FRICK RFID Recommendation

Frost & Sullivan recognizes William Frick & Company with an Award for Customer Value Enhancement, based on its RFID market analysis. ...

... "FRICK has established itself as one of the most reliable vendors of RFID solutions in North America and is currently one of the leaders in the RFID tag market. This has been driven by the success of the SmartMark line of products. SmartMark is a suite of durable RFID tags and labels, with most of them currently built on the Gen 2 Passive UHF protocol. " ...

Via PRNewswire: Success in RFID Solutions

USB RFID Desktop Reader

DTRONIC has created a new UHF RFID Desktop Reader with USB connection in its EVO family of products, that will enable RFID tag reading and writing. ...

... "The UHF USB Desktop Reader of the modern EVO series offers the same features like iDTRONIC’s EVO USB Stick UHF. The Desktop Reader supports ISO18000-6 B/C tags incl. Class1 Gen2. Thanks to its wide frequency band from 840—960MHz, the iDTRONIC USB Desktop Reader EVO – UHF Multitag can be used in for all international standards (usable in Europe, US and Japan). The well-designed EVO desktop Reader allows an easy integration into most common RFID applications. A multi-Color LED allows intuitive interaction of the Application with the reader/writer. Its USB 2.0 interface offers high speed data transfer. " ...

Via iDTRONIC: UHF USB Desktop RFID Reader

Pharma Supply Chain RFID Read Accuracy by NXP and Siemens

NXP will collaborate with Siemens on RFID-enabled pharmaceutical supply chain improvements. The projects will target efficiency improvement in the manufacture to retail business processes and will leverage NXP’s Application and System Center to simulate real-world environments. ...

... "The project focuses on creating a system based on NXP’s ICODE high frequency (HF) RFID technology incorporated into the labels of pharmaceutical products. The whole system is configured to already comply with the latest edition of the HF Gen2 standard, which is currently under final review by EPCglobal. The aim of the installation is to accurately bulk read several hundreds of labeled packages quickly, allowing the manufacturer to keep a thorough stock inventory at all points along the supply chain. The ASC enabled the Siemens IT Solutions and Services team to achieve industry benchmark HF read accuracy results. This was accomplished through the use of an advanced high speed anti-collision concept and the optimization of the entire system. " ...

Via NXP: Pharmaceutical RFID Innovation Collaboration

RFID Custom Application Development Kit

Alien Technology launches an RFID Custom Application kit that supports custom development of applications for Alien readers. Partners are positioned to deliver custom RFID solutions to their clients using this kit, based on the Ruby programming language. The Alien Ruby Programming Kit will be available shortly for a one-time cost of $299. ...

... "Alien developed the application kit to accommodate the expanding list of applications for Gen 2 RFID. Alien Channel Partners are discovering many new ways to use RFID technology and wanted the ability to adapt off-the-shelf readers to new applications. The Alien RFID Custom Application Kit enables partners to deliver more value, more quickly for emerging applications like apparel inventory management, industrial manufacturing and IT asset tracking. " ...

Via Alien Technology: Object-Oriented Programming Language Ruby Enables Custom Applications

RFID Tool Tracking for Ford Commercial Vehicles

DeWalt RFID-enabled Tool Link will support asset management on Ford vehicles for commercial use. This RFID asset tracking capability is integrated into an in-dash mobile computer that is internet-connected. ...

... "You fasten standard second-generation RFID tags to tools and other items and then scan the tags. With the vehicle running, a pair of RFID antennas inside the pickup bed or van cargo box scans for tagged items. The result is displayed on the In-Dash Computer screen. And you’re alerted if any inventoried items have not been loaded on the truck. " ...

Via Ford Work Solutions: Keep Track of Tools

RFID Records Management Application Uses Gen2 Tags

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archives has implemented Infolinx's physical records management application, which uses RFID technology to manage archival processes and space more efficiently. Infolix has seen increased productivity benefits from RFID-enable archiving through fast retrieval of missing files, being able to conduct inventories in much shorter cycle times, and processing multiple files simultaneously. ...

... "Tim Butler, Infolinx Managing Director: One of the exciting details of the Montgomery County application is the selective implementation of Gen II Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID). Via the use of barcoded RFID tags, county departments desiring the added benefits of RFID are implementing this technology on an as-needed basis. Located twenty miles west of Philadelphia with more than 750,000 residents, Montgomery County is the third most populated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is actually larger than a number of states. The County's prudent fiscal management and integrity is constantly borne out by the highest AAA Bond Rating possible from the financial marketplace ... " ...

Via Infolinx: Montgomery County, PA Records Management (doc)

Relevant Infolinx references on RFID technology use in the records management process:

Infolinx RFID Solutions: "Using RFID tags and readers, it can be used to control, detect and track your records. "

Infolinx Radio Frequency Identification Benefits in Archiving and Records Management.

Here's a Google Tech Talk on the concept of digital memory ...

EU RFID Reader

ThingMagic launches Astra integrated RFID reader and antenna in the European Union market. The Astra reader enables simple installation and supports Power over Ethernet and WiFi. ...

... "Driven by ThingMagic's Mercury5e UHF RFID embedded reader module, Astra has a read range of over nine meters for Generation 2 RFID tags and can read up to 190 tags per second. Fully supporting ThingMagic's enterprise-class MercuryOS software, Astra's network management and security features include DHCP for configuration and firmware management, and SSL/SSH–based security. Astra has ETSI and CE certification and meets all European Union RFID and environmental requirements. " ...

Via ThingMagic: RFID Reader for European Union

Confidex RFID Casey Label

Confidex introduces Confidex Casey, an EPC Class 1 Generation 2-compliant special RFID label for use in tracking applications where challenging retail content is in transit. ...

... "Confidex Casey was specially developed as a general use RFID label particularly for items where RFID labels typically cannot perform adequately including retail items such as plastic or corrugated boxes, or where the content varies from fruits, vegetables, and other groceries to liquid bottles or utilities. " ...

Via Confidex: Special RFID label for challenging applications

RFID-Enabled Mobile Thermal Transfer Printing

Zebra launches rugged and compact mobile printers, the P4T and RP4T, that are designed for harsh outdoor environments. These RFID-enabled printers are suitable for field construction or utility tagging applications. ...

... "The easy-to-wear and carry Zebra P4T and RFID-enabled RP4T mobile printers are ideal for indoor and outdoor applications in government, manufacturing, transportation and logistics and mobile field service. The Zebra RP4T is shipped with RFID functionality while the P4T is RFID upgradeable. In addition to enabling printing of EPC-compliant passive UHF RFID Class 1, Gen 2 labels at any location, the new Zebra P4T and RP4T printers offer unique capabilities for enhanced connectivity " ...

Via Zebra Technologies: RFID-Enabled Mobile Thermal Transfer Printers

High-Performance RFID Reading

Convergence Systems demonstrates high-performance using its CS101 UHF Gen2 RFID handheld reader for read range and throughput. ...

... "With a read range exceeding 25 feet with standard dipole passive tags and a throughput reaching 400 tags per second, the CS101 delivers performance equivalent to that of a fixed reader, a first in the industry and over twice the performance level of similar high-end readers. " ...

Via Convergence Systems: New UHF RFID Gen2 Handheld Reader

RFID Temperature Logging Tag

CAEN RFID releases new temperature logger semipassive tag that satisfies the need for low cost and small footprint with a long battery lifetime. It can serve as a pallet-tag and a case-tag. This RFID tag will provide a localized measurement of temperature. ...

... "The EASY2LOG Temperature Logger (Mod. A927Z) is a low cost, semi-passive UHF tag that allows to monitor temperature sensitive products during transportation or storage. Being compatible with the EPC Class1 Gen2/ISO18000-6C standard, EASY2LOG can be used with most of the Gen2 UHF RFID readers available on the market without requiring any additional equipment. " ...

Via CAEN RFID: New RFID temperature logger for food and pharma industry

The RFID Ski Lift Experience

Vail Resorts selects Zebra Technologies’ P330i UHF RFID card printer and custom UHF cards to create RFID-enabled identification cards for use with the Vail Resorts easy scan system. ...

... "The new system is designed to provide instant authentication of lift pass holders at the company’s ski resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly in Calif, and Nevada. Vail Resorts will use handheld RF scanners to detect lift passes through skiers’ coats, providing an easier, more convenient experience without the need for the swiping or barcode scanning of passes. The new RFID-enabled system consists of a Zebra Gen 2 RFID card and Zebra P330i passive UHF RFID card printer, which was selected based on ease of use, speed and reliability. The RFID-enabled card system was created by the Vail Resorts technology team and will be implemented for the 2008-2009 ski and snowboard season at all five ski resorts. " ...

Via Zebra Technologies: RFID Card Printers Help Vail Resorts Improve Customer Experience

Intel RFID Operations Acquired

Impinj acquires Intel's RFID operation and its award-winning R1000 RFID reader chip. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. ...

... "The acquisition of Intel assets further enhances Impinj's position in the RFID market by adding a proven, high-performance, highly integrated reader radio chip to the Impinj family of UHF Gen 2 RFID products. For developers of UHF RFID readers and reader-modules, the R1000 chip provides superior levels of design flexibility, integrating onto a single chip 90 percent of the components required for a reader radio. By delivering unprecedented performance, integration and cost effectiveness to a worldwide customer base, the R1000 chip enables all reader form factors - fixed, mobile, embedded and others - in applications across numerous vertical markets, including supply chain management, asset tracking, authentication and access control. " ...

Via Impinj: Intel UHF RFID Reader Chip Operation

UHF RFID Long-Range Reader Kit

iDTRONIC offers its new UHF RFID Reader SDK to system integrators at its intro price. ...

... "The new reader is designed as Multi-tag UHF Reader and is capable of reading tags that conform to the EPC Generation Two (Gen2) and ISO 18000-6 B/C standards. This UHF device is field-upgradeable for future protocols and allows reading distances of up to 10 meters. Based on Intel's latest R1000 transceiver, this reader can be configured with any frequency between 860 and 960 MHz. It also has also a software programmable RF Power supply (up to 2W RF). The UHF Reader is a multi-protocol, multi-regional UHF RFID device. " ...

Via IDTronic: UHF Long Range Reader Starter Kit

RFID Reader Performance Boost

Sirit releases firmware upgrade for the INfinity 510 UHF RFID reader, that delivers important enhancements that extends its feature set. ...

... "The new version 2.0 firmware includes advancements in Sirit's proprietary tag acquisition algorithms, enhancing tag singulation performance capabilities and reader sensitivity. The Dense Reader Mode interference tolerance has been further improved to new benchmark levels for the industry. The IN510 continues to be the only UHF reader with EPCglobal certification for use under both FCC and ETSI regulations. New features added to the IN510 include support for the EPC Gen 2 custom commands built into NXP's UCODE G2XM and G2XL chips. The custom commands extend the functionality of EPC Gen 2 applications beyond simple compliance tagging and provide extended value for end-users. " ...

Via Sirit: INfinity 510 RFID Reader Performance Enhanced

RFID Vehicle Logistics

Assistor will use RFID technology to leverage real-time data to manage large vehicle warehouses and locate vehicles. UHF RFID tags are integrated into the process for vehicle logistics. ...

... "UPM Raflatac is supplying UHF EPC Gen2 tags to car logistics company Assistor for use in a new real-time vehicle logistics management solution. The RFID technology contributes to the efficient handling of vehicles in demanding environments, namely large harbours and warehouses. The complete solution has been developed by Digia. The system utilizes cost-effective, passive RFID technology to identify vehicles quickly and reliably. When unloaded from ships, vehicles are equipped with UPM Raflatac's UHF Gen2 DogBone RFID tags. An exact warehouse location is assigned to each vehicle so that they are easily located with a hand-held RFID reader. A total of 250 readers are used by the system. Each RFID tag carries information about all actions related to the vehicle during storage and production. " ...

Via UPM Raflatac: Europe's largest UHF RFID deployments at vehicle logistics company Assistor

RFID Tag Label Printer Contract Awarded

Lowry wins $8.5 million contract by the Defense Logistic Agency's Defense Distribution Center. ...

... "Under the terms of this agreement, Lowry Computer Products will provide the DDC with Printronix SmartLine EPCglobal Gen 2 passive RFID-compliant (pRFID) thermal-transfer tag and label printers, for all CONUS and OCONUS sites. The solution includes Printronix SL4M RFID printers from Printronix's SmartLine RFID family. The SL4M RFID printer is the price-performance leader for 4-inch industrial and commercial applications and represents a safe and cost-effective UHF RFID smart label printer encoder. " ...

Via Lowry Computer Products: Defense Logistic Agency Purchase Agreement for RFID Printers

NXP RFID Tags G2X IC Based

UPM Raflatac introduces UHF EPC Class1 Gen2 products that are built on UCODE G2X ICs from NXP. The G2X IC performns over the entire range of UHF frequency and can manage 240 bit EPC numbers. ...

... "It also offers reliable operation across long read ranges and in dense reader environments. G2X ICs are EPCglobal Class1 Gen2 1.2.0 compliant. UPM Raflatac is launching four different products with the G2X IC: Web, Belt, DogBone and ShortDipole. Sample quantities of Web are available immediately; Belt, ShortDipole and DogBone from January 2008 onwards. " ...

Via UPM Raflatac: New RFID tags based on NXP G2XM/L ICs

RFID Scorpion UHF EPC Gen2 Inlay

Omron delivers new Gen2 RFID Inlay, code-named the Scorpion. ...

... "The Scorpion's versatile credit-card size allows easy conversion to popular formats, including 4in x 2in, 4in x 6in and 3in x 3in logistics labels for cases as well as ID cards and crate tags. Used to track stock shipments to RFID-enabled stores, for example, Scorpion-powered labels offer a powerful solution to out-of stock (OOS) situations at retail outlets running special promotions. The new inlay also fits snugly into credit-card sized items such as gate passes and other access control applications. " ...

Via OMRON: RFID UHF EPC Gen2 Inlay Product

Evaluate RFID Kit: Far and Near Field Tag Applications

Impinj launches the GrandPrix Evaluation Kit which enables assessment of the company's far-field and near-field UHF RFID solutions for pallet-, case-, and item-level tagging applications. ...

... "The first suite of UHF RFID assessment products and tools to include item-level testing capability, the GrandPrix Evaluation Kit comprises: 1 Speedway UHF Gen 2 reader with power supply, 2 far-field antennas, 1 Brickyard near field antenna, Sample pack of Monza chip-powered UHF Gen 2 tags for pallet-, case-, and item-level tagging applications provided by Impinj tag and inlay partners
MultiReader host application software, Supporting documentation, including the Speedway Quick Start Guide and the Speedway User Guide. " ...

Via Impinj: Dock Door to Front Door RFID Evaluation Kit

CLIP RFID Connects Patients and Medical Assets Through Microsoft Biztalk RFID

Aventyn releases V1.2 of CLIP, its Clinical Information Processing Platform. CLIP integrates RFID capability to support hospitals and medical manufacturers to connect patients and medical assets. CLIP v1.2 integrates with Microsoft's BizTalk RFID technology. This creates a health information management solution that enables healthcare industry to link care provider business processes with events in the supply-chain. Aventyn participates in the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Technology Adoption Program (TAP) to enable new RFID features in this release. ...

... "Enterprise Deployment of Connected Health Information: The availability of CLIP v1.2 provides clinicians and healthcare providers a flexible, yet affordable choice in the secure tracking of critical resources in a healthcare setting based on hospital, medical lab and supplier requirements. CLIP is available as a RFID-enabled hosted platform solution or as an installable packaged solution, seamlessly integrating into most existing IT environments with support for multiple users. A robust, ease-of-use interface offers installation, industry standard Gen2 RFID tag-reader configuration and deployment within hours. The modular CLIP architecture allows for true connected information processing for automated patient administration and medical asset tracking with built-in support for processing Gen2 RFID tagged health cards, patient wristbands and asset labels. " ...

Via Webitpr: CLIP V1.2 With Enhanced Integrated RFID Capability For Hospitals And Medical Suppliers

LIME RFID Tag Secure Encryption of Item-Level Data

SecureRF Corp introduces the LIME RFID-Tag, which is a battery-assisted passive tag with security technology that authenticates and encrypts data communications on the tag. It can be used at the item-level that only allows authorized readers to access the sensitive information on the tag. The company will begin deployment of the LIME tag in the pharmaceutical industry supply chain. The RFID tag will support authentication and data protection to address drug counterfeiting through cryptographic methods that translate into an electronic seal. ...

... "The company's strong LIghtweight Multistream Encryption Tag (LIME Tag) is based on SecureRF and industry standard security protocols. SecureRF's solutions include integration technology that allows its tags to be used with most of today's Gen 2 compliant readers without the need for firmware upgrades. This will allow currently deployed systems to easily upgrade to a fully secured supply chain with little cost or change to their current network. Mike McGregor, formerly a lead RFID chip designer at Alien Technology Corp. and one of the industry's foremost RFID chip engineers, is in charge of creating the new LIME Tag. SecureRF's founders include three world-class mathematicians / cryptographers who developed the cryptographic algorithm. " ...

Via SecureRF: LIME Tag authenticates and encrypts data communications on the tag ...

DOD RFID Final Rule Adopted

DOD adopts final RFID rule and will require the use of Gen-2 RFID tags. ...

... "DoD has adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to include additional commodities and locations that require package marking with passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The rule requires contractors to affix passive RFID tags at the case and palletized unit load levels when shipping packaged petroleum, lubricants, oils, preservatives, chemicals, additives, construction and barrier materials, and medical materials to specified DoD locations.

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (FEB 2007)

(a) Passive RFID tag means a tag that reflects energy from the reader / interrogator or that receives and temporarily stores a small amount of energy from the reader/interrogator signal in order to generate the tag response.
(1) Until February 28, 2007, the acceptable tags are --

(i) EPC Class 0 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal Class 0 specification; and (ii) EPC Class 1 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal Class 1 specification. This includes both the Generation 1 and Generation 2 Class 1 specifications.

(2) Beginning March 1, 2007, the only acceptable tags are EPC Class 1 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal Class 1 Generation 2 specification. Class 0 and Class 1 Generation 1 tags will no longer be accepted after February 28, 2007. " ...

Via Federal Register: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Radio Frequency Identification (DFARS Case 2006-D002)

RFID Korea Manufacturing

LS Industrial Systems, Korean integrator, and Impinj, RFID supplier, partner to deliver high-performance RFID solutions in the Korean manufacturing market. ...

... "Responding to significant demand from the Korean manufacturing sector for RFID-enabled logistics and distribution capability, LS Industrial Systems will build and distribute a comprehensive RFID solution incorporating Impinj's Speedway reader platform and Monza Gen 2 tag chips. Available starting in February 2007, the LS Industrial Systems RFID solution targets Korean product distributors, manufacturing companies and government entities requiring RFID technology to improve factory automation and supply chain efficiency. " ...

Via Impinj: LS Industrial Systems and Impinj Partner to Deliver High-Performance Gen 2 Radio Frequency Identification Solutions in Korea ...

HighSpeed RFID Read Rates: Pharma Cases

Impinj discusses results of live demonstration of RFID technology in pharmaceutical packaging application with Owens-Illinois (O-I) at the RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit in D.C. ...

... "In pharmaceutical manufacturing and fill-line demonstrations, a near-field UHF Gen 2 RFID solution, comprising Impinj's Speedway reader and O-I's item-level embedded RFID tags powered by Impinj's Monza chips, achieved 100% reliability when reading and writing tags at high speed on pharmaceutical bottles. In the first demonstration, the UHF Gen 2 system programmed 96-bit EPC numbers at rates exceeding 600 tags per minute on bottles containing the four most common dose types - liquids, gel caps, solids and powder. In the second demonstration, the system developed by Impinj and O-I flawlessly read 600 tags per minute on cases containing 48 individually tagged bottles and a case-level tag. " ...

Via Impinj: Impinj-Powered UHF Gen 2 RFID Solution Delivers Exceptional Results for Item Tagging of Pharmaceuticals