The oil company is utilizing Mojix's STAR 3000 RFID system and noFilis' CrossTalk software to track the locations of billions of dollars' worth of goods used in the construction project.

13th Street Entertainment is testing a radio frequency identification solution from EZ-Nite to identify valued customers carrying RFID cards as they enter its venues.

HID Global, a worldwide provider of secure identity solutions, has announced it will present its solutions for secure access control together with parent company ASSA ABLOY, under the Motto “Access your world” at IFSEC Birmingham (May 13–16, 2013). Jointly presenting their solutions for the third consecutive year, this presence incorporates the combined power of award-winning technology from HID Global, ASSA ABLOY, and ASSA ABLOY group companies Yale, Mul-T-Lock, Traka and effeff.

Identive, a provider of solutions and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. The agreement provides Avnet's customers with access to Identive's range of RFID and NFC readers and embedded modules, in addition to an extensive array of RFID/NFC passive transponders and tags. Identive's RFID and NFC products enable a wide range of contactless applications including access, payment, ticketing and asset tracking.

The company has released seven EPC Gen 2 UHF inlays and labels for use in hard-to-read environments, such as on metal or near liquids, as well as for applications requiring durable or small tags.

The printed-card manufacturer is offering a dual-frequency tag that supports a combination of LF, HF or UHF passive RFID technologies, while the asset-tracking UHF tags can be custom designed and printed for a variety of applications.

Groundbreaking ceremony at Balluff subsidiary in Kentucky

April 2013: The sensor specialist, position measurement expert and industrial networking supplier Balluff from Neuhausen a. d. F. has started work in Florence, Kentucky on the new headquarters of its US subsidiary. Present at the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony were numerous notables, including many politicians, leading representatives from business as well as Florian Hermle and Michael Unger, two members of Balluff executive management from Germany. As representatives of the supervisory board, Rolf Hermle and Volker Geissel participated in the event.

Impinj's GrandPrix Platform Provides RFID End Users With Comprehensive Capabilities to Address Mission-Critical Business Needs

UHF Gen 2 RFID technology provider Impinj announced plans to present the GrandPrix platform along with several new products. Based on the company's Monza tag chips, Speedway readers, and Indy reader chips, Impinj's GrandPrix platform enhances performance of systems based on the Gen 2 protocol, allowing businesses to fully leverage their investments in RFID technology.

Extends Alien Reader Family for Cost-Sensitive Applications Requiring Multiple Read-Zones

Alien Technology announced the Alien ALR-9680 commercial-grade UHF RFID reader that provides enterprise grade 4-port flexibility with Alien'sbease-of-use, reader "intelligence" and robustness.

The Italian packaging-components manufacturer is installing a UHF RFID system at all of its production and distribution facilities, to help track the location and status of products as they are produced, stored and shipped.

The Trusted Tag Services Software Developer Tool Kit is intended to help users create their own NFC solutions with security, to ensure that tags, and the products to which they are attached, are not counterfeit.

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. and its parent company Fujitsu Frontech Limited, have announced that it has shipped more than 2 million of its WT-A521/A522 RFID tags in the first quarter of 2013. Sales of the washable tag have been so robust that Fujitsu has doubled the production capacity at their manufacturing facility in Japan.

Tego Becomes the Only Solution Provider of RFID Chips, Tags and Software for Flyable Parts

Tego, a developer of high memory RFID chips, tags and software, announced the next generation of flight-certified tags compliant with SAE AS5678 requirements and the ATA Spec 2000 standard. These are the TegoTag Nemo, Primo, Largo and Halo, having different size and form to handle a wide variety of flyable parts. The on-metal tags range from the smallest (Nemo, covering less than 0.2 in2/1.3cm2, to medium size (Primo, 1.0 in2/6.1cm2) and the largest (Largo, 1.7 in2/10.8cm2).

Enabling Instant Location, Real Time Availability of VA Hospital Supplies, Specialized Equipment

OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems, has been selected as a subcontractor to HP Enterprise Services’ maximum value $543 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to procure and deploy a management system that will assist in the automation and improvement of operations and veteran healthcare services.

Bristol ID Technologies, a provider of customized plastic card and technology-based identification, tracking, security and merchandising solutions, has announced that they will be launching a new RFID initiative. Leveraging its robust capabilities in card manufacturing, Bristol ID is working with resellers, systems integrators, original equipment manufacturers and others to deliver a portfolio of new and customizable identification solutions that address a wide variety of end user challenges.

The integrated PC and Android smartphone application allows small businesses to track inventory, such as files, works of art, books and other items

Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) and Enso Detego have introduced FiND-iT, a PC and Android smartphone or tablet solution that enables users to associate passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags with items, as well as create inventory lists and find those objects using an Android smartphone or tablet.

MAINtag introduces new RFID-enabled, ATA Spec 2000-compliant FLYchip; Voyantic launches new HF RFID tag-measurement system; Secura Key launches new RFID flat-pad antenna; Technology Solution (UK) Ltd. announces Bluetooth handheld UHF RFID reader; Times-7 intros durable, low-profile RFID ground antenna; GlobeRanger selected as supplier for U.S. Army contract, partners on oil-and-gas solution; Checkpoint Systems launches RFID solution to protect merchandise.

The winners for Best RFID Implementation, Most Innovative Use of RFID, Best Use of RFID to Enhance a Product or Service, Best in Show, Special Achievement and the RFID Green Award were announced today at the RFID Journal LIVE! conference.

At RFID Journal LIVE! 2013, the materials manager at the company—which manufactures Carrier air-conditioners—described the process of identifying and implementing a radio frequency identification system at its Tennessee plant.

Speaking at RFID Journal LIVE! 2013, managers from Eurocopter, Cassidian and Astrium explained how they are launching RTLS and passive RFID solutions based on learnings from Airbus, which is using the technology to track aircraft parts and tools.