Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

William Frick & Co.'s New SmartMark Series

Sunday, March 16, 2008

William Frick & Co., under the condition that there’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution for RFID, have annoounced their SmartMark series of durable RFID tags and labels as fully customizable to your application or environment.

So, you can design, test and produce your RFID tag solution with a single vendor, they say. [end] 

William Frick and Company announced the development its new RFID-enabled floor tags for improved warehouse operations.

Tough enough to drive over with a forklift, the Frick floor tags mark a location in a warehouse or distribution facility to automatic data collection and inventory control. The permanent 3M adhesive binds to most object, including low surface energy coatings, paints and concrete.

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RF Ideas announced the pcProx Plus 82 Series dual-frequency proximity and contactless card reader for organizations looking to enhance investment of single badges by integrating them into applications beyond physical security.

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POS Portal, a national distributor of point-of-sale terminal modules, has selected Ingeico’s Telium series of NFC and EMV-enabled products for sale and distribution to its independent sales organizations in the U.S.

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Barnes and Noble is planning to embed NFC technology in future Nook e-readers.

In an interview with Fortune, B&N CEO William Lynch related his vision of Nook users shopping for books by tapping their e-readers against an NFC chip embedded in the book’s cover, giving them instant access to reviews and other information – much like what publisher Atria piloted last October.

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William Frick & Company, an Illinois-based labeling company which also manufacturers and distributes RFID tags, has announced a partnership with South Carolina’s Technologies ROI (TROI). Under the deal, Frick will be the exclusive North American distributor of TROI’s line of harsh environment RFID tags and labels.

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Oakton Community College of Des Plaines, Illinois has awarded this year’s $1,000 William Frick & Company RFID Technology Scholarship to sophomore Vincent Sutcliffe of Niles, Illinois.

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