The Item Level RFID Initiative received a major shot in the arm this week when Impinj, Motorola, Tyco, Avery-Dennison and Checkpoint Systems all signed on as Platinum sponsors of the initiative. The exact amount kicked in by each firm wasn’t available today, but it is believed the checks from the five RFID vendors total well [...]
Chris Diorio, Impinj’s chairman and CTO, recently won the RFID Special Achievement award at the RFID Journal show in Orlando. Dr. Diorio was recognized for his work in the development of the UHF EPC Gen 2 RFID standard. Diorio took some time this week to discuss the award with RFID 24-7, as well as [...]
The stock of Zebra Technologies up is strongly today after the company announced first quarter results that exceeded Wall Street estimates. Zebra’s 2011 first quarter net sales were $237.3 million, up 11.9 percent from the same period in 2010. The company expects second quarter sales to fall in the range of $240-250 million. By mid-morning, [...]
Investors in Impinj may finally have a way to cash out of the company. Impinj announced on Thursday that it is filing for an initial public offering that could raise as much as $100 million. Impinj could be trading by year end, and would be the first North American-based RFID pure play to test public [...]
The annual RFID Live show is set to conclude in Orlando today, with an onslaught of new product announcements, the unveiling of new applications and solutions, and unforeseen optimism for the industry moving forward. Activity in retail, aerospace and medical/healthcare is expected to skyrocket as new applications unfold in those sectors. Execs from Macy’s, Walmart, [...]
RFID solutions provider Impinj today announced the launch of two components for implementing item-level RFID across retail markets and supply chains. Impinj’s Monza® 5 tag chip and STP™ source tagging platform are expected to enable widespread scaling of RFID retail inventory management solutions. The new products were driven by the Item-Level RFID Initiative announced last November [...]
For anyone that missed last week’s issue of RFID 24-7, here is our lead story on cloud computing. Cloud computing continues to gain steam. A study from Saugatuck Technology predicts that almost two-thirds of all new business application/solution decisions will be cloud-based by 2015. As RFID adoption continues to skyrocket, the benefits of cloud computing are [...]
Everything points to 2011 as being a momentous year for RFID technology. In a recent web cast hosted by Terso Solutions, Tracy Hillstrom, Senior Product Line Manager with Impinj, talked about the top five RFID technology trends for 2011. 1 – RFID made easy: Hillstrom compares the early days of RFID to attending a concert and [...]
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 is proving to be a gem of a solution for French jeweler CLEOR, which has implemented RFID to improve its supply chain and all facets of its retail operations. The system powered by Impinj is in place throughout its 50 stores, which move nearly one million pieces of jewelry a year. The extremely scalable [...]
