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 […]

Researchers at the University of Granada in Spain have developed an in-home RFID system that reminds elderly individuals when they have forgotten to do simple tasks, such as taking medication or grabbing their keys when they leave home. Under the system users place RFID labels on objects around the home that are interacted with most […]

VeriChip Corporation, a provider of RFID systems for health care, has announced that it will acquire identity security products provider Steel Vault in a business merger that will ultimately create PositiveID Corporation. According to Scott R. Silverman, the current Chairman and CEO of VeriChip, PositiveID will be the first company of its kind to address […]

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, […]