The finalists for this award, given to the end-user company with the most novel use of RFID technology, are: Berntsen International, for its innovative InfraMarker System, which integrates UHF RFID, precision GPS and magnetic locating technologies with a smartphone-based asset management software for tracking buried assets; Florida Hospital, for its use visualization of data from its real-time location system to improve its processes, including the reduction of a surgical patient’s time in recovery by 10 to 24 minutes; Reichhold, for its use of RFID temperature sensors to enable customers to reduce the time or energy required to cure products made with Reichhold resins.
Douglas Betts, Ph.D., Group Leader, Analytical Services, Chemist Associate, Composites, Reichhold