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NEW YORK, N.Y.—The RFID Company, a leading manufacturer of low cost, high performance RFID hardware solutions announced the establishment of a RFID Center in India and the addition of 18 new partnerships in India. The new RFID Center will further expand SmartCode Corp’s footprint in the India market and will include Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, and Distribution for the India market. The new RFID Center in India will also cater to the neighboring markets of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma. SmartCode Corp’s new RFID Center will join SmartCode’s long established presence in the Asian market including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong,

ROCKY HILL, N.J.—Parelec Inc., a global leader in inks for fully additive printing of electronic circuits, is partnering with IDTechEx to host a Manufacturing RFID masterclass February 20-23 at RFID Smart Labels 2007 in Boston, Mass. This unique event, hosted by IDTechEx and Parelec, two of the leading companies in the field will include speakers from each segment of the value chain covering the options and topics that manufacturers need to know about. The masterclass will be interactive and hands on, with delegates being able to handle many different RFID samples at each stage of the value chain. Delegates will learn of opportunities in

GLEN ALLEN, Va.—NanoMarkets, a leading analyst firm, announced that it will hold a teleconference on Thursday, January 18th at 10:00 AM EST to present findings from its new report on organic electronics that was released in late December. The teleconference is open to the public and anyone interested in participating should visit www.nanomarkets.net to sign up. There is no cost to register. The materials for the teleconference will be drawn from NanoMarkets’ newly released report, “Organic Electronics: A Market & Technology Assessment.” During the call, NanoMarkets will discuss current market and technology trends, issues related to materials and manufacturing of organic electronics,

RFID holds much promise to address known (and maybe even some yet unknown) problems throughout the supply chain. Solving some of these problems, or at least reducing their negative impact, can lead to significant revenues/savings for retailers and consumer products companies alike. In a presentation titled “RFID in the Packaging World,” Dr. Peter Harrop, chairman of IDTechEx, cites several targeted areas for RFID’s impact: • Annual CPG shrinkage of $60 billion of $3 trillion turnover (ECR Europe) • 75 percent of retail product cost is “getting it there” (MIT) • Spoilage of 20 percent of foods throughout the supply chain (FDA) • Counterfeit product,

DALLAS, Texas—The expectation that 100 percent of RFID-labeled products can be read 100 percent of the time at all points in the supply chain is unrealistic; but with proper tag testing and verification, companies can increase their odds of achieving “five-nines” performance (five read points at a 99.999 percent read rate), according to a new white paper from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) and RFID4U. The paper outlines a systematic approach that end users and systems integrators can take to increase the performance of their Ultra-High Frequency (UHF)-based RFID systems. This approach includes establishing a baseline of initial performance, conducting a performance analysis

Texas Instruments A growing number of counterfeit, gray market, and diverted products are entering the pharmaceutical supply chain, compromising consumer confidence in the authenticity of their prescription drugs. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is poised to help secure the supply chain, but to do so, the industry needs Item-Level Tagging (ILT) standards, regulatory guidance from the federal government and alignment on a Tag Data Security Infrastructure (TDSI). A new white paper from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), “RFID Tag Data Security Infrastructure: A Common Ground Approach for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Safety,” defines the key deliverables and requirements needed to achieve agreement between segments

BOSTON, Mass.—CEOs from the creme-de-la-creme of the pure-play RFID companies that are leading the market as well as stealthy start-ups will gather in Boston on February 20 at the RFID Investment Summit to meet with investors. Whether you are an investor or a company seeking funding this must-attend event provides unrivalled opportunities for networking, access to difficult-to-find RFID company and industry financial data, and coverage of the competitive landscape. An expert’s panel of experienced investors and industry luminaries will discuss the progress of RFID such as profitable sectors now or soon, where the largest orders are, over and undersupplied sectors, and underperforming sectors and

RFID Smart Labels USA 2007 from IDTechEx will bring together everything you need to know about RFID from the latest implementation experiences to market trends and technologies. It is scheduled for Feb. 21-22, 2007 in Boston, Mass. Speakers include USPS, IATA, San Francisco Airport, Marubeni Japan, Las Vegas Airport, BGN (Dutch book store) and many more... The event particularly focuses on: • The business case for RFID • Item level tagging • RFID progress around the world • Avoiding the crowd - how to make money out of RFID • State-of-the-art technologies In 2006, 200 million RFID tags will be used for item level

Global demand for packaging machinery is projected to expand 4.9 percent per year through 2010 to over $33 billion. Developing parts of the world will provide suppliers with some of the best sales opportunities going forward. Industrialization-related fixed investment activity, rising per capita incomes and growth in packaged goods production will all contribute to increases in equipment demand in these areas, most notably in Asia and Eastern Europe. China will record the largest gains of any national market, surpassing Japan to become the second largest market in the world behind the U.S. Sales conditions are also expected to be strong in India, Russia, Mexico,

By Teresa Henry IDTechEx It is well-known that the adoption of RFID is happening around the globe. But where are the success stories and in which market sectors? Here Teresa Henry highlights the leading adopter nations, the big spenders and surprise niches for RFID implementation. IDTechEx keeps a close eye on which countries are eagerly adopting RFID and which are not. Our sources include intensive travelling, conferences, literature searches and our IDTechEx RFID Knowledgebase of more than 2,300 case studies covering more than 2,500 organizations and 85 countries. The results are rather surprising. First, the U.S. is the greatest adopter, with by