AIM 2000'S
2000
Code 128 was published as ISO/IEC 15417. MaxiCode was published as ISO/IEC 16023. EAN/UPC was published as ISO/IEC 15420. Data Matrix was published as ISO/IEC 16022.
2000
ATA (Airline Transport Association) releases Spec 2000, a set of e-business specifications, products and services.
2000
Frontline Solutions Held in Chicago
2001
PDF 417 was published as ISO/IEC 15438.
2001
AIM Hosts First RFID Summit in US and Europe
2001
Frontline Solutions Europe Held in Amsterdam
2002
AIDC Industry Archive at Stony Brook University Library established by AIDC 100.
2003
First Hand Held Scanner
2003
Wal-Mart announced their plan to implement RFID tracking in their stores and distribution centers.
2003
AIM Releases RFID and Privacy Primer - RFID FAQs, not Fiction
2003
AIM North America Established
2004
Name changed from Automatic Identification Manufacturers to Automatic Identification & Mobility
2004
RFID Experts Group (REG) Formed
2004
AIM Holds AIDC Boot Camp
2004
FDA issues pharmaceutical bar code mandate
In 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated that pharmaceutical companies bar code their medicines down to the unit of dose so that they can be scanned in hospitals and endorsed Reduced Space Symbology as a means to reduce medication errors. Learn more by watching the video above.
2004
EPCglobal released a standard RFID air interface protocol in the ultra high frequency (UHF) range. The standard’s short name was Gen 2 (Generation Two), and it was rapidly accepted worldwide.
2004
ISO/IEC 15415 Bar Code Print Quality Test Specifications – 2D Symbols was published.
2004
AIM EMEA hosted the AIM Knowledge & Networking Forum in Brussels
2004
AIM RFID Mark was Developed
2004
AIM North America Releases the “RFID Knowledge Base”
2005
Airlines use IATA standard 2D bar code on boarding passes.
2005
DoD issues mandate for all suppliers to utilize passive RFID tags - the DoD RFID Policy
2005
Walmart Issues RFID mandate for their suppliers
2005
AIM Addresses RFID Privacy to US Congress and European Union
2005
AIM Global Publishes RFID Position Statement on Consumer Privacy and Security
2005
The AIM RFID Emblem was revised and published
2005
AIM China Chartered
2006
First Senate RFID Caucus held in Washington DC
2006
AIM Publishes Position Statement on Item-Level Use of RFID
2006
AIM EMEA hosted first Leadership Council
2006
European RFID Experts Group is formed
2007
Unique Device Identification (UDI) Regulation signed into law by FDA for tracking of medical devices - Learn more by watching the video above!
2007
Ted Williams Award is established
2007
Bert Moore Excellence in Journalism Award is established
2008
2D bar codes sent to mobile phones to enable electronic boarding passes.
2008
AIM Global Announces Availability of Quality Guidelines for Tire RFID
2008
Andy Longacre’s Aztec Code was published as ISO/IEC 24778. The most prominent application for Aztec Code has been on airline boarding passes.
2008
AIM Global Announces Availability of New High Data Capacity Bar Code Specification - Datastrip 2D
2008
AIM Global Announces Availability of New Chinese Bar Code - Grid Matrix
2009
DotCode, created by Dr. Andy Longacre, was published by AIM as ISS-DotCode
2009
Coca-Cola unveiled their "Freestyle Soda Machines" that give users 165 different drink combinations with the use of Impinj Monza RFID chips.
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