England will direct TI’s RFID business, which provides market-leading transponder and reader technology to identify, track and secure assets in applications including retail and supply chain logistics, wireless payment, access control, document tracking, healthcare, product authentication, sports timing and ticketing. RFID is expected to be a $2.13 billion market by 2005, according to Venture Development Corp. The Department of Defense and major retailers including Wal-Mart, Target and others have announced supplier mandates for RFID. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are exploring the use of the technology for identifying pharmaceuticals and livestock.

(June 8, 2004) Scotts Valley, Calif.&#8212Carsem, a provider of turnkey packaging and test services, announced that Allan Calamoneri has joined the company as the new vice president of its Test Business Development. Calamoneri will be based in the Scotts Valley office and he will be responsible for expanding Carsem’s test services business, including the support of customer test program and hardware development requirements.