Report : Europe will gain 40% of Global RFID Market by 2016

A new report predicts that the European RFID industry will have 40 percent of the world’s RFID market by 2016.

The market for RFID tags in Europe’s retail industry alone is expected to exceed 3.4 million by 2010, as many large retailers are already starting broad RFID implementation.

The report, entitled European RFID Industry Outlook (2007-2010), bases this forecast on factors including:

• The popularity of the technology in Europe
• The length of time it’s been in use
• RFID's newer capabilities
• The benefits of the technology itself
• The rapid adoption in retail supply chains

According to PRMinds.com, the report explains the projection further with the support of statistical data and in-depth analysis of various segments of the industry, its driving factors and the characteristics of the competitive market.

For more information, visit the report or blog from the RNCOS, the research firm that developed the report.

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Once the initial building blocks are in place in the form of a tested, scalable RFID solution, we can help you integrate a more expansive solution across your processes, departments and even throughout your enterprise.

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• cuts costs
• increases productivity
• eliminates errors
• reduces human involvement
• automates processes
• provides visibility
• improves customer service
• shortens sales cycle
• reduces shrinkage

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eGo Plus RFID Sticker Modernizes Florida Turnpike

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) is upgrading its current hard case SunPass system with the TransCore eGo Plus RFID flexible sticker tag.

“After a decade of providing SunPass RFID technology, TransCore recognized the need to provide FTE with next-generation technology to support evolving transportation needs,” said John Simler, president of TransCore Intelligent Transportation Systems Group (as quoted in the news release on Businesswire.com).

The new 915 MHz RFID tag, called the SunPass Mini, is a batteryless sticker that can be affixed onto the car windshields of commuters who drive on the 460 miles of Florida’s toll highway routes.

The read range of the US-manufactured tag is over 30 ft, and it provides read, write, re-write and permanently lock capabilities.

The smaller tag boasts many benefits to the FTE, drivers and the environments. The release explains these advantages:

• more versatile
• more affordable
• will increase wireless toll users
• reduction in traffic backups as a result of increased usage
• less traffic congestion leads to reduced vehicle emissions
• reduced vehicle emissions improves air quality
• consumes less petroleum-based raw material
• reduces transportation and shipping needs
• eliminates the need and cost for batteries

1.5 million of the mini tags have been ordered, and will work along with the three million plus hard case tags already in use.

See the release for more information.

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RFID Drives Water Delivery Service

Spring Water on Tap, together with AT&T, has developed an RFID solution to monitor water levels for Spring Water’s drinking water delivery customers.

Instead of wasting time and resources driving a regular route to check on the tanks’ water levels, this RFID application issues an alert for delivery (through AT&T’s wireless network) when the sensor reports that a refill is needed.

GPS and GPRS devices are integrated with separate water-level sensors to gather and report the data.

As RFIDupdate.com reports in their recent article, brand new company Spring Water on Tap is using the RFID technology for a competitive edge. Through unobtrusively monitoring customers’ water tanks and facilitating efficient delivery scheduling – both the customer and the company benefit from the application.

One thousand of the sensor-enhanced tanks are scheduled to be installed by the end of the year in the Atlanta area, and the company predicts another 6,000 will be needed for other cities it intends to service, including Houston, Miami and New Orleans.


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Visit the Dynamic Computer Corporation Web site or call 248-473-2200. We offer an RFID Demo tour where you can experience the technology in action! You can visit us and request a tour of our facility at 23400 Industrial Park Court, Farmington Hills, MI 48335.

RFID Prevents Fuel Theft

RFIDSwitchboard.com recently published a story on RFID in the fuel industry. It’s no wonder fuel thieves have gotten more brazen, with gas prices well over $4 per gallon.

Theft, or “shrinkage” in the industry, usually accounts for about 6 percent of the costs for companies like Exxon, according to the article. This was the figure when gas was $2 per gallon, and the chunk of revenue to cover shrinkage in the supply chain is expected to increase accordingly.

As author Erik Wood points out, “If you consider that ExxonMobil alone took in a cool $347 billion in revenue last year, 6% of that is a pretty big number.”

With active RFID technology being introduced into the equation, shrinkage is greatly reduced and billions of dollars are saved.

How does this work?

Jeff Schaengold explains in a 2006 article, that: “The same sensor-based technology used in refineries and chemical facilities to measure and monitor flow of liquids is applied to monitoring truck fuel consumption.

“RFID coupled with GPS provides real-time tracking of the truck movements as well as idle time when the engine consumes fuel instead of shutting down.”

RFID tracking has also had indirect benefits in the industry, including fewer transportation vehicles and drivers required to carry the extra supply, and prevention of grade mixing – both costly concerns.

See the original article for more information.

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3M RFID System to Track Army Medical Records

3M has announced the completion of an RFID Smart Shelf System at Fort Hood, Texas. The company designed and installed the RFID solution to track the medical records of 150,000-plus US Army personnel and their family members.

The customized system was designed to “substantially reduce errors and inefficiencies associated with manual tracking, retrieval, filing and merging methods of medical records management at Fort Hood,” according to an article published today on TradingMarkets.com.

3M’s RFID Systems Site describes the technology’s ability to offer complete automation of tracking and management processes of RFID tagged items, including self-checkout/in, sorting, security and locating of items.

The $3.76 million Fort Hood contract includes a year of training and maintenance of the RFID system by 3M and Track and Trace Solutions.

Would an RFID solution help your company automate tracking and management of records and/or assets?

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Visit the Dynamic Computer Corporation Web site or call 248-473-2200. We offer an RFID Demo tour where you can experience the technology in action! You can visit us and request a tour of our facility at 23400 Industrial Park Court, Farmington Hills, MI 48335.

New RFID Enabled Bus Assists Blind Passengers

An entire fleet of 70 buses and 260 stops are now RFID enabled to assist blind passengers, in a Swiss town called St. Gallen, according to an article published yesterday by RFID Journal. The public transit system (Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen, VBSG) recently launched a small 15-rider trial, and is expected to expand the trial in August to include up to 250 blind passengers.

The RFID system includes both active and passive RFID mechanisms. A handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) for blind passengers, called Bones Milestone, contains a high frequency (HF) RFID reader, an active ultra high frequency (UHF) transceiver, a digital voice recorder and MP3 player.

The multi-featured device communicates with UHF RFID devices on the buses and the passive HF RFID tags at the bus stops. As the bus approaches, the device notifies the passenger of the bus’ arrival, and lets the driver know that a blind passenger will be boarding at the upcoming stop. Upon boarding and waving the PDA past the RFID component in the timetable sign, the handheld device reads the encoded route information from the timetable to the user.

The PDA device was released just last year and already has up to 4,000 users throughout the world, according to Stepen Knecht, managing director of Bones, the company which manufactures the handheld device.

Once users own the PDA, they can use the RFID capability for a number of other functions by purchasing inexpensive passive HF RFID tags to attach to various objects.

The RFID transit program, which costs the equivalent of over 740,000 USD, is funded by several organizations, including the Swiss public transport agency (VBSG), the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, the Swiss Federation of the Bind and Visually Impaired, and Bones, which donated the readers and engineers to get the program running.

The transit system may use RFID for ticketless travel if the experience with this technology continues to be positive, according to a quote from Ralf Eigenmann, managing director of VBSG.

For more information, see the original article.

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Dynamic Computer is a great source for RFID information and can help you evaluate how RFID could enhance your operation. We provide comprehensive and customized RFID solutions from concept, through testing, to implementation!

Visit the Dynamic Computer Corporation Web site or call 248-473-2200. We offer an RFID Demo tour where you can experience the technology in action! You can visit us and request a tour of our facility at 23400 Industrial Park Court, Farmington Hills, MI 48335.