TRACKINGrfid will serve as a division of The Tracking Corporation whose central focus will be to develop supply chain applications that combine both RFID and GPS technologies to provide unmatched tracking capabilities for multiple industries. TRACKINGrfid will operate from Nashville, Tennessee and will be under the direction of Mike Beedles, former President of Fibergrations and now Executive Vice President of The Tracking Corporation and General Manager of TRACKINGrfid.

“Our new name better reflects the new direction of our company,” said Mike Beedles, executive vice president of The Tracking Corporation. “We are excited to be in the position of pioneering breakthrough applications that combine the two most powerful tracking technologies available today. We will be able to continue delivering the high-quality products and services we have always been know for while offering new ones in the emerging world of real-time visibility.”

Founded in 2004 as Fibergrations LLC, TRACKINGrfid provides supply chain management expertise in software development, deployment and integrated RFID implementations in the Food, Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries. The company is also a leader in Portal Product Development, with patent pending RFID Reader Portals that provide the ultimate protection for RFID equipment used in the manufacturing and distribution center environments and patent pending hardware that enhance the readability of RFID tags from greater distances.

The new design uses Sarantel’s GeoHelix-P2 GPS antenna and the high sensitivity LEA-4S GPS module from u-blox.

Based on the ANTARIS 4 chipset, the LEA-4S GPS module combines unrivaled sensitivity with low power consumption in a package that measures just 17 x 22 mm. u-blox’s award-winning SuperSense software extends positioning coverage to weak signal areas such as indoor car parks or dense urban canyons, offering -158 dBm tracking sensitivity without raising power consumption at low signal levels. The LEA-4S module supports DGPS, WAAS/EGNOS, and is AssistNow-ready, enabling instant positioning on demand, even in weak signal environments.

Leveraging the LEA-4S module’s innovative features, the GeoHelix-P2 GPS antenna from Sarantel, offers a broad, omni-directional reception pattern combined with immunity to proximity detuning — great for mobile terminals and portable navigation devices. The GeoHelix-P2 is designed to be an embedded antenna, with a slim profile well-suited to thin consumer portables. Sarantel and u-blox optimized the reference design to take advantage of the GeoHelix antenna’s excellent filtering properties, maximizing the performance of the combination of antenna and receiver.

“This new reference design brings out the best that u-blox and Sarantel have to offer,” said Thomas Nigg, u-blox Technical Support Manager. “Consumers are becoming ever more sophisticated in their use of navigation devices, demanding better performance, more power efficiency, faster fix times, and greater accuracy. Engineers can treat this combination of the LEA-4S module and GeoHelix antenna as a single component. This system design will provide great customer satisfaction by significantly speeding up the design cycle.”

ProLink’s industry-leading, solutions-based GPS system will be installed at the K Club’s Palmer and Smurfit courses, two of Ireland’s most highly regarded championship golf facilities. Together, these critically-acclaimed courses comprise what many consider to be the finest 36 holes of inland golf in Ireland, a nation steeped in golf tradition and rich with courses ranked among the best in the word.

When faced with choosing a GPS system to complement and enhance its operations and customer experience, the first Irish golf club to host a Ryder Cup selected ProLink over all its competitors. Installed at more than 500 courses, worldwide, ProLink is featured at PGA Tour event venues, such as Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, S.C., as well as past Ryder Cup sites (Valderrama).

“Elumina and ProLink are the perfect partners to carry out our mission of being one of the world’s premier golf destinations,” says John McHenry, Director of Golf at the K Club. “The rich graphics, robust features and on-screen advertising initiatives make it the natural choice as the K Club’s GPS system. Our golfers will benefit from the precise yardages and hole descriptions while the club will achieve greater efficiency in all golfing operations. The stylish ProLink monitors fit seamlessly with our golf car fleet and provide a look and feel consistent with the club’s high-end aesthetic.”

“Elumina and ProLink are honored to have been selected over the nearest competitors to provide this state-of-the-art GPS system to the K Club, one of the world’s elite golf destinations,” says Angela Catlin, Marketing Director for the Elumina Group. “This partnership greatly enhances Elumina’s and ProLink’s position as the standard-bearer of quality, reliability and customer service in the GPS industry.”

Designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 1991, the Palmer Course plays 7,337 yards from the back tees and incorporates the River Liffey as a hazard on several holes. From September 24-26, 2006, the Palmer Course will host Ireland’s first-ever Ryder Cup as twelve-man squads from the U.S. and Europe square off in the game’s marquee team event.

Also designed by Palmer, the Smurfit Course opened in 2003 and in July hosted for the second time the Smurfit Kappa European Open - one of the top events on the PGA European Tour. The Smurfit Course stretches to 7,277 yards and features native grasses and links-style playing conditions, as well as some 14 acres of water hazards.

Founded by Jefferson Smurfit chairman Dr. Michael Smurfit, the K Club also boasts Ireland’s only Automobile Association Five Red Star hotel complete with spa, three restaurants and 550 acres of idyllic scenery, all just 45 minutes from the capital city of Dublin. The hotel contains remnants of Straffan House, constructed in the 1830s by winemaker Hugh Barton, while the property’s history dates to 550 AD.

“We’re very pleased to have Delphi’s support in the deployment of Wherify-enabled location and communications services in Brazil,” said Timothy Neher, Founder and CEO of Wherify. “Delphi is a well established player with major distribution resources. We anticipate that their expertise, experience and market reach will enhance our launch efforts and make Brazil a global leader in personal location services.”

“Delphi has extensive experience in taking mobile electronics products to market successfully, both at the enterprise and consumer level. The Wherifone is a natural fit for our portfolio and furthers our interests in providing cutting-edge mobile services to our customers,” said Edson Brasil, Managing Director of Delphi Brazil. “The combination of voice and GPS-enabled location-based services presents us with a very interesting opportunity, and we’re looking forward to working with American Networks and Wherify to bring the benefits of vehicle location and personal safety services to Brazil.”

Richland County is home to the state capitol of Columbia and is the second most populous county in South Carolina with approximately 340,000 people. RSI and the County implemented a successful pilot system on several heavy duty vehicles and is now in the process of equipping additional vehicles for an eventual full roll out.

The AVL project was spearheaded by the County’s GIS (Geographic Information Systems) department, who selected RSI based on several factors including RSI’s expertise in using ESRI ArcGIS 9 software. This powerful customized mapping software allows the County to view vehicle locations and status integrated with highly detailed maps and copious amounts of the County’s existing geographic and infrastructure data.

“Obviously AVL systems provide the great benefit of being able to track your vehicles in real time,” stated RSI President Jon Michels. “However, being able to relate that vehicle data to existing customer, infrastructure, and topographical data is an invaluable tool for operations such as a public works department.”