Axios Mobile Assets Corporatio partnered with Canadian logistics firm, J.D. Smith and Sons, on a six-month pilot program using Axios’ RFID-enabled pallets and tracking technology. The trail included one of J.D. Smith’s key clients, a major supplier of packaged food. Previously, bagged food products were susceptible to damage during transport, as items could shift on […]

Air-Trak, in collaboration with Intermec, announced a partnership with Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling to deliver a new RFID solution to improve billing accuracy and customer support for solid waste management. Air-Track and Intermec teamed together to create a RFID tracking system – based on Intermec’s RFID solution integrated with Air-Trak’s WasteConnect GPS tracking service […]

Gaming Partners International announced that it has received three orders to supply casino chips and plaques totaling just under $4.7 million. The company will produce approximately 700,000 custom Bourgogne et Grasset (B&G) premium casino chips for Venetian Macau Limited’s Sands Macau and Sands Cotai properties. GPI will also produce over 80,000 B&G RFID plaques to […]

Nationals Parks, home for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball, has initiated a pilot program where season ticket holders will each have their tickets delivered in the form of a smart card embedded with an RFID chip, according to Sports Business Daily. The ballpark has been equipped with twenty four RFID-enabled turnstiles, which allow […]

GAO RFID Asset Tracking announced an ultra-high frequency Gen 2 RFID reader with 4-port read and 4-port listen. This RFID reader, operating at the frequency range of 902 to 928 MHz, reads Gen 2 compatible transponders at a maximum distance of up to 7 meters or more. It also offers communication interfaces including Ethernet TCP/ […]

The RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Canada, is adopting RFID technology to innovate with access control and cashless payment systems. More than a quarter-of-a-million music fans will be able to use their RFID “Bluesband” wristband to pay for food, drink and other goods […]

HID Global has developed a new a manufacturing process that enables use of some of the world’s smallest integrated low-frequency (LF) chips ever produced for contactless ID applications. The company’s direct bonding technology can mount an antenna to a micro-sized chip surface less than 0.3 millimeters square – smaller then the pinpoint of a needle. […]

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them. With the RFID […]

India recently opened its first RFID-based electronic toll collection (ETC) plaza at Chandimandir in Haryana’s Panchkula district. The technology enables road users to make toll payments without stopping at the plaza and, in turn, reduce traffic congestion and commuting time. With the new electronic system, toll statements can also be obtained online so that users […]

HID Global has received a follow-on order for the manufacture and supply of U.S. government Permanent Resident Cards, also known as “Green Cards,” issued to all legal foreign residents of the United States under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) border security program. More than three million multi-technology HID Global eID cards have been […]