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Sixth Annual Global RFID ROI Summit

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Dates: January 29-30, 2008
Venue: M,O,C Munich
Location: Germany
URL: http://www.rfid-roi.com
Contact: Oliver Sloane – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Industries Director, oliver.sloane@wtgevents.com

Description: “The world’s foremost gathering of RFID practitioners”

Taking place 29th and 30th January 2008, Global RFID ROI 2008 is the event bringing together the leading RFID practitioners from a broad cross section of industries that will give you the opportunity of discovering the real ROI behind RFID implementation.


Conference program highlights include:

  • Understanding the value proposition and the case for RFID investment: Realising the benefits

  • Deploying RFID in manufacturing: Realising the ROI through improved processes
  • Choosing the right standards for worldwide use - how the new EPC Information services standard will facilitate revenue enhancing and cost saving
  • Tracking returnable transport items: Successfully deploying RFID to track dollies and crates in the supply chain
  • Combining PLM & RFID: Product Lifecycle Management and Information Tracking using Smart Embedded Systems
  • BRIDGE: Building RFID solutions for the global environment through the EU’s biggest RFID project
  • Book now for the special price of £1595 for access to all the keynote conference sessions and interactive workshops that will equip you with the necessary information to take back and implement in your own operation and achieve real business value. [end] 

    Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a pair of encapsulated RFID mini-transponders designed for applications in animal tagging and asset tracking.

    The 12mm TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC mini-transponders were developed to enable users a battery-free solution for embedding RFID tags into smaller objects across a broader range of applications. These transponders come ready-to-use and are 100 percent backwards compatible with all of TI’s RFID software and readers including power modules, control modules and micro readers.

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    HID Global announced an expanded portfolio of RFID asset tracking solutions designed to meet the demands of industries including logistics, automation and manufacturing, medical and health care, returnable transport items and waste management.

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    CARTES in North America, a new annual card manufacturing, payment, identification and digital security expo and conference, has placed mobile payments at the center of its agenda of this year’s inaugural event.

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    HID Global unveiled the latest addition to its portfolio of RFID tags, with the announcement of the IronTag 176 ultra-high frequency (UHF) transponder.

    This durable tag is suited for tracking a variety of metal parts and equipment. Originally designed for tracking aircraft parts during assembly and maintenance, the IronTag endures the harsh conditions of manufacturing and processing as well as vehicle and equipment operation.

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    GlobalPlatform announced that it will hold a two-day card specification training session March 1-2 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

    Directly preceding CARTES North America 2012 (March 5-7, Las Vegas), the training session will aim to educate CARTES delegates and other participants on the importance of GlobalPlatform Specifications, their capabilities and functionality.

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    Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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