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Posted On: 06/15/2005

RFID Research Center Opens at University of Arkansas

PharmaManufacturing.com

The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas, celebrated its official opening June 10.

The Center’s research activities are supported and participated in by 19 sponsoring members, including Omron Electronics. The sponsoring members are comprised of retail, market and industry leaders, all intimately involved in the technical development and practical application of RFID technology, and in public policy which will govern its future.

“As a manufacturer of RFID and automation systems,” said Bill Arnold, Omron’s Partner Business Manager, “Omron is delighted to be working alongside such a distinguished group of colleagues to advance not only RFID technology, but also industry and public understanding of the opportunities and challenges deploying the technology presents to us.”

The center, a unit of the university’s Sam M. Walton College of Business, plans to become an internationally recognized leader in RFID application research and the study of its impact on business and society. It includes a “live-environment” laboratory and will offer product testing. It will draw on expertise from its sponsoring members.

The center’s official opening was recognized with an RFID Forum featuring comments by the sponsors, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the research facility.

For further information, contact Omron Electronics LLC, 1 Commerce Drive, Schaumburg, Ill. 60173. Tel.: 866-88-OMRON. Fax: 847-843-8081. Internet: www.omron.com/oei.