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News For The Week Of August 4
Alien Gets $38 Million in Funding
Whirlpool RFID Enables Production
RFID Speeds Sorting of Packages
RFID Solution Secures Passports
Power Paper Raises $15 million
FEATURED STORY
SAMSys: A Reader for Every Need
GUEST COLUMN
EPC and the Need for Good Data
OPINION
The Money Trail
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TOP NEWS
Alien Gets $38 Million in Funding
Alien Technology, the Morgan Hill, Calif., company that has pioneered a low-cost way of mass-assembling RFID tags, has received $38 million in new funding. The company plans to use the money to expand its product line and its production capacity. Full Story
Whirlpool RFID Enables Production
Whirlpool Europe has outfitted a refrigerator and freezer factory in Trento, Italy, with RFID readers from Lab ID, a systems integrator based in Bologna, to track components from a warehouse to the production line. Tags are scanned as items move through the facility. The system will provide real-time information about what components are in stock, reduce manual work and cut costs by reducing errors.
Full Story
RFID Speeds Sorting of Packages
Siemens Dematic, the material handling automation division of Siemens of German, and RFID specialist Matrics have completed testing the use of RFID tags to sort packages on conveyors. They say the system was 100 percent accurate, which opens the door for companies to consider using RFID instead of bar codes for sorting cartons.
Full Story
RFID Solution Secures Passports
Three French companies have joined forces to develop Intelligent Film for Identification, an RFID-based authentication product for official documents, including passports, visas and identity cards. The product should be available by the end of the year.
Full Story
Power Paper Raises $15 million
Power Paper, a Tel Aviv-based company that is developing environmentally friendly, thin-film batteries, has raised $15 million in a fourth round of funding. The company says it will use the money to continue to develop its flexible, thin batteries for RFID tags and smart labels.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
SAMSys: A Reader for Every Need
SAMSys Technologies sells readers that cover the common RFID frequencies and protocols and fit specific applications, such as conveyor systems. This Vendor Profile explains the company's approach to reader technology and to educating the market on choosing the right reader.
Paid Content
GUEST COLUMN
EPC and the Need for Good Data
Following Wal-Mart's June 11 announcement that it will require its top 100 suppliers to put Electronic Product Code tags on pallets and cases shipped to the retailer, many people have begun to assume that the retail industry will move rapidly to adopt the EPC. That may be true, says AT Kearney's Marshall Kay, but the ability to share data may have a profound impact on the rate of adoption.
Full Story
OPINION
The Money Trail
Reports about embedding RFID tags in money are premature. But even when the technology is available, it's unlikely to be used to track purchases.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Visibility, Efficiency and Logistics
RFID, combined with telematics, can provide supply chain visibility, boost operational efficiency and give companies the flexibility to react on the fly to changes in demand. The only question is whether logistics companies will invest in the technology.
Full Story
Alien Gets $38 Million in Funding
Alien Technology, the Morgan Hill, Calif., company that has pioneered a low-cost way of mass-assembling RFID tags, has received $38 million in new funding. The company plans to use the money to expand its product line and its production capacity. Full Story
Whirlpool RFID Enables Production
Whirlpool Europe has outfitted a refrigerator and freezer factory in Trento, Italy, with RFID readers from Lab ID, a systems integrator based in Bologna, to track components from a warehouse to the production line. Tags are scanned as items move through the facility. The system will provide real-time information about what components are in stock, reduce manual work and cut costs by reducing errors.
Full Story
RFID Speeds Sorting of Packages
Siemens Dematic, the material handling automation division of Siemens of German, and RFID specialist Matrics have completed testing the use of RFID tags to sort packages on conveyors. They say the system was 100 percent accurate, which opens the door for companies to consider using RFID instead of bar codes for sorting cartons.
Full Story
RFID Solution Secures Passports
Three French companies have joined forces to develop Intelligent Film for Identification, an RFID-based authentication product for official documents, including passports, visas and identity cards. The product should be available by the end of the year.
Full Story
Power Paper Raises $15 million
Power Paper, a Tel Aviv-based company that is developing environmentally friendly, thin-film batteries, has raised $15 million in a fourth round of funding. The company says it will use the money to continue to develop its flexible, thin batteries for RFID tags and smart labels.
Full Story
FEATURED STORY
SAMSys: A Reader for Every Need
SAMSys Technologies sells readers that cover the common RFID frequencies and protocols and fit specific applications, such as conveyor systems. This Vendor Profile explains the company's approach to reader technology and to educating the market on choosing the right reader.
Paid Content
GUEST COLUMN
EPC and the Need for Good Data
Following Wal-Mart's June 11 announcement that it will require its top 100 suppliers to put Electronic Product Code tags on pallets and cases shipped to the retailer, many people have begun to assume that the retail industry will move rapidly to adopt the EPC. That may be true, says AT Kearney's Marshall Kay, but the ability to share data may have a profound impact on the rate of adoption.
Full Story
OPINION
The Money Trail
Reports about embedding RFID tags in money are premature. But even when the technology is available, it's unlikely to be used to track purchases.
Full Story
SPECIAL SPONSORED SECTION
Visibility, Efficiency and Logistics
RFID, combined with telematics, can provide supply chain visibility, boost operational efficiency and give companies the flexibility to react on the fly to changes in demand. The only question is whether logistics companies will invest in the technology.
Full Story
