Electronics & Industrial

• Latest crop of brand protection and security jobs

  19-May-11 - Recent job postings in the area of brand protection include a senior IP protection manager, a packaging design specialist, investigations roles focusing on Europe and Africa and brand protection positions in Shanghai and eastern Europe.

• Vision systems firm Seidenader joins Körber group

  15-Jan-11 - German precision machine company Körber is buying Seidenader Maschinenbau, a specialist in inspection machines, software, and vision applications for pharmaceutical production.

• Start-up BioLOGIS ties cargo security to environmental monitoring

  17-Oct-10 - Recently-formed company BioLOGIS is trying to make its mark in the pharmaceutical industry by offering cargo security, shipment tracking and biometric condition monitoring from a single vendor.

• Obama strategy on counterfeits calls for industry transparency

  02-Jul-10 - The Obama Administration has unveiled an ambitious set of measures to tackle the trade in counterfeit and pirated products, including pharmaceuticals, both domestically and internationally.

• Americas seeing sharp rise in cargo theft

  12-Feb-10 - Cargo theft rates have increased dramatically in the Americas between January and December 2009, while in Europe and Asia rates have remained largely constant or in some cases have decreased.

• Cargo security initiative will kick off soon in USA

  06-Jan-10 - A new initiative designed to prevent cargo theft by fostering greater collaboration between industry and enforcement agencies will launch shortly in the USA.

• Technology could prevent RFID tag cloning

  04-Dec-09 - Engineers in the USA have developed a 'fingerprinting' method to block the cloning of passive radiofrequency (RFID) identification tags, preventing the production of counterfeits.

• New Momentum joins forces with Oracle

  08-Oct-09 - New Momentum's counterfeit-scanning software will be bundled with Oracle's electronic pedigree platform under the terms of a new deal between the two companies.

• Quantum dot specialists link up to tackle fake products

  25-Mar-09 - Two US firms have joined forces to apply fluorescent nanocrystal technology to the fight against brand counterfeiting.

• US Congress to pre-empt RFID standards

  19-May-08 - Members of the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would set a federal standard for drug pedigree requirements, which has been a long-standing issue for the drug industry and regulators.

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