Finnish Venture to Make RFID Antennas
Two major Finnish industrials and a government venture fund establish a company to produce hundreds of millions of low-cost RFID antennas a year.
Two major Finnish industrials and a government venture fund establish a company to produce hundreds of millions of low-cost RFID antennas a year.
A company embeds RFID tags in the hose couplings its makes so that couplings and hoses can be easily tracked and maintained.
Intermec yesterday announced the RFID Rapid Start Licensing Program aimed at making the license of its patent portfolio temporarily simpler and more affordable.
For a limited time, the RFID systems provider is offering a broad license for its RFID patents, including those related to EPCglobal’s Gen 2, at reduced rates.
At live demonstrations by printing-equipment maker Mark Andy, a narrow-web press produced RFID labels at a rate of 100 to 200 feet per minute.
GenuOne, the supply chain software solutions provider based in Boston, Massachusetts, is indefinitely shelving its RFID application software TraceGuard citing the market’s immaturity.
The company will no longer sell its TraceGuard RFID software but will retain and grow its software and services for supply chain security.
An automotive trade group is researching how much money automakers might save by deploying RFID on reusable containers and racks used to transport parts.
In the excitment surrounding the build-up and ratification of GEN 2, an important lasting vestige of the Auto-ID Center has slipped below the radar: Auto-ID Labs.