Dayton RFID Convergence Center

Location can play a vital role in a company’s success.

Dayton’s emerging RFID cluster includes the presence of significant RFID technology providers and users such as Alien Technologies, Procter & Gamble, Kroger, Smuckers, NCR, Avery Dennison, Teradata, CDO Technologies, and the Advanced Sensors Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Dayton and its 90 minute market is the convergence point for 80% of RFID focused companies in the United States.The Dayton RCC is actively building relationships with leading RFID players in this region.

There are 10 Fortune 500 companies and 9 Fortune 1000 companies that call SouthWestern region home. In addition, significant barcode development occurred in southwest Ohio. A pack of Wrigley gum scanned at a Troy, Ohio Marsh grocery store in 1974 was the first commercial application.

Southwestern Ohio is rich in advanced technology, and research and development. There are 14 research centers specializing in fields of study from biomedical engineering and energy systems to membrane technology and aerospace. These include Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (the USAF R&D center, University of Cincinnati Research Center, University of Cincinnati IMS (Intelligent Management Systems), University of Dayton Research Institute, Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center, and P&G’s Worldwide Center for Health Care Research. The SouthWestern region has a large, knowledge-based workforce of more than 1.54 million workers. This includes 25,750 working scientists and engineers — more than the total amount in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina — and a total of 40,000 working scientists and engineers within a 50 mile radius.

Twenty-four colleges, six branch campuses, and seven community colleges with career and technical curriculums are located in the SouthWestern region. Examples of universities offering classes in RFID are University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Wright State University, and Wilberforce University (Dayton). In addition, Wright State University (Dayton) offers a new Master of Science Degree program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.