This week RFID hardware and solutions provider Sirit announced the acquisition of RSI ID Technologies, a vertically integrated manufacturer of RFID antennas, tags, and inlays. RSI will receive 10 million Sirit common shares initially, whose total value at the time of publication is approximately US$2.4 million.
Anglo American’s El Soldado mine uses RFID tags on front loaders, trucks and miners to ascertain who is in the mine, and to reduce the likelihood of vehicular collisions.
RFID promises to save millions of dollars for blood banks; IDTronic intros new HF gate antenna and long-range reader-writer; epcSolutions compliance package for DOD suppliers; Hill-Rom to add AeroScout RTLS to its medical product line; KSW Microtec passive windshield inlay offers more memory.
The acquisition is expected to complement and diversify Sirit’s existing product line, better serve its current markets and afford entry into new ones.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the US military’s distribution arm, is taking delivery of more than 1,800 smart label printer/encoders to help it apply passive UHF RFID labels to inventory and shipments. The printer/encoders will be installed at 21 worldwide Defense Distribution Centers, which already have RFID readers in place.
A growing number of hospitals and surgical suppliers are employing passive RFID tags to help them monitor the inventory and usage of implantable surgical devices, as well as to manage billing.
Designed to prevent surgical errors, the system now includes a larger wireless handheld device allowing health-care workers to exchange information in real time at the point of care.
Road crews are piloting an application using battery-assisted UHF tags to track asphalt from the time it leaves the plant to when it arrives at a work site.
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Widespread RFID use could prevent 40,000 to 45,000 blood donations in the US from being wasted every year and save more than $9 million, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin RFID lab. Three blood centers are spearheading research into how RFID can improve blood handling processes.
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The electronic products manufacturer is using OATSystems software and its existing Wi-Fi access points to track truck trailers with active tags at its distribution center.