DUBLIN, Ireland, 18 October 2006. Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43691) has announced the addition of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Equipment - Global Strategic Business Report to the company's offerings.

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Equipment in Millions of US dollars.

The Major Product Segments Analyzed are RFID Tags (Active & Passive), RFID Readers (Low Frequency & High Frequency), Software, and Services.

The Product End-Use Segments Analyzed are Security & Access Control, Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics, and Animal Tracking.

The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East/Africa, and Latin America. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2000 through 2010.

The report profiles 90 companies including many key and niche players worldwide, such as Alanco Technologies Inc., Technology Systems International Inc., Brady Corporation, Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Gemplus, HID Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Intermec Technologies Corporation, Matrics Inc., Philips Semiconductors, Precision Dynamics Corporation, Savi Technology, Inc., Sirit Inc, TagMaster AB, TagSys RFID (US) (Formerly Gemplus Tag), Texas Instruments Inc., TransCore, Wavetrend Technologies Limited, and Zebra Technologies Corporation.

Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are largely extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

Topics covered include:

I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

1. Industry Overview

2. Product Overview

3. Trends & Issues

4. End Use Application Market Overview

5. Pricing & Distribution

6. Technical Developments/Breakthroughs

7. Product Developments/Introductions

8. Recent Industry Activity

9. Focus on Select Global Players

10. Global Market Perspective

II. MARKET

1. United States

2. Canada

3. Japan

4. Europe

5. Asia-Pacific

6. Middle East & Africa

7. Latin America

III. COMPETITION