RFID World 2008 Conference Date Moved
CMP Technology announces plans to move its RFID World 2008 event to September 8-10, 2008, at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. RFID World (www.rfid-world.com) is the leading tradeshow/conference focused on the RFID sector.
Additionally, demonstrating its long-term commitment to driving the adoption of RFID technology, CMP also announced that in 2009 and 2010 the RFID World event will co-locate with Interop, the leading global event for the business technology marketplace. Interop 2009 will be held from May 17-22, 2009, and is expected to draw in over 25,000 attendees and more than 700 exhibitors.
"The RFID sector has seen tremendous change over the last few years. As this technology moves to the mainstream, strong growth in the segment is expected in 2008 and beyond," says Robert Keenan, Director of RFID World. "The move to Las Vegas in 2008 and the co-location with Interop in 2009 and 2010 will positively affect our customers, the industry, and the event."
CMP is also making a substantial investment commitment to RFID World that will actively develop a broader and more responsive business audience for the event both in the U.S. and internationally — by launching a series of web initiatives surrounding the RFID space and increased coverage of RFID technologies in leading CMP brands including Information Week, CRN, and EE Times. At the same time, CMP will look to grow the RFID Excellence in Business Awards, which showcases business and technology innovations in the RFID sector.
"We are excited about the co-location with Interop for several reasons," Keenan states. "Interoperability is becoming a huge concern for business considering or using RFID technologies. Bringing the RFID audience together with Interop's broad-based business technology audience can only hasten the pace at which RFID technology grows. In addition, co-locating with Interop will provide our exhibitors and sponsors access to a larger audience of C-level executives and system integrators."
"RFID technologies are a key component of business technology solutions," says Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "Collocating RFID World at Interop provides our attendees with additional access to the latest technologies and continues Interop's goal of growing and evolving the trillion dollar business technology market."
As part of the agreement with Interop, RFID World will maintain a distinct presence, maintaining its own registration, show floor, and attendee base. Both organizations will jointly work on event promotion, program development, and on co-locating RFID education at additional Interop events in the U.S. and globally.
Bibliotheca Expands Corporate Headquarters
Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems (www.bibliotheca-rfid.com) has moved its location to larger corporate offices due to an increase in sales. Bibliotheca’s BiblioChip and other products have built a strong recognition for the company’s services, requiring an expanded staff, administration, and technical support for customers.
The new corporate headquarters will also include a showroom housing the complete line of Bibliotheca products, featuring the Patron Self-check systems, conversion stations, RFID gate antennas, and Automated Material Handling systems with integrated sorting systems. Distribution has been centralized to the corporate headquarters as well.
Bibliotheca’s main telephone number has been changed to 215-750-8111. The fax number has been changed to 215-750-8119, and address has been changed to 2570 West Maple Avenue, Feasterville, PA 19053. The toll free number remains the same as 1-8777-BIBLIO.
Alien Deploys First EPC-compliant Fabric Roll Tracking System
Alien Technology Corporation (www.alientechnology.com), in partnership with Simet, announces the world’s first EPC-compliant fabric roll tracking application at Griva S.p.A. Based in Torino, Italy, Griva is one of the world’s leading textile manufacturers. As a result of implementing the Alien® RFID reader and tag system almost 10 months ago, a 30% return of investment has been realized in the form of time management savings and increased traceability of the fabric rolls.
Griva is a textile industry leader that produces over 300,000 rolls of fabric every year, provides finished fabrics for upholstery, and drapery to leading European retailers such as Leroy Merline, and Quelle.
“An improvement in our productivity was critical to our ongoing competitiveness,” says Gualtiero Casalegno, President/CEO and Owner of Griva. “Until recently, we could not accurately control the contents of the roll using barcode technology. By implementing an EPC-compliant fabric roll RFID tracking solution, we have reduced expenses, saved time, and improved customer satisfaction with our finished products. In less than one year, we have seen an ROI of 30% in just over nine months.”
The solution involved Alien Technology’s Alien 8800 UHF passive reader/writer and EPC-compliant Gen 2 Squiggle® tags. The Alien tag and reader combination offer optimal read range and read consistency performance. Simet also provided the reader-to-ERP interface middleware to Griva’s ERP software. As a result, Griva can now trace the fabric roll at the onset of the production process right until shipment.
The RFID implementation overcame all the problems Griva had to face in order to guarantee traceability during the phases of production and logistics. With regard to logistics, the tag passed the “plastic film” test that previous methods hadn’t been able to pass because the film hid the barcode. This method therefore made it possible to track pieces that are already packaged and ready for delivery; saving time and providing customers with more accurate information.
“The environment of a textile manufacturing process is very challenging due to high temperature at the shrink wrap stations, water, and high humidity levels, and harsh chemical agent present during the dying phase,” says Claudio Bertoldo, Marketing Manager at Simet. “Griva needed a robust RFID system with complete fabric roll traceability, but without being intrusive to the production process, something that Alien Technology was able to deliver to Simet and Griva.”
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