Integrated RFID Offering Safeguards Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/– Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), and SupplyScape Corporation announced today a Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeit RFID Package, an offering enabling companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain to combat counterfeiting and diversion while gaining efficiencies throughout the supply chain. The offering addresses recommendations announced yesterday by the FDA Counterfeit Drug Task Force, as outlined in its “Combating Counterfeit Drugs” report at http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/counterfeit/report02_04.html 

Canadian Crown Corporation Moving Forward With Biometric Security

TORONTO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - After a competitive bid process, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has chosen ACME~Future Security Controls to develop a comprehensive solution for the operational trials of CATSA’s restricted area identification card (RAIC) project to improve security at Canadian airports. 

TORONTO, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY:TSX-VEN) (“SAMSys”), an international provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions and consulting services, today announced it has signed a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with Lyngsoe Systems, a global provider of customized logistics solutions based on automatic identification equipment.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lyngsoe Systems will be able to integrate and resell SAMSys RFID readers in its wide ranging solutions business. Lyngsoe provides its customers with sophisticated software packages and integration services for deploying electronic product code (EPC) based solutions in the areas of supply chain execution, asset tracking, warehouse management and product traceability. SAMSys’ RFID reader family supports EPC protocols and frequencies, giving users the ability to choose a “best of
breed” solution. 

OTI to Generate Revenues on MediSmart Hardware, Software and Licensing Fees

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – On Track Innovations Ltd., (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems, announced today that they have been awarded a contract to provide MediSmart contactless smart cards, readers, support and maintenance to CareCross medical and dental network providers and managed care patients. 

Self-Adaptive Silicon Will Enable Significant Performance Enhancements

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 17, 2004–Impinj, Inc., the Self-Adaptive Silicon(TM) company, today announced plans to provide Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products which reduce inventory costs, improve out-of-stock conditions and minimize shrinkage for the trillion-dollar worldwide consumer packaged goods industry. Impinj’s RFID products will leverage the company’s award-winning Self-Adaptive Silicon technology to deliver low cost, long range, field rewritable functionality that complies with a single, open, worldwide RFID standard in accordance with recent initiatives by the world’s largest retailers.

Self-Adaptive Silicon, a proprietary integrated circuit design technology, enables standard logic CMOS to deliver extremely high performance circuits that consume very low power. This technology will improve the achievable performance for several key analog building blocks of RFID products, including rectifiers, oscillators, and modems. Self-Adaptive Silicon also underlies Impinj’s AEON(TM) nonvolatile memory (NVM), an embedded solution that enables true read/write capability without the added costs of a specialized semiconductor manufacturing process. 

CareCross Health Is a Leading Primary Healthcare Provider in South Africa; OTI Will Generate Revenues on MediSmart Hardware, Software and Licensing Fees

Cupertino, CA – February 17, 2004 – On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime 

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ – Blue Vector Systems today unveiled the first-of-its-kind RFID network infrastructure solution at DEMO 2004, the premier launch pad for emerging technologies. Blue Vector Systems’ X-3000 is the only product suite designed to address the enormous operational complexities of deploying RFID solutions from initial pilots to full nationwide supply chain implementations for Fortune 1000 companies.