(RFID World Canada) The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) is investing another $1.6 million into an effective traceability system to monitor the movement of livestock, giving Canadian farmers the ability to have an edge in the marketplace. The announcement was made by Gerry Ritz, Agriculture Minister and Devinder Shory, Member of Parliament representing Calgary-Northeast. Minister [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Norsk Lastbaerer AS Pool, a Norwegian organization that manages nationwide pallet leasing for retailers and manufacturers, is trying out RFID technology in a pilot project to see how effective the tags are for tracking plastic pallets and totes. Two food factories, Maaraud and Finsbråten, as well as two distribution centers for a Coop retail [...]

(RFID World Canada) The launch of a new passive integrated transponder tag, the FISHID SST2 as well as two RFID readers–the FishTRACKER IS001, and FishTRACKER FS2020 were announced by Destron Fearing.   Low power consuption that supports remote locations and small stream applications is the attractive feature of the new FishTRACKER IS001.  The FishTRACKER is also able to store up to [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) A Canadian entrepreneur is building RFID tags to be sold in big-box retail stores. The RFID tags being developed are to help customers with product information. The RFID tags would be attached to product packaging and would have the ability to be scanned by smartphones. Founder and CEO of AirMe, Yan Simard, who is [...]

(RFID World Canada) Federal funding of over $110,000 has been granted to Quebec’s maple syrup producing federation so that they can test and examine the traceability of RFID (radio frequency identification) chips. The Federal Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative (CIFSI) granted the Federation des producteurs acericoles due Quebec (FPAQ) a funding of $110,620 in total [...]

1. Brief Company Profile   OCR Canada Ltd. is a recognized industry leader in the delivery of effective solutions for mobile computing, barcode scanning, wireless infrastructure, and RFID. After 30 years in the data collection business, we have been the recipient of over 60 industry achievement awards. Our greatest strength is in our staff of industry [...]