Alien, in partnership with Simet, today announced a 30 percent return on investment over the last ten months. The company’s EPC-compliant fabric roll tracking application at Griva S.p.A. in Torino, Italy, could set a trend for garment makers everywhere. Alien Technology® RFID Implementation Delivers 30% ROI to International Textile Manufacturer Simet, an RFID Integrator, Recently […]

Specialist RFID company SPACECODE and pre-eminent applied research laboratory CEA Leti today announced a licensing arrangement on CEA Leti’s RFID technology portfolio. The agreement will expand Spacecode’s patent portfolio and is the next step in developing advanced RFID products in healthcare, pharmaceutical and luxury goods markets. A separate collaboration agreement is also planned between the […]

The RFID Alarm is a timely and legitimate solution to a serious problem. Or so we hear. Today, Invention Support announced its strategic alliance with Arthur Horn, inventor of the “RFID Alarm,” to support and introduce the gadget to the auto market. The basic idea behind the RFID Alarm is to make it safer to […]

BlueStar is now a distributor of the new Datamax H-Class heavy-duty RFID-compatible printers, which feature state-of-the-art modular design for quick and easy servicing of key components. The verdict: maximizing up-time while reducing the total cost of ownership. “BlueStar is elated to carry the new Datamax H-Class printer series, which is sophisticated enough to support high-resolution […]

ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies announced availability of a series of form factors containing the Mifare MINI contactless chip. The MINI has a smaller memory size (320 Byte EEPROM) but uses the same security and file structure as the popular Mifare 1K. The company is offering the solution in cards, ID bands, key fobs, and other […]

Harsh environmental conditions? Not a problem for TAGSYS, which just got the thumbs up to implement its RFID technology into one of Holland’s leading systems providers for greenhouse botanical flowers. “Thanks to TAGSYS technology, we were able to open sales to a completely new market,” said Bennie Cuijpers, RFID project manager of Zetes.TAGSYS, one of […]

TAGSYS announced that Walking Plant Systems (WPS), one of Holland’s leading systems providers for greenhouse botanical growers, has successfully implemented RFID technology into its Plant Order System for commercial greenhouses. By allowing growers to fit each flower pot with an RFID tag, WPS can optimize the greenhouse growing process. Zetes, a pan-European company interested in […]

A Korean manufacturer is embedding INSIDE Contactless’s MicroRead chip into LG and Samsung mobile phones involved in KTF’s NFC mobile payment project. The project intends to enable mobile phones for its demonstration of UICC Card-based mobile payment as part of the GSMA’s “Pay Buy Mobile” project initiative announced in February during the 2007 3GSM World […]

RFID middleware vendors have found a reason to celebrate as users are becoming increasingly aware of the value of RFID in increasing the efficiency of asset tracking, inventory management and process visibility. That’s the verdict of the new Frost & Sullivan report “North American RFID Middleware and Software Markets” released this week. The report the […]

British Airways will start gathering biometric information from travelers on domestic British Airways flights from Heathrow. Passengers will have both their fingerprint and face scanned at a security checkpoint prior to taking off. Biometric screening is just one of a range of security measures that will be introduced at Terminal 5, a tour of the […]