tracking sectors of the industry. The new Avery Dennison platforms, […]

Alliance, a provider of retail marketing solutions, has unveiled a new, RFID-enabled version of its MAXRPM retail display system. The new version deploys RFID technology to create an inventory management solution for retail promotional items, providing retailers and manufacturers with real-time tracking capabilities of retail promotion performance at the item level. The new system offers […]

Motorola Inc. has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) with RFID-enabled baggage tracking tags. The contract, good for three years with the possibility of a one-year extension, will result in Motorola supplying as many as 70 million of the tags for the airport’s baggage tracking system. Studies have […]

The latest report from the industry analysis organization IdTechEx forecasts a growth in the overall RFID market for 2009. The report, “RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2009-2019”, predicts that the global RFID market for this year will be worth $5.56 billion, up from $5.25 billion in 2008. Much of the growth in the industry can […]

Industrial Portals, the RFID-based product division of the Jamison Door Company, has unveiled its new Gnome series product line. The Gnome device is a compact RFID-enabled pedestal, suitable for use in retail, institutional, office and data center environments, as an alternative to more intrusive industrial-style cabinets. Use as a substitute for traditional, non-RFID-enabled garden gnomes […]