SITA, the IT provider which tracks passenger baggage worldwide for the air transport industry, has released a report pointing to RFID tracking as a solution to baggage-handling problems in the world’s airports. The 4th annual SITA Baggage Report shows that the industry now handles around 2.25 billion pieces of checked baggage every year, and an […]

George Schmitt & Co., a leading producer of RFID enabled labels, has been awarded the contract for RFID-enabled baggage handling at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The labels use Alien Technology’s Squiggle tags. HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of the world’s busiest airports in terms of international passenger and cargo movement. […]

The Enterprise Mobility subsidiary of Motorola announced its new Motorola XR450, an industrial-class fixed RFID reader featuring both bi- and mono-static antenna ports on one platform. The two-in-one reader is capable of both item-level tracking and more demanding supply chain applications, decreasing deployment complexities. The XR450 is Motorola’s latest version of its XR family of […]

Wireless Dynamics now offers a memory card which can turn a mobile handset into a RFID reader, and can also be used to store RFID applications and data. The SDiD 1212 plugs into the Secure Digital slot built into many smartphones or PDAs, and includes embedded 512 MB SD memory. “By inserting the SDiD 1212 […]

Zebra Technologies has introduced its Zebra RZ400 and RZ600 UHF RFID Gen 2 midrange printer/encoders. The RZ series is intended to offer broad functionality at relatively low costs, making the products well-suited to lower duty cycle EPC Gen 2 RFID compliance and closed-loop RFID applications. Zebra developed its RZ Series to enable smaller suppliers to […]

The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it has begun providing tens of thousands of RFID ear tags for use in state bovine tuberculosis control programs. The tags are part of the 1.5 million RF animal identification tags the USDA has purchased to support various animal disease control programs, all part of its […]

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