(RFIDWorld.ca) According to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI), a group of advocates for the use of EPC-enabled RFID in the retail supply line, 2012 is predicted to be a “tipping point” year for RFID technology. The study is titled, “RFID Nears a Tipping Point,” and reveals that 80 percent of [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Zebra Technologies Corporation and Checkpoint Systems recently announced that they have signed a licensing agreement. The pact brings together Zebra’s active locations solutions with Checkpoint Systems passive radio-frequency identification, auto identification and sensor capabilities. The purpose of the tie is to give retail customers a clearer visibility to their products and assets throughout any [...]

At age 89, radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless technology inventor, Charles (aka Charlie) Walton has passed away. RFID technology is now commonly used to provide secure access, keep inventory counts, for tracking purposes as well as for limited data exchange. Although many people have heard of RFID and use it, most are not aware of [...]

(RFID World Canada) Posera HDX Limited which develops POS technology used in restaurants announced its selling of Dexit Inc. For $2 million to an undisclosed buyer. The subsidiary owns the Dexit radio frequency identification device business. Posera HDX develops and sets up touch screen POS system software to associated technology. The company employs 130 people [...]

(RFID World Canada) Posera-HDX Inc. announced this week that it has completed its company’s reorganization allowing for an arrangement which will result in all of its assets and liabilities being transferred to its new name Posera-HDX Ltd. The Dexit RFID Business assets and liabilities will be an exception to this transfer. At a special meeting [...]

SimpleNFC and UPM RFID have teamed up to sell products on a newly launched website. They are offering a huge selection of NFC tools for building NFC solutions from which a variety of markets can benefit. SimpleNFC.com features and NFC Starter Kit, NFC tags from UPM RFID and many other tools to enable NFC solutions. [...]

(RFID World Canada) HID Global, the company which makes U.S. Permanent Resident “Green Cards” recently announced that the ACT Canada “International Innovation Award” was granted to them. HID Global is known for the solutions it innovates to deliver secure identity. The Green Card was made under it’s LaserCard brand and the Green Card in specific [...]

(RFID World Canada) Reaching roughly a dollar amount of almost $53 billion in total sales, the RFID market has continued to grow since 2010 after some economic setbacks in the years of 2008 and 2009. The growth rate is approximately 14% according to ABI Research’s ongoing studies. Future projections state that by 2011 it is [...]

(RFID World Canada) Chipless tag technology is becoming widely accepted due to its cheaper costs and comparable functions to RFID. Chipless tag technology not only has similar features to RFID such as track and trace but it can offer such a feature without the need for a real-time and line-of-sight technology. Despite the “hype” around [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Allflex USA Inc. has expanded its business in animal identification tags after acquiring Destron Fearing Corporation which is the animal identification branch of Digital Angel Corporation. The buyout has cost the company $25 million in cash. A leader in livestock identification and management tools, Allflex, has a product line containing visual identification products such [...]