03 Nov, 2008ABI report: RFID market will hit $5.3 billion in 2008
The latest forecast from market research firm ABI Research predicts the global market for RFID technology will reach $5.3 billion in 2008, with a continued rapid increase in value over the next five years. Excluding the area of automobile immobilization, ABI predicts that the RFID market will experience a 15% compound annual growth rate between […]
03 Nov, 2008Advanced ID wins deal for Chinese metal detector technology
Advanced ID has announced a contract to supply RFID technology and integration services to Chinese homeland security specialist Shenzhen Xinyuantong Electronics. The deal, expected to be worth around $1.6 million, will provide Advanced ID’s proprietary technology for Shenzhen metal detectors. Shenzen is primarily a supplier of walk-through metal detectors, but the company offers 21 types […]
03 Nov, 2008RFID enabling California county to get the vote in quicker
Alameda County in California has 800-voting locations and each of these must receive five critical pieces of equipment. That’s 4,000 pieces of equipment that county officials have to make sure to get to the polling places and that must be returned after votes are cast. The county had used a bar coding system with a […]
31 Oct, 2008Syscan increases annual loss figure
Syscan International, an RFID solutions provider focusing on the food, drug, and health care industries, has announced it will suffer a net loss of $1.2 million for the year. The 2008 annual loss is up from $1.1 million in 2007. The loss comes despite a substantial rise in sales for year, up to $3.8 million […]
31 Oct, 2008Sirit forms exclusive partnership with MIKOH
Sirit Inc. has announced a worldwide partnership with MIKOH Corporation. The deal involves the use of MIKOH’s Smart&Secure tamper-indication technology in Sirit’s passive RFID automatic vehicle identification (AVI) solutions. The three-year agreement, with two additional three-year options, licenses Sirit exclusively to promote and sell MIKOH’s patented Smart&Secure technology worldwide in passive AVI systems for physically […]
31 Oct, 2008Daily RFID launches wristband solution for hospitals
Chinese RFID developer Daily RFID Co. Ltd. has introduced a Gen 2 RFID wristband with ISO 18000-6 compliant inlays. The wristband is designed for health care applications such as tracking patients, especially newborns, in hospital settings. The wristbands are constructed of 100% non-allergenic silicon, a comfortable and hygienic material. Read distances for the tags vary […]
30 Oct, 2008SkyRFID launches new line of ceramic tags
SkyRFID Inc. has announced a range of ceramic RFID inlay tags intended for mounting on or in metal. The new line, which consists of eight different UHF Gen 2 tags, offers read ranges from two meters to more than six meters, and temperature ranges of up to 200 °C. Among the new offerings is a […]
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