Fashion and lifestyle company, Gerry Weber, will implement RFID technology to combine inventory management and loss prevention. The German retail company will be using Avery Dennison RFID solutions in more than 25 million garments a year to reduce theft and ensure stores are well stocked with popular items. The RFID will be embedded in a […]

Zetes Industries, a European provider of solutions for the automatic identification of goods, has cut a deal with ImageID, a provider in imaging-based traceability products and solutions. The deal includes ImageID’s company assets, along with patents and properties. This acquisition will also include ImageID’s Visidot Supply Chain Traceability solutions for the tracking and tracing of […]

In an effort to promote recycling habits, the City of Atlanta has partnered with RecycleBank and started a pilot program, properly called ReCART (Rewards for Collecting All Recyclables), which rewards participants who do their part in ensuring recyclables do not end up in city landfills. The metro area will monitor trends in recycling through the […]

Alien Technology’s RFID solution center has received a Test Center Accreditation Certificate from GS1, allowing the facility to provide GS1 EPCglobal-certified testing services. The EPCglobal Performance Test Center Accredition Program assesses the capabilities of testing facilities around the globe. Accredited test centers use a standardized set of performance test profiles to simulate real-world conditions to […]

The European EPC Competence Center (EECC) has tested and certified the Nordic ID PL3000 Cross Dipole UHF RFID reader in accordance with the RFID handheld performance requirements. The handheld PL3000 was tested for transmission power, receiver sensitivity, antenna radiation pattern and suitability for daily use. The reader performed well in all categories, achieving the best […]

Infinite Power Solutions has announced availability of the THINERGY MEC102, its new solid-state, thin-film, single cell battery designed for use in micro-electronic applications, such as semi-active RFID tags. The tiny MEC102 provides a nominal 4V output and features a flexible package design that maximizes the active area of the cell while minimizing the device’s footprint. […]

Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new way to combat passive RFID tag cloning using the physical attributes of a tag to identify it rather than just the information stored on it. According to Professor Dale R. Thomas, passive RFID tags are easy to counterfeit because they do not include conventional encryption […]