Swiss-based RFID tag provider INGECOM has announced a second generation of its low-cost line of ActiveRFID tags and controllers. The tags are priced at around $7. The new tags are roughly half the size of a credit card, have an outdoor read range of 200 meters and an indoor range of 30 to 50 meters, […]

First Volkswagen, now beer; IBM continues to bring RFID-related innovations to products near and dear to a German’s heart. Ringnes, Norway’s largest brewery and a part of the Carlsberg Group, has announced its deployment of IBM RFID-enabled solutions to improve its logistics operations. The Ringnes shipping system handles almost half a billion liters of beer […]

Pepsico has informed its customers that in the next few months, its Quaker Foods, Gatorade, and Tropicana divisions will begin using RFID-enabled plastic pallets exclusively to deliver their products. The company will use pallets from the Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) LLC pallet rental firm. In a letter sent to customers last week, Pepsico elaborated […]

Following a successful one-year pilot program, Volkswagen Group is preparing to introduce RFID-enabled tracking to its logistics system. IBM is supplying the system. The RFID system provides visibility throughout the Volkswagen logistics system, beginning at the shipping departments of parts suppliers. From there, RFID-tagged containers of parts can be tracked throughout transportation to Volkswagen facilities, […]

Swiss-based Biblioteca Inc., provider of RFID-enabled library inventory systems, has announced “on-the-fly” conversion software designed to ease the process of converting to an RFID system. With the non-proprietary software, a library using bar codes can make the transition to RFID tags as patrons check out and return materials. Biblioteca’s BiblioChip system reduces the amount of […]

The Cleveland Clinic, a major academic medical center, has selected an RFID-enabled solution from Infolinx System Solutions to manage and track the records in its study-related patient files. The clinic will use Infolinx’s flagship product, InfolinxWEB, to track its paper-based records throughout the paperwork’s life cycle, from creation to disposal. Infolinx, a provider of enterprise […]

InSync Software Inc. has announced a new partnership with IBM. The two companies have formed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with IBM that will enable InSync to integrate IBM’s InfoSphere Traceability Server software as part of its food safety solutions. InSync’s software solutions are created for companies in the fresh and processed foods, meat and […]