Produce Growers and Container Coalition Conduct RFID Field Test
The study will track 3,000 reusable containers carrying goods from produce growers in three states to Wal-Mart stores in Texas, to determine whether RFID tags can survive multiple shipment cycles.
MBA Group Finds RFID Improves Shipment Accuracy
The distributor of medical supplies is tagging and tracking cartons of goods, enabling it to reduce order-preparation time and eliminate errors.
RFID Sweetens Imperial's Shipping Process
The sugar manufacturer is using tagged plastic pallets to track its shipments from the refinery to the store, and to reduce the likelihood of contaminant exposure.
UHF Tags Enter the Timing Race
Sweden's Racetimer is using passive Gen 2 UHF tags from Alien Technology to time race entrants and provide additional services such as race photos and progress reports.
Startup Says It Has Cost-Effective Means to RFID-Enable Packaging
Hide-Pack's system embeds an RFID inlay into the joint of a box during manufacturing, protecting the tag and eliminating the need for an externally applied RFID label.
HP, Nosco, SupplyScape, Systech Intl. Team Up on E-Pedigree Solution
The companies are offering an integrated solution of software, hardware, RFID tags and 2-D bar-coded labels and services designed to help fight drug counterfeiting and create electronic pedigrees.
Alien Adds Five Products to Gen 2 Portfolio
Alien Technology's CEO told EPC Connection attendees that the company is seeing significant sales growth for closed-loop applications of RFID, rather than demand from goods manufacturers seeking to comply with retail-industry tagging mandates.
Printronix Sold to Private Equity Firm
The maker of RFID and bar-code printers and encoders expects the purchase will help it grow its RFID sales, according to the company's senior VP of marketing.
Wal-Mart, Best Buy Spearhead DVD-Tagging Pilot
The retailers, along with other EPCglobal members from the media and entertainment industry, are testing RFID's ability to provide visibility into where items are located, when they were placed there and when more need to be ordered.
Small DOD Supplier Deploys RFID, Foresees Internal Benefits
Nav-Aids, a 15-employee Canadian maker of test accessory kits for aircraft, has implemented a system enabling it to fulfill U.S. RFID mandates in-house.
