Freight deliverer DHL and European retailer METRO Group have announced they will cooperate to launch France’s largest RFID-enabled retail logistics system. Beginning in fall 2008, DHL will use RFID tags to track all its shipments to the 89 Metro Cash & Carry wholesale stores in France. This translates to around 1.3 million pallets being tracked […]

Speaking at an RFID conference in Fargo, North Dakota, Alien Technology CEO George Everhart offered a look at his company’s recent growth spurt and predicted more of the same in the next few years. According to Everhart, in the last 18 months Alien has gone from having one major customer, Wal-Mart, to a roster of […]

RFID component and printer provider Zebra Technologies has entered into a new five-year, $100 million credit facility, giving the company a new source of funding for working capital and general corporate purposes, including stock buybacks and acquisitions. “We put the credit facility in place to provide financing flexibility,” says Michael Smiley, Zebra’s chief financial officer. […]

ADT is using RFID technology to make home security simpler, or at least reduce the number of passwords cluttering consumers’ minds. The security company has introduced the SafeWatch SafePass system, which uses RFID-enabled key fobs to eliminate the need to enter a code to activate or deactivate a home alarm system. With the new system, […]

With the help of RFID-enabled wristbands and a system of video cameras, UK amusement park Alton Towers is offering its patrons personalized videos chronicling their adventures at the park. The video souvenir package, called YourDay, begins with an RFID-enabled wristband issued to park-goers. The wristbands activate a system of 36 cameras scattered about the park, […]

The German RFID component maker TECTUS has added a new multi-frequency handheld scanner to its portfolio of RFID-enabled computers. The new scanner is intended to simplify scanning procedures for customers whose enterprises make use of RFID tags with a range of frequencies. For example, companies which use both high frequency RFID nametags for staff and […]

The Austrian outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Northland has introduced a new RFID-enabled security system. The system employs a dual-function tag manufactured by UPM Raflatac to both track inventory and serve as an anti-theft device. In a pilot project at the retailer’s new Graz store, around 1,300 items ranging from jackets to thermos flasks are […]