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GRAHAM, N.C.—The Brand Protection Alliance, LLC continues to grow as companies around the globe band together to give brand owners and converters much needed resources in the areas of brand authentication, protection and security. Jetrion, now a part of EFI, is the newest company to join this organization. “The Brand Protection Alliance is pleased to have EFI’s Jetrion on board with us. Jetrion’s unique fit in the inkjet arena is absolutely complementary to our other members’ products and represents yet another piece in our program of offering comprehensive brand protection solutions,” said BPA President Lynn Crutchfield. “We believe that Jetrion’s involvement in the BPA

BURR RIDGE, Ill.—Graphics Solutions International, a company specializing in functional printing and industrial graphics products, has reorganized, added senior management, and changed its name to GSI Technologies, effective January 1, 2007. “The new name, which is the final step in our rebranding effort, represents our commitment to our customers, as well as to the emerging print and converting technologies we have recently been exploring and developing,” explained President/COO Jack Kraemer. “We retained GSI, the name by which we are commonly known, to symbolize our industrial graphics heritage. We introduced the word ‘technologies’ to highlight our investments and commitment to world class functional printing.” Kraemer,

NATICK, Massachusetts—2006 was a challenging year for the RFID industry. Sales expectations fell short, a high-profile IPO did not materialize, and the market continued to be “commoditized before it is commercialized,” according to the Venture Development Corporation’s 2005-2006 RFID Year-End Overview. Nevertheless, investment in RFID remained strong and the industry made significant strides toward resolving standards-related issues. According to the report, the worldwide market for RFID systems exceeded $2.3 billion in 2006, with hardware accounting for nearly 59 percent of the total market. VDC anticipates nearly 35 percent growth (CAGR) through 2008, with total global revenues projected to exceed $3 billion by the end

BURR RIDGE, Ill.—Graphics Solutions International, an industry leader in functional printing and industrial graphics products, has reorganized, added senior management, and changed its name to GSI Technologies, effective January 1, 2007. “The new name, which is the final step in our rebranding effort, represents our commitment to our customers, as well as to the emerging print and converting technologies we have recently been exploring and developing,” explained President/COO Jack Kraemer. “We retained GSI, the name by which we are commonly known, to symbolize our industrial graphics heritage. We introduced the word ‘technologies’ to highlight our investments and commitment to world class functional printing.” Kraemer,

ROCKY HILL, N.J.—Parelec Inc., a global manufacturer of 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, 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 this sector, answers to their questions on manufacturing

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