IDTechEx predicts the sale of tags for pallets and cases will more than double in 2007, but that tag usage for high-value and store-brand items will grow much faster.
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Shaw Industries Rolls Out the Red Carpet for RFID
Rug manufacturer Shaw Industries is going well beyond its Wal-Mart compliance requirements with a 37-facility expansion of its existing RFID pilot. Shaw says the system will provide strong ROI by increasing shipment accuracy, enabling better customer service, improving supply chain visibility, and shortening lead times.
Port of Oakland Sees Signs of Security in RFID
The port’s goals for its 2.4 GHz active-tag system also include shortening truck waits at the gate and increasing the visibility of traffic.
RFID Journal Launches RFIDconnect Networking Tool at RFID Journal LIVE! 2007
The new online system enables the more than 3,000 attendees and exhibitors participating in RFID Journal’s fifth annual conference and exhibition to meet online, arrange meetings and achieve event goals.
Starport Announces RFID Chip for Mobile Devices
Fabless semiconductor startup Starport Systems last week announced the SP7001, a Gen2 RFID reader chip whose reduced price and small form factor the company hopes will enable the incorporation of RFID into far more devices than is possible today, eventually resulting in the emergence of a new class of RFID applications.
IPICO Enters Race for RFID Sports Timing
Starting with the 48,000-runner BolderBoulder race, IPICO Sports plans to deploy more than 400,000 passive tags and 500 readers over the next two years.
Unisys Thought Leader to Discuss RFID Across the Value Chain, at RFID Journal LIVE! 2007
RFID Journal’s fifth annual conference and exhibition, to be held April 30 to May 2, 2007, will feature a keynote address by Ravi Kalakota, vice president and managing partner at Unisys.
German Book Retailer Tracks Containers’ Coming and Going
RFID system replaces bar codes to track whether Thalia’s stores have returned the company’s book bins.
U.S. Orthopedic Maker Plans to Track Surgical Kits
Symmetry Medical, a provider of orthopedic equipment and implants, plans to attach RFID tags to its products as part of a partnership with Solstice Medical, a developer of RFID solutions for medical equipment.
Hungarian Drugmaker Foresees Benefits From RFID
Though satisfied with the results of a pilot involving tagged items and cases, Teva Hungary is holding off deployment until political and privacy concerns are resolved.
RFID-Enabled Boxes Inch Closer to Production
With fully printable tags still years away, companies are designing methods of manufacturing RFID-enabled packaging that will work today.
ABI Reaffirms Retail Supply Chain RFID Opportunity
In reaction to recent high-profile articles in the mainstream business press that offered pessimistic slants on RFID adoption in the retail supply chain, ABI Research today released a statement asserting that the long-term retail supply chain opportunity for passive UHF RFID does in fact exist.