Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Tagsys names new CEO

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

RFID infrastructure provider Tagsys has named Alain Fanet its new Chief Executive Officer.

Fanet co-founded and served as CEO of Arteris, a global semi-conductor system-on-chip design firm. He was also co-founder and president of T.sqware Inc., a network processing firm later purchased by Globespan Virata. He recently served as the president of the European Technology Tour Association, an organization that helps young technology companies expand internationally. [end] 

SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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The board of directors for Lumidigm announced the appointment of Mark Shermetaro, a member of the board, to chief executive officer of the company with current CEO and chairman Bob Harbour moving to the position of executive chairman of the board of directors.

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TAGSYS and ICM Airport Technics have inked a deal together to produce and supply end-to-end bag drop systems for the aviation industry, now implemented at all Qantas Hubs in Australia.

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Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

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TAGSYS announced that SeD Logistiques has deployed its new Fashion Item Tracking System (FiTS) solution at the company’s distribution center in Paris.SeD Logistiques is a logistics supplier providing storage and distribution support for a number of major apparel brands.

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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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