Israel’s VUANCE today announced the planned $5.1 million acquisition of Security Holding Corp, whose two subsidiaries SecurityInc and AAID provide RFID solutions for access control, asset tracking, and vehicle identification, among other security-related applications.
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The Pennsylvania university is giving out passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags to attach to mobile phones, allowing attendees to pay for a range of goods and services, both on campus and off.
Logistics provider Terminal de Cargas Argentina is running a two-month pilot testing the use of UHF Gen 2 tags on cases and pallets of refrigerated goods.
The international airport in Bangkok is employing thousands of reusable passive UHF RFID tags to track all airfreight passing through its cargo terminal.
AIM Global recently held an interview with Raymond Biagini of national law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge. The interview was about the SAFETY Act and how it pertains to US RFID vendors that might be wise to protect themselves against liability stemming from terrorist acts involving their technology.
RSI ID Technologies announces channel partner certification program; BlueStar distributing Datamax printer-encoders; Elektrobit buys 7iD Technologies; Assa Abloy ITG acquires tag maker Aontec; Systech International adds serialized tracking to its pharma packaging application.
London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s largest and busiest, is set to begin an RFID baggage tracking trial later this year. The trial will see RFID printers deployed at check-in desks, where bags will be tagged before being scanned as they enter into the handling system.
Lhermet, La Bigne & Remy, a firm specializing in IP and trademark law, is deploying passive HF tags to track the more than 30,000 files and books in its library.
Now that the government agency has renewed its 4-watt license, GS1’s Australian branch plans to continue testing EPC RFID systems, in the hope of facilitating regulatory change.
The retailer will install Intermec interrogators at 130 Cash & Carry wholesale stores and Sirit models at 99 Real hypermarkets.
The third-party logistics provider says it is seeing enhanced shipping accuracy as it tags and tracks cases and pallets bound for Wal-Mart facilities.