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After 20-day voting period, RFID World China announced the winners of "The 2008 China RFID Industry Annual Awards" on January 12, 2009. The winners will receive their honors at a formal ceremony on June 24, the opening day of 2009 International RFID Technologies and Applications Show in Logistics, Manufacturing and Anti-counterfeiting at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center Hall 3.

China RFID Industry Annual Awards is a big, non-profit event organized by RFID World China along with GD-HK RFID Alliance, Shanghai Alliance and GS1 Hong Kong. Awards were established to recognize companies that distinguish themselves by their successful use of radio frequency identification (RFID) and products or implementations demonstrate the benefits of RFID.

This event attracts 88 RFID manufacturers and system integrators to participant, included 25 vendors from oversea, such as NXP, TI, Alien, Zebra, Reva, Intermec, Impinj and OMRON. The event received 62647 votes from Internet, 100 selected RFID companies, 10 RFID researchers and experts, 4 RFID magazines & Medias. The number of participants almost 5 times more than last year. This indicates this event is greatly embraced and appreciated by RFID industry.

The Awards go to

Award1 -- Most Recognized RFID Tag Manufacturers of the Year
1.Invengo
2.Aisino
3. Fudan Microelectronics
4. ASK-TongFang
5. Mango

Award2 -- Most Recognized RFID Reader Manufacturers of the Year
1. Invengo
2. Sense Technology
3. Raifu Intelligent
4. Academy of Aerospace Technology
5. JiuZhou

Award3 -- Most Recognized Active RFID vendors of the Year
1. Super RFID
2. Bisa Technologies
3. FHteck

Award4 -- Most Recognized Emerging companies of the Year
1. ZTE Corporation
2. JiuZhou
3. Academy of Aerospace Technology
4. Avanti ID idea
5. C&C RFID

Award5 -- Most Recognized System integrators of the Year
1. ZTE
2. Aisino
3. TsingHua TongFang Smartcard

Award5 -- Most Recognized International RFID Vendor of the Year
1. TI
2. Alien
3. NXP
4. Intermec
5. OMRON
6. ST
7. Impinj
8. Zebra
9. Reva System
10.Psion Teklogix

Award6 -- China RFID Industry Top 10 Products of the Year
1. Highway Electronic Toll Collection System
2. S1871 UHF RFID Mini-Reader Module)
3. Advanced Smart Contactless CPU Card FM1208
4. RFID 24 Hours Self-service Library
5. 2.4GHz/13.56MHz Dual-frequency RFID Tag
6. Invengo 502E Fixed Reader
7. KX1001 KX1201 RFID Chip
8. SuperRFID Wireless Vehicle Detector)
9. PiP tag Inlay
10. Wi-Fi Real-Time Locating Tag

Award7 -- China RFID Industry Top 10 Applications of the Year
1. Aisino RFID technologies were successfully used in Beijing Olympic Game for Food Security
2. China introduced the first 24 hour self-service library
3. ESeal/eLock applications in container transportation from Shanghai to American ports
4. RFID application in monitoring RFID medical wastes
5. Avanti implemented the largest RFID manufacturing application in southeast China
6. Sichuan Province widely promoted RFID system in CNG cylinders dynamic monitoring
7. Basch Group provides converting machine for RFID tickets of Beijing Olympic Games
8. RFID application to track pig from "farm-to-fork" & RFID food security tracing information platform
9. Hangzhou Library adopted RFID technologies in full scale
10. Shanghai 2008 Tennis Masters Cup used RFID ticket complied national Encrypt algorithm

Award8 -- China RFID Industry Top 10 Events of the Year
1. The Ministry of Science and Technology issued the guideline for applying 863 RFID project in manufacturing
2. The National Library (the national digital library) fully implemented RFID system.
3. World Expo Shanghai 2010 will use "Huahong Chip" in 80 million RFID tickets.
4. RFID World China published the fist ever RFID Buyers' Guide in China
5. The first UHF RFID chip in Asia was certified by EPCglobal
6. Shanghai established the first international ocean route for RFID-enable containers
7. National Gold Card project issued "the Blueprint of National IC Card application 2008-2013"
8. RFID technologies were widely adopted in Beijing Olympic Game
9. Ministry of Transport promoted Electronic Toll Collection nation widely.
10. Avanti implemented the largest RFID manufacturing application in southeast China

For more info about "2008 China RFID Industry Annual Awards", please click: http://vote2008.rfidworld.com.cn