Radio frequency company to create 35 local jobs

A joint venture between an entrepreneur from Brooklyn, N.Y., and daytaOhio will create 35 new jobs.

Called Radio Frequency in Dayton LLC, or "RFiD" for short, the venture will develop technology to improve poor accuracy rates for reading radio frequency identification, RFID, tags.

"No known solution today offers the early results of this patent-pending technology," said Benson Chanowitz, the New York entrepreneur, in a news release.

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DaytaOhio was formed in 2003 as one of eight State of Ohio supported Wright Centers of Innovation and is housed in the Joshi Research Center at Wright State University. It specializes in data processing, management and visualization.

DaytaOhio Chief Executive Officer and President Terry Rapoch said the jobs will come as the joint venture moves product into the marketplace during the next three years. The work will initially be done in the DaytaOhio building, but will eventually be moved to another undecided location, Rapoch said.

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is the next generation of identification technology for tracking the flow of products from manufacture to consumers by using tags on packages and pallets that are activated by radio waves.

The Dayton Development Coalition is financing the deal with Entrepreneurial Signature Program funds, which the coalition administers on behalf of the Ohio Department of Development.