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.

ATA (Airline Transport Association) releases Spec 2000, a set of e-business specifications, products and services.

Frontline Solutions Held in Chicago

2001

PDF 417 was published as ISO/IEC 15438.

AIM Hosts First RFID Summit in US and Europe

Frontline Solutions Europe Held in Amsterdam

2002

AIDC Industry Archive at Stony Brook University Library established by AIDC 100.

2003

First Hand Held Scanner

Wal-Mart announced their plan to implement RFID tracking in their stores and distribution centers.

AIM Releases RFID and Privacy Primer - RFID FAQs, not Fiction

AIM North America Established

2004

Name changed from Automatic Identification Manufacturers to Automatic Identification & Mobility

RFID Experts Group (REG) Formed

AIM Holds AIDC Boot Camp

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.

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.

ISO/IEC 15415 Bar Code Print Quality Test Specifications – 2D Symbols was published.

AIM EMEA hosted the AIM Knowledge & Networking Forum in Brussels

AIM RFID Mark was Developed

AIM North America Releases the “RFID Knowledge Base”

2005

Airlines use IATA standard 2D bar code on boarding passes.

DoD issues mandate for all suppliers to utilize passive RFID tags - the DoD RFID Policy

Walmart Issues RFID mandate for their suppliers

AIM Addresses RFID Privacy to US Congress and European Union

AIM Global Publishes RFID Position Statement on Consumer Privacy and Security

The AIM RFID Emblem was revised and published

AIM China Chartered

2006

First Senate RFID Caucus held in Washington DC

AIM Publishes Position Statement on Item-Level Use of RFID

AIM EMEA hosted first Leadership Council

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!

Ted Williams Award is established

Bert Moore Excellence in Journalism Award is established

2008

2D bar codes sent to mobile phones to enable electronic boarding passes.

AIM Global Announces Availability of Quality Guidelines for Tire RFID

Andy Longacre’s Aztec Code was published as ISO/IEC 24778. The most prominent application for Aztec Code has been on airline boarding passes.

AIM Global Announces Availability of New High Data Capacity Bar Code Specification - Datastrip 2D

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

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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