Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Labelexpo Americas 2008

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Dates: September 9 - 11, 2008
Venue: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Location: Chicago, IL
URL: www.labelexpo-americas.com/
Contact: Labelexpo Americas 2008 Contacts, Contact Page

Description: Labelexpo Europe is the world’s largest event for the label, product decoration, web printing and converting industry and will take place 9-11 September at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

Facts from the 2006 event:

• Number of visitors: 13,256
• Number of exhibitors: 434
• Number of countries represented: 88

HID Global has announced the successful completion of the world’s first university pilot of NFC smart phones carrying digital keys.

First announced in September, the pilot involved a select group of students and staff at Arizona State University using NFC-enabled smart phones equipped with HID’s Secure Identity Object (SIO) Technology. Participants could gain access to their residence halls and other secure access areas by tapping their handset against a reader embedded in the door and entering a PIN, rather than use their plastic campus card.

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A state audit found that personal and financial information for students considering attending the University of Maryland were stored on publicly accessible servers that could make students easy prey to ID thieves.

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SMARTRAC announced that the company recently signed an agreement to acquireNeology Inc., a provider of integrated solutions for the tolling, electronic vehicle registration (EVR) and public safety markets.

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Identive Group Inc. has formed a new product group within its business structure to provide services for integrated access control. This Converged Access group will build on technology designed for Identity as a Service/SaaS products like idOnDemand, as well as work with Identive’s products in the network access smart reader technology field.

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As part of the U.S. Department of State’s initiative to simplify and streamline customer service interactions and processes, the Office of Passport Services has started a 90-day pilot program for online passport card applications.

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The Nepalese Election Commission (EC) has completed nearly all its biometric voter registration as all but one district and just shy of 10 million citizens have been enrolled, according to a My Republica article.

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