UPM Raflatac, Blue Spark Technologies team up on BAP R&D; CAEN, Tertium release reader of ZigBee and passive HF, UHF tags; Micronetics buys M/A-COM’s RFID business; Identec Solutions purchases Tunnelcom; Orange, Barclaycard to jointly develop NFC-based mobile payment services; RFID-enabled magazine connects to the Internet.
The Targeted Group’s solution, based on EPC Gen 2 RFID technology, can be customized to work in a variety of applications to improve sales and customer service.
RFID Update’s continuing series of profiles of industry companies looks at Time Domain, which pioneered UWB technology as a government contractor before setting its sites on the commercial RTLS market.
The Norwegian beverage maker is using EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID tags to track its reusable containers as they are shipped, filled with products, to retailers, and then returned empty to its distribution center.
Officials at Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan’s busiest port, have introduced the seals with EPC Gen 2 chips to improve security and reduce the need for officers to escort cargo containers.
The DASH7 Alliance is a new organization that formed to promote the use of active RFID technology that conforms to the ISO 18000-7 standard. The organization wants to further technical development, facilitate and certify interoperability, and promote new uses of the technology.
Southeastern Container is leveraging an EPC Gen 2 RFID system to track thousands of bins packed with plastic tubes used to make soda bottles.
At its automotive transmission plant in Saarbruecken, Germany, workers use RFID to identify and record the repair history of motors that power its conveyor systems and other machinery.