Corporate Art Force, a provider of art procurement services, announced it will be applying RFID tags on all artwork placed at client sites. The company’s portfolio includes over 13,000 pieces of artwork at more than 100 client sites in 40 different states.

This new RFID asset tracking technology will provide clients of Corporate Art Force the ability to efficiently locate their art assets and utilize the of the company’s inventory management module, SmartArt Program. 

Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

The Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer combines RFID and automated data collection technology for the retail market. 

The Huntsville, Ala. school district is conducting a pilot program that will track when and where students get on and off the bus. Currently, three schools–an elementary, middle and high school–are involved in the pilot.

The program, which kicks off next month, involves the 300 students tapping their ID card against a reader installed in each bus. If successful, said a district spokesman, the program could be expanded district-wide. 

Avery Dennison and Xtreme RFID partnered to develop a new RFID-based tag for mounting on metal surfaces - the Xtreme Metal Tag.

The Xtreme Meta tag features Avery Dennison’s AD-843 ultra-high frequency inlay encased in plastic via a custom injection molding process developed by Xtreme RFID. 

SICK Group, a producer of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications, announced a range of new RFID readers and labels designed for identification in the automotive industry.

The readers aim to help car manufactures identify vehicles under production via reliable scanning and reading capabilities. SICK’s readers enable manufacturers to gather, process and evaluate information pertaining to individual vehicles during production. 

GAO RFID has released a Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller designed specifically for door access applications.

The network access controller, model 491018, is able to connect to any type of Wiegand reader such as magnetic stripe reader, RFID reader or fingerprint reader. It also offers a master card for adding or deleting access privileges directly from the external reader, thus acting independently without connection to a network or PC. 

2012 is predicted to become a “tipping point” for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI).

Studies show that item-level adoption of RFID is gaining a lot of attention. Some of North America’s largest retailers have already begun to initiate pilots using RFID to track inventory and item sales in their stores. And we can expect most other major apparel and footwear retailers to adopt RFID technology in some aspect of their business within the next three years.