Thousands of buyers with nobody to sell them RFID

Issue #184 | March 20, 2009 | by Andy Kowl

Breaking news: thousands of optimistic businesses in one place.

I can't believe we missed the NFMT Show last week, National Facility Management Technology, just up the road from us in Baltimore. If any audience must be talking about RFID, facilities management is a no brainer, right?

We heard from RFID Street reader, our buddy Steve Brown of access control pros Solid State Systems in Gaithersburg, Md., who exhibited at the show and felt it was a great success.

He reports fellow exhibitors use this show as a gauge for how business will be for the balance of the year, and their conclusion was positive. Attendees were also upbeat. Nobody was happy about the economic mess the world was in; but everyone was there to learn, buy and sell.

It felt great to get the reality check that literally thousands of attendees at a major trade show were positive about moving their businesses forward. After hearing repeatedly about

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Franwell among finalists of 3rd annual RFID Journal awards

Congratulations to Franwell, for their selection as finalists for the 2009 RFID Journal Awards. The winners will be announced at RFID Journal LIVE!, held in Orlando Apr. 27-29. Franwell was selected for their new, wearable RFID interrogator that is easier to use and less disruptive to employees carrying out routine tasks. When you consider Franwell also has a mobile Standard Cart Solution for those who need an RFID station on wheels, you can genuinely say they “are a company on the move.”

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Air France tests smartboarding

Security Document World reports Air France’s Flying Blue passengers are set to try the airline’s new automated boarding process on departures from Paris to Amsterdam during a trial scheduled to run until the end of the year.

During the trial, each passenger travelling on the scheme – known as smartboarding – will be issued an RFID-based card which will store their fingerprints. The card also uses thermal printing technology, enabling it to be reused up to 500 times.

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