RFTRAQ is a UK technology company with a proprietary Active RFID platform. Designed as an ultra low power, long range wireless technology, it deploys IP addressable tags using multiple channels for two way communications to assure reliably high data rates. The tags and readers, together with a host of supporting engineering products and software, were announced as being commercially available in September 2007.

 

RFTRAQ's suites of in-house products were designed, developed and proven in commercial ooperations for News International Limited, the European subsidiary of News Corporation. The developed solution integrates the newsprint industry from end to end, including the manufacturing of paper, logistics and machine management and the production of newspapers themselves. The feasibility of the solution is made possible using actively tagged reusable recyclable aluminium cores developed by RFTRAQ, where innovation has overcome the physics of reading active tags through metal.

 

With 30 patents filed in the process of developing its solution, RFTRAQ is able to provide a total Active RFID enabled solution using in-house proprietary products, all of which have application in a variety of logistics, heavy and light industrial environments, including manufacturing plants themselves.

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is the global leader in commercial active RFID, that include award-winning intelligent long-range active RFID technology. IDENTEC SOLUTIONS' technology and products are utilized by some of the world's largest companies to facilitate and better manage critical processes or to help track valuable assets in a completely reliable and secure manner. The Intelligent Long Range® (ILR®) active RFID System can identify, locate, track and communicate with assets at a distance of up to 500 meters (1,500 feet) to deliver superior supply chain real-time visibility in dynamic, demanding environments.

 

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS' expertise and experience is utilized by systems integrators and end customers worldwide in the automotive, transportation and logistics, and aerospace and defense industries. As a longtime industry leader, IDENTEC SOLUTIONS has provided asset management solutions and support for a variety of organizations, such as Volkswagen, Deutsche Post and General Electric. IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is headquartered in Lustenau, Austria, the company's U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas, Texas, and maintains offices worldwide to support its global operations and customers.

 

Phase IV Engineering is a cutting-edge developer of Wireless Sensing and RF systems with unique and proprietary technology in the field of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and wireless sensing.

 

As a leading innovator and manufacturer of RF-enabled active and passive sensing and monitoring devices and systems, Phase IV has a broad suite of capabilities, from passive custom ASIC design, to Wireless Mesh Sensing Networks. Our current SensIC™ ASIC applications include monitoring pressure and temperature in aerospace tires, and animal temperature and ID.

 

Our exclusive Wireless Mesh Sensing Network, TANGO™, takes RFID to an exciting new level and provides the platform for asset monitoring and sense and respond system applications in highly demanding environments. These systems offer unique condition sensing capabilities to track and monitor high-value assets, capital equipment, perishable and dangerous goods in mobile and infrastructure-free environments.

Sonitor Technologies, recently named North American RTLS Emerging Company of the Year by Frost and Sullivan, offers a unique ultrasound IPS (Indoor Positioning System) that automatically tracks the real-time location of moveable equipment and/or people in complex environments with 100% room-level, or sub room-level (such as bed-level) accuracy.

Due to the unique attributes of ultrasound there is no risk of electromagnetic interference with other equipment. The low quantity of data transmitted from the Tags requires minimal LAN bandwidth so existing wired or wireless LAN can easily be leveraged. The Sonitor IPS, now chosen by more than 30 hospitals, is fully, easily and quickly scalable.

Founded in 2000 as an MIT start-up company, TagSense is a provider of RFID hardware for handheld systems, printers, asset management, access control, and smart shelves. With a portfolio of both passive RFID and high-performance active RFID solutions, TagSense designs and develops custom RFID hardware and sensors for a variety of clients.

TagSense core competency includes antenna design, RF circuit design, and passive sensors. In 2006, TagSense created the world's smallest UHF EPC reader module, the Nano-UHF.

 

In 2007, TagSense released its Active RFID platform, the ZR-HUB, which is the first industry software platform to support both active RFID and passive RFID with the same software API. The TagSense active RFID tag portfolio includes the ZT-10, ZT-50, and ZT-100 active tags which support multiple sensor inputs and data logger functionality based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard operating at 2.4 GHz.

 

The TagSense hardware platform is available to resellers, OEM, and private label companies.

Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real Time Location Systems and Consulting Services, tracking people and assets with unmatched accuracy, and giving enterprises the power to bring visibility and control to previously intractable business processes. With over 400 customers worldwide, Ubisense is revolutionising industries today.

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Awarepoint's Active RFID technologies and real time location systems (RTLSs) include its real time awareness platform, firmware, RFID tags, sensors, and bridges. Awarepoint's technologies collect raw sensor data and transform that data into high-value positioning information that can be used to add location awareness to a variety of healthcare, manufacturing, security and other applications. Requiring no hard wiring, Awarepoint's "plug and track" network is a fully managed service, including hardware, software, remote monitoring and maintenance, offering the only truly practical, enterprise-wide RTLS technology solution on the market today. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California and serves clients across the United States through a national sales and operations workforce.

Cymbet Corporation—a green technology company—is a leader in thin-film, solid-state storage devices and energy harvesting technology. The company is the first to market a component-class energy solution that designers can use to realize new embedded systems capabilities. Cymbet's EnerChip thin-film devices enable innovative energy storage applications for integrated circuits and new products for process control, medical, sensor, RFID, communications, consumer and portable electronic devices.

Enfucell, Ltd is a dynamic, innovative company offering state of the art customer solutions for disposable low voltage (1,5 - 3.0 V) power needs.

 

Enfucell's thin, flexible and environmentally friendly SoftBattery(R) represents the next generation of battery technology, offering a completely new level of performance and thinness. The manufacturing process is based on traditional paper printing and lamination technology, making it cost competitive, using freely available industrial raw materials thus offering the company a key competitive advantage.

 

The SoftBattery(R) can be used in a wide range of new applications such as semi-active RFID, functional printing & packaging, sensor based tags and transdermal drug & cosmetic delivery patches.

Information Mediary Corporation offers custom designed RFID sensors (Class 3 EPC RFID tags), RFID readers, and groundbreaking innovations in printed electronics. IMC has developed affordable, low cost wireless cold chain temperature sensors, and smart label inlays that can monitor patient adherence with prescribed medication dispensed from intelligent pharmaceutical packages.

Innovatier offers superior packaging solutions for active RFID and powered cards. Its Reaction Injection Embedding® technologies enable the Company to economically package sensitive electronics such as batteries, sensors, flex displays, etc. The construction utilizes a polyurethane core that not only adds durability but also provides a secure encapsulation of these security sensitive components.

Technical Benefits:

1) Process friendly to sensitive components - low temperature, pressure & viscosity.

2) Secure encapsulation protects components from tampering and improves structural integrity.

3) Polymeric core provides durability in harsh environments.

4) Customizable form factors - cards, tags, 3-dimensional, custom thin profiles.

5) Very capable manufacturing process.

Intelleflex is the leader in Extended Capability RFID - Extended Range, Reliability, Memory, and Security. We offer RFID tracking solutions for Yard Management, Transportation, Aviation, Hospitality and other Asset Tracking applications.

 

Our products extend the range and reliability of ordinary Passive RFID to 50 meters (150+ ft), works well in metal and challenging environments, includes 64Kb of on-tag memory with data protection, all at a fraction of the cost of Active RFID.

PINC is headquartered in Berkeley, California. Its real time asset visibility solution, Yard Hound, is deployed at industry-leading customers in Manufacturing, Retail and Transportation sectors in North America. PINC has pioneered the use of passive RFID, GPS, and MEMS-based sensors in determining the position of items, in real-time eliminating the needs for heavy, up-front infrastructure. For more information about PINC Solutions and the Yard Hound Product Suite, please visit www.pincsolutions.com

Q-Track develops and sells active RTLS based on the company's Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®) technology. NFER® technology is a radically new form of wireless tracking that brings real-time locating systems (RTLS) to the most difficult indoor environments. NFER® systems operate under Part 15 power levels in the AM broadcast band (530-1710kHz). By exploiting the properties of long wavelength, low frequency signals, NFER® systems deliver better propagation and near immunity from the multipath that plagues high frequency "solutions." Still in the prototype stage, Q-Track offers QT^(TM)-400 Starter Kits for sale to early adopters and strategic partners interested in evaluating the technology.

RF Code provides enterprise-class active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology and solutions used to discover, track and monitor the condition of critical assets, inventory and personnel. Founded in 1997, the company has developed an award-winning hardware platform for active RFID operating at 433 MHz and 303 MHz.

 

RF Code and its world-class roster of integration partners develop solutions that are used around the world in demanding industry environments including healthcare, defense, pharma, manufacturing, transportation, information technology and homeland security. For more information, please call (877) 969-2828 or visit www.rfcode.com

SAVR Communications is a creator of both standard and custom RF systems, Active Tags, solutions and services. SAVR designs products and solutions that are cost-effective, intelligent, and adaptable.

 

In today's business world, no one can afford to waste valuable time and resources on new technology that is difficult to integrate and use. SAVR Communications has developed a unique product-oriented approach that centers around one key goal: Provide the customer with the best possible solution at the best possible price by using only what you need to get the job done right.

 

SAVR's active and passive RF products were designed with this in mind. Sentry is a family of powered tags that are rapidly customizable and provide more flexibility than any active tag on the market. Connect and Communicate is a modular passive RFID reader platform that is easy to use and hardware upgradeable!

SYRIS Technology Corp. is proud of the innovation of the long range active RFID systems. We focus on your needs to provide the integrated, cost effective RFID systems and applications that increase your efficiencies and profits. The key benefits of choosing our company for your RFID projects are:

 

• Our strength to grasp and understand all elements of RFID

• Our deep experience with RFID technologies

• Our ability to provide a total RFID solution including tags, readers, antennas and middleware.

Blue Spark Technologies, Inc. is the leader in developing flexible, printed, "green," proprietary power source solutions for battery-powered printed electronic systems. The company was founded as Thin Battery Technologies in 2002 with patented technology and technical leadership from Energizer (Eveready Battery Company). Blue Spark customers include manufacturers, product designers, and integrators across multiple industries including: interactive packaging, RFID, pharmaceutical, powered smart cards, and novelty items. Users of products powered by Blue Spark batteries enjoy increased efficiency, greater convenience and portability, improved safety, lower manufacturing and assembly costs, higher profit margins, and greater environmental responsibility. For more information, visit www.bluesparktechnologies.com or call +1 440 249 5400.

Time Domain is the pioneer and world leader in ultra wideband (UWB) product development and provides solutions that enable enterprises to maximize productivity of their people and assets using a real-time location system (RTLS). The products and professional services deliver precise location in real-time to the manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and other vertical markets and are sold and supported through a network of certified channel partners. Time Domain's UWB products are also available for strategic OEM integration. For more information, please visit www.timedomain.com. Pharos Capital Group, LLC, www.pharosfunds.com, of Dallas, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee is Time Domain's largest Private equity investor.

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