RFID Vendors - The Americas

Advanced Data Capture Corp.: This Concord, Mass., maker of bar code equipment is moving into RFID systems.

Ameritrac Wireless, Inc.: Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Ameritrac offers RFID, systems, as well as real-time location tracking systems. The company was founded in 2002 and purchased RJI, an RFID systems integrator.

The Argent Group: Based in Troy Michigan, the Argent Group is a small consortium of businesses formed to offer RFID and smart label users a complete service, including specification, selection, and installation of hardware, and software, and systems integration. The companies are converters and printers of various materials for incorporation into adhesive or non-adhesive labels, which are used throughout automotive, pharmaceuticals, consumer products and other supply chains. Argent specializes in the manufacture of smart labels, many of which incorporate RFID technology. They can print antennas using conductive inks and can assist clients with selection of the most appropriate chips and antenna designs.

Applied Wireless Identifications: Based in Monsey, NY, AWID offers RFID readers for access control and asset tracking. The company has developed the first multi-protocol reader housed inside a standard PCMCIA card, which can be used with handheld computers.

Avid Canada: A Canadian company that offers an injectable RFID microchip for tracking pets and farm animals.

Avid, Inc.: This Norco, Calif. Company offers systems for track your pets or your cattle.

AXCESS Inc.: Based in Dallas, Texas, Axcess provides network-based security and asset management systems for the enterprise, including RFID systems.

Cathexis Innovations: Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, this Canadian company specializes in RFID middleware. Cathexis’ flagship product, the RFID EngineTM, is a software development wizard that the company says reduces RFID development time and complexity by 75 percent. Cathexis offers end-to-end system design and deployment and provides integration with all major RFID hardware vendors. Cathexis partners with industry-leading companies in supply chain, preventive maintenance and retail (point of sale) through its technology, integration and deployment alliance program offerings.

Checkpoint Systems: Based in Thorofare, NJ. Checkpoint is a leader in Electronic Article Surveillance. It’s technology is also used in libraries to track books and in other asset tracking applications.

CrossLink Inc.: This Boulder, Colorado, company offers wireless data, RFID, bluetooth and telemetry technology.

EasyFile: This File Management software company offers an RFID solution for tracking important documents. The system can be set up to sound an alarm when critical files are removed from the building, or a particular area, without authorization. The company’s solutions are aimed at a variety of industries, including consulting, insurance, financial services, legal, government, and health care.

eXI Wireless Inc.: Richmond, British Columbia-based eXI is a developer and manufacturer of RFID infrastructure and tagging products, including Assetrac for tracking, managing and securing assets; Halo for infant protection; and RoamAlertPlus for tracking patients and preventing them from leaving specific areas.

EZ-ID Animal Identification: This Greeley, Colo.-based company is affiliated with AVID ID Systems, which pioneered the development of radio frequency identification for use in animal identification in the 1980s. EZ-ID offers RFID transponders in the form of rumen bolus, ear tags and transponder implants, as well as readers and scanners that read different manufacturers' products. Its products are used to track livestock, fish and wildlife, companion pets and research animals in U.S. and international markets.

HID Corp.: A spin off of Hughes Aircraft, this company provides radio frequency (RFID) and Wiegand solutions for automated identification and data transmission in access control and asset management applications.

Identec Solutions: A Canadian company based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Identec offers long-range active RFID equipment for asset tracking.

Indala: Acquired by ASSA ABLOY in November of 2001, Indala manufactures proximity cards and readers. Its line of FlexPass readers combines intelligent programming technology with interchangeable components, including uniform modules and a range of stylish cover designs. Indala's product portfolio also consists of FlexPass cards, tags and OEM modules. Founded in 1985 and acquired by Motorola in 1993, Indala's installed base consists of approximately 60 million cards and 1 million readers. The company's headquarters is located in San Jose, California.

Intermec Technologies Corp.: A UNOVA Inc. company, Intermec is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag RFID, mobile computing systems, bar code printers and label media. The company’s products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.

ITS Cooperative Deployment Network: A shared Internet resource containing news, insight, and resources about intelligent transportation systems for transportation professionals and agencies alike.

LAN-Link Corporation: St. Louis, Missouri-based LAN-Link offers integrated systems using RFID Technology, specializing in waste management, asset tracking & access control.

Lockwood Technology: This Merrimack, N.H., company, founded in 1994, offers asset tracking and physical inventory software and service using RFID and bar code technology for various industries around world. Specialties include custom solutions to match customer needs in various environments. Clients include banks, school districts, software companies, healthcare facilities, insurance companies, law firms, among others.

OMI International, Inc.: This Dallas software company is a leading provider of integrated supply chain management solutions. It’s asset and dock management system can use RFID technology to automate scheduling and movement of trucks through a yard as they pick up goods and drop of salvaged goods. In North America, one or more of OMI's SCM offerings is installed in 60% of the top 100 retail grocery organizations and in 46% of the wholesale grocery businesses.

PrePass: An automatic vehicle identification system that allows participating transponder equipped commercial vehicles to bypass designated weigh stations and port-of entry facilities.

RF Code: Based in Mesa, Ariz., RF Code designs, develops and manufactures high-performance, low-cost real-time locating systems for tracking physical assets, information and personnel. The company, which was founded in 1997, sells complete systems comprised of radio-frequency tags, readers, antennas and software. Status information is relayed via Total Asset Visibility software, which can interface to legacy database systems on a local, regional or worldwide basis.

RJI, Inc.: Based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., RJI provides RFID, real-time location and telematics tracking solutions across a wide range of industries. Assets are monitored through the RJI tracking portal, a secure hosted Web site used to provide a graphical view of activity, aggregate data, and generate reports.

Savi Technology: A division spun off by Raytheon, they build supply chain systems for the U.S. military. Now they are moving into software for tracking goods in the supply chain. Chep International is working with them to track pallets in one of the first large scale RFID tests.

SCS Corporation: Based in San Diego, SCS provides passive radio frequency identification tags and scanners for industries requiring item tracking and management technology.

SIRIT: This Toronto-company's Radio Frequency Solutions division creates custom RFID readers that are embedded into industrial printers, hand-held computers and cashless payment terminals from major manufacturers. The division also does R&D for smart shelves that can read radio frequency waves emitted by RFID chips embedded into product packaging. The information can be used to alert employees when stock or inventory is low and to facilitate automated merchandising techniques for consumer products companies. Founded in 1993, SIRIT also has divisions that focus on Automatic Vehicle Identification applications, including electronic toll collection, parking and access control, airports, fleet, vehicle registration and intermodal applications.

Syscan: This Quebec, Canada, company makes RFID transponders and RFID readers, software and numerous smart card applications. Applications include asset tracking, warehousing and logistics, and livestock monitoring.

Tiris Electronic Toll and Traffic Management: The home page for Texas Instruments’ toll collection technology.

Transcore: One of the leading providers of active RFID tags and readers. It's technology is used for toll collection systems, fleet management, tracking railway cars, mobile commerce and tracking baggage at airports.