Cargo containers shipped from the Port of Shanghai, the world’s busiest port, to the Port of Savannah in the U.S. will be tagged and tracked with active RFID technology in a trial this summer. The electronic cargo seal tags conform to the new ISO 18185 standard and will be tracked with RFID infrastructure from Savi Networks.
Alien this week announced two RFID deployments that vice president of marketing and industry relations Ronny Haraldsvik believes testify to positive trends for the company and RFID industry overall. RFID Update spoke with Haraldsvik about the deployments, Alien’s channel partners, and the growth in non-mandate adoption of RFID.
A pair of reports released last week provides insights into the industry’s emerging workforce. One says RFID vendors and integrators face a shortage of RFID professionals, while another indicates end users prefer workers with industry-specific hands-on experience.
German-based steel producer ThyssenKrupp successfully piloted an RFID system to track slabs produced in Brazil and shipped to a facility in Germany. The company announced it will continue the RFID tracking and expand it to a new mill currently under construction in Brazil.
The Israeli company is using a combination of RFID, GPS and GPRS from Hi-G-Tek to track fuel deliveries to gas stations and stores around the Middle Eastern country.
Some RFID vendors are taking steps to outsmart counterfeiters.
Introducing the winners of the first annual RFID Journal Awards.
If more retailers don’t see the benefits of using RFID technologies, the pace of adoption will remain slow.
Chase Corporation, a 61-year-old, hundred-million-dollar protective materials manufacturer, has turned its sights to RFID. The company’s PaperTyger division, which produces tear and water resistant laminated papers, has just announced RFID Shield, a new material aimed at the contactless credit card market.
Search engines for the EPCglobal Network will allow companies to find and share data securely.
Manufacturers and retailers are using reporting and analytics software to capitalize on the newfound visibility that RFID provides.
A team of Japanese researchers developed an RFID system to reduce pedestrian accidents at intersections.