Lenovo offers ThinkPads with NFC module from NXP Semiconductor, Toppan Printing; Zebra unveils next-gen ultra-wideband real-time locating system; U.S. Marine Corps deploys more RFID tracking kits to forces in Afghanistan; Buffalo, N.Y., Metro to deploy TagMaster RFID train-tracking solution; CAEN RFID announces new UHF desktop reader; more than 2 billion RFID tags to be sold this year, IDTechEx study says; HID Global, Inside Contactless team up on secure NFC mobile phones.
Optimum Path Systems’ data center management software is being packaged with RF Code’s active RFID tags and readers.
Vedanta is using a UHF EPC Gen 2 RFID system to track the arrival and departure of contractors and employees at its smelter, as well as the weight of coal delivered to its power plant.
It’s possible to track 2,000 discs on a pallet if you pay attention to the way they’re RFID-tagged, packed and stacked.
RFID Journal is transforming its RFID in Fashion face-to-face event, sponsored by Avery Dennison, into an online event to be held on Sept. 28.
RFID Journal’s first event in the region will highlight the progress Central and South American companies are making in improving their business operations with RFID.
By offering its own certification suite, at the same time that National Technology is selling test tools for Dash7 certification, the organization hopes to help developers properly test their own active RFID technology before taking it to Met Labs to be certified.
A system from AeroScout enables Health First to monitor whether its infusion pumps are powered on, and to receive an alert if pumps or other assets fail to follow an expected path through cleaning or maintenance.
The founder and director of the University of Arkansas’ RFID research laboratory has been named the dean of Auburn University’s College of Business.
RFideaWorks unveils updated middleware with new pricing; new industry group formed to spur MIFARE4Mobile services; Smartrac launches gamma radiation-proof RFID tags; German apparel maker, RFID vendors offer RFID-enabled inventory solution; Savi’s SmartChain CMA solution gets SAP certification; Psion Teklogix unveils new channel strategy.
Germany’s University of Wuppertal has developed a hardware and software platform that provides managers with up-to-the-minute information regarding materials, tools and individuals entering and leaving job sites.
This report, produced by GBI Research, a leading business intelligence company, provides key data and analysis of the major factors affecting the market for RFID in the pharmaceuticals industry.