Vendor & System Information on
RFID
Frontline Solutions' Online RFID Source Book.
RFID and Real-Time Location System (RTLS) technologies user guide
Microwave RFID: Passive Scattering and Active Transponders
Smart Card News Comprehensive printed and e-zine on Smart Cards and RFID
Synergy Newsletter: Coming To Terms With RFID
ANSI Technical Committee T6: Definitions of RFID Terms
Transponder News How RFID systems work
RFID Technologies RFID - What is it and how is it used?
Texas Instruments TIRIS™ Electronic Toll and Traffic Management (ETTM)
Vendors of RFID Products and services
Alien Technology™ - has developed, and holds exclusive patent rights to, and manufacturing assembly technology called Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA)
that allows for the efficient placement of arbitrarily large numbers of small components across a surface in a single operation.
Atmel Semiconductor - Atmel ships about 60M RFID die every year. Primary markets are animal ID and access control. Atmel owns the Temic Semiconductor RFID division.
Aurora Consultants. Consultancy based in the UK providing market analysis, implementation and product management services to the RFID, Smart card and Microelectronic industries.
bielomatik Leuze GmbH + Co - Produces RFID Transponder Processing Systems. Inlay conditioning equipment, multi-web lamination, finishing systems for smart products (labels, tags, tickets, documents), and high speed read/write units for RFID.
Card Key - a subsidiary of Amtech Corporation
Checkpoint Systems. Provides security solutions including Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) and Electronic Access Control (EAC) using radio frequency (RF) technology, and POS monitoring, CCTV, and fire/burglar alarm monitoring.
CopyTag based in Essex England, is a RFID systems integrator employing a wide variety of RFID products. Their current web site provides a good guide for successfully implementing RFID systems.
Cotag International - a subsidiary of Amtech Corporation
Cross Point based in the Netherlands, Cross Point is a manufacturer of RF-EAS and RFID equipment and components used in the security industry.
Diagnostic Instruments Ltd - DI has designed a fully ruggedised 'RFID platform' capable of integrating a wide range of RFID technologies.
Fairchild Semiconductor has been manufacturing the RFID chips since the 1990s, when Fairchild and IBM first co-developed the RFID technology. Fairchild continued to manufacture the chips for Intermec's Intellitag RFID tags since Intermec acquired the IBM technology in December 1997.
Fowler TagLogic RFID Tag System
FD Fleischhauer - They specialis in tickets, labels, cards and coins with magnetic stripe, bar-code, chip or transponder (RFID) as admission ticket, car park ticket, employee or customer card for access control, time access and identification.
Gemplus On October 15, 2001, Gemplus Tag became TAGSYS, an independent RFID company.
IB Technology Ltd. IB Technology designs and manufactures a range of unique and low cost single chip RFID readers for a number of the most popular read/write and read-only 125 kHz RF transponders.
IDTechEx is a consultancy company, based in Cambridge, UK, which specialises in market and technical intelligence in low cost RFID, smart cards and laminar electronics.
GSC Systems Specialises in access control, time recording and RFID identification systems. Their RFID products consist primarily of Proximity Access Control Systems.
HOTRACO An independent Company that develops, produces and markets all components for RF/ID for animals..
i-Ray is an RFID supplier that develops wireless location and positioning technologies.
IDENTEC Solutions was established to develop Intelligent Long Range (ILR) technology targeted initially at the reusable pallet and container (RPC) market. They offer RFID tags and readers operating in the 915 or 868 MHz ISM band.
Idesco develops, manufactures and markets RFID products including readers, reader modules, tags and cards.
IDmicro provides integration services of 'Smart Chips' for use in business automation for air, bus, truck, rail, toll and retailing.
id Systems - manufactures a wide range of RFID products, for low (125/134 kHz) and high (13.56 MHz) frequency tags and smart labels available from leading vendors.
Impinj - Rewritable EPC Class 0 ProductsRFID chip manufacturer.
Infineon Technologies AG - Infineon offers semiconductor and system solutions for applications in the wired and wireless communications markets, for security systems and smartcards, for the automotive and industrial sectors, as well as memory products.
INKODE - Produces non-silicon, passive, read only, microwave band RFID products
Intersoft - Provides solutions with easy to use and inexpensive i
dentification devices for the small and medium size company.
Integrated Product Intelligence Limited (IPI) - an independent consulting company in the field of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
Matrics - Matrics provides 902-928 MHz. RFID systems comprised of silicon-based RFID tags, reader electronics, and system management software.
Mountain View Systems - is an RFID Systems Integrator. MVS uses off-the-shelf RFID hardware to create cost-effective inventory and supply chain management efficiencies.
Microchip. Chip maker with broad range of devices and 'How To' implementation books down-loadable from their site.
Nedap A Netherlands based company, Nedap has 25 years experience in applications involving RF/EAS and RF/ID such as access control, cattle management, and logistics.
Northern Apex RFID is a hardware and software solutions integrator, specializing in 13.56 MHz smart chip technology for asset tracking, inspection and revenue tracking applications.
OmniProx Provides fully-featured proximity readers
from OmniTek, an ADEMCO Group Company.
Omron Corporation - Provides RFID Systems designed for industrial environments.
Philips - Philips Semiconductors' offers chip identification products and services for developing identification solutions. A broad portfolio, covering contactless and contact smart card as well as RF identification applications and smart lable type products as well as I·CODE smart label technology
Rafsec Based in Finland, Rafsec is a large capacity provider for the integrated production of advanced radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders. Rafsec is a value added reseller of Philips I-code inlets and transponders.
Renasas. Combination of Hitachi and Mitsubishi semiconducotor
divisions, provides RFID, contact and contactless smart card chips.
RFID, inc. RFID, inc. is focused on the manufacture for resale of its RFID
systems in off the shelf forms to End Users, Resellers, Integrators, VARS,
as well as the development of new RFID systems for OEM’s interested in
customized systems for incorporation into their own product offerings.
SAVI Technology provides real-time visibility into global supply chains to
dynamically improve, control, and optimize operational performance.
Scirocco AB - Infrared RFID (IRID) Stockholm-Kista Science City in Sweden
SCS Corp.- Founded in 1992 with the goal of bringing practical,
low-cost identification technology to the "real world".
Sensormatic Electronic Security
Siemens One of the leading companies for RF-Identification systems
(MOBY) in Europe. Siemens offers inductive identification systems for
industrial automation such as assembly lines, logistics, commissioning
and box identification in warehouses, container and cargo identification, subway identification, etc.
SIGNAL Computer Consultants - AEI tag programming service. AAR AEI Standard S-918
STM Thomson microeletrnics provides a large array of RFID, and Smart Card microlectronics.
Tag-All A U.K. based company which provides electronic tagging systems
where the input technology is not important: Asset tracking,
Animal Identification systems, ticketing systems, baggage systems.
Tagmaster AB - CONFIDENT microwave tags
TAGSYS - Formerly Gemplus Tag. TAGSYS is headquartered in
France with subsidiaries on 3 continents. TAGSYS manufactures
passive RFID products and provides complete RFID systems from
chip design, tags and smart labels, readers and antennas,
to application-specific reading stations.
TECTUS is based in Switzerland and Germany and manufactures
custom GPS and 125 KHz and 13.56 MHz RFID tags and
readers for automotive, animal ID, industrial, medical,
access control, time management, electronic brand protection.
TIRIS™ , A Texas Instruments Company
WaveNet International Inc. - Designs, manufactures, markets and
supports products compatible with the Association of
American Railroads S-918 Standard for
Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI)
Wearnes Cambion Ltd. - Based in the UK,
Wearnes Hollingsworth Ltd,
Cambion Division manufactures RFID antenna coils for
RFID tags and readers operating on the frequencies between 100KHz and 150KHz.
Commercial and International Specifications
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
Develop, maintain and disseminate standards for the
application of automatic identification technology
Visa Chip Card - VIS Specification Smart card
based electronic payments, specifications for cards,
terminals, payments, secuirty, implementation, and qualification.
GlobalPlatform - Leading Global Smart Card Infrastructure Development Organization