Transponders

What the economic slowdown means for RFID firms

Economic volatility has been at a high level for the past several weeks, and the stock market remains in a choppy pattern. With this in mind, we wondered about  a pair of issues — if indeed Impinj would go through with its planned IPO during an unpredictable time for the stock market, and how the [...]

Impinj grabs top spot in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID Tag Chip Vendor Ranking

Last year at this time, Impinj was preparing for its most dynamic product launch ever, its innovative Monza 4 product line. Less than a year later, the launch played major role in Impinj achieving the top ranking in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID transponder IC vendor report. The report includes ABI’s independent ratings of Gen [...]

RFID market worth $5.63B this year; apparel retailers lead the way in tagging efforts

IDTechEx author Raghu Das claims the value of the entire RFID market will be $5.63 billion this year, up from $5.03 billion in 2009. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. Das says that just over 2.3 billion tags will be sold this year, up from [...]

Retailers drive item-level tagging; tag sales could top 10.5B units by 2014

For anyone that missed last week’s issue, here is our lead story on item-level tagging. 07/05/10 | John R. Johnson | email john@rfid24-7.com As the benefits of RFID technology continue to expand, users of RFID have become more excited about the technology than RFID vendors themselves. That speaks volumes for the technology as it gains [...]

Conair commits to 20 million tags

Invengo has signed a contract with USA ID, a division of consumer product giant Conair, to provide at least 20 million RFID labels per year. The contract represents the biggest deal yet for Invengo outside of China, and will help Conair and Invengo launch new services for apparel and garment tracking. Invengo will design and [...]

Impinj unveils Monza® 4 family of tags; enhanced functionality to drive market

As the Winter Olympics unfold, athletes have elevated their performances to new levels, nearly re-defining their sport in the process. Lindsey Vonn turned to men’s skis to win the women’s downhill. Shaun White re-invented snowboarding with his Double McTwist 1260 en route to winning gold. Impinj hopes to similarly raise the bar in the RFID [...]