Kentucky-based RFID distributor BlueStar has announced it has acquired the assets of PSD-PrintScan, a German company with a similar business model. BlueStar plans to use the purchase to extend its presence overseas, as the PSD-PrintScan operations become BlueStar Europe. According to BlueStar President & CEO Stephen G. Cuntz, the management team of the German company […]

IBM has announced an agreement with Matiq to use RFID solutions to track and trace poultry and meat products from the farm, through the supply chain, to supermarket shelves. The system will be the first of its kind in the Scandinavian countries. IBM and Matiq, the IT subsidiary of Nortura, Norway’s largest food supplier, will […]

Hi-G-Tek, a developer of RFID sensing and control solutions for tracking high-value cargo and sensitive materials, has announced a strategic partnership with Dallas–based IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, a provider of wireless identification technology for companies in the energy, defense, logistics and other industries. The companies plan to collaborate on a complete range of active-RFID solutions based on […]

San Jose-based InSync Software has raised an additional $3 million in venture capitol to fund its Edgeware software platform. The platform is designed to enable the deployment RFID and sensor-enabled warehousing and logistics automation solutions. Last month, InSync announced that Bayer Material Science, one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics, had […]

Thailand’s Hom Mali project is testing the use of RFID applications in its rice production supply chain. The Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) has created a prototype system which tracks the flow of rice in the Roi-Kaen Sarn cluster area of the country. The system tracks the flow of rice from the Khon Kaen Bank […]

According to a new report being offered by market research firm RNCOS, the European share of the global RFID market will reach 40% in the next eight years. The report, “European RFID Industry Outlook 2007-2010,” predicts heavy growth in the retail sector’s use of the technology. The report points to signs that major retailers such […]

Intellident has announced that it will continue and expand its two-year-old partnership with UK library services provider Askews. The collaboration provides high-volume source tagging of items to the academic and public library sector, a growing and evolving segment of the RFID market. Intellident and Askews provide customer libraries with shelf-ready – RFID tags programmed and […]