Insider Trader Watch: Trimble Navigation Limited (TRMB)

Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB) insider has recently participated in insider trading activity. Director, PEEK MARK S bought 10,000 shares for $17.89 via one transaction Aug 26. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 30,000 shares in total, priced at $671100 as of Tuesday. Another notable insider trading was done by the same insider on Aug 18. PEEK MARK S acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $19.99 for a total of $20,000. Moreover, Delepine Francois carried out a sale of 20,000 shares at $21.04 each on Feb 11. The transaction amounted to $420,800. Vice President KIRKLAND JAMES A sold 24,274 shares for $23.82 through one transaction Jun 03. Following this sale, this insider’s stake in the company comprises 10,729 shares, priced at $240007.73 as of Tuesday.

The stock has experienced a total of 3 insider trades in the past three months. These trades include 3 sell activities and Zero buy trades. Furthermore, over the past 12 months, the stock was traded 25 times by insiders. In 16 of these trades, the insider was a seller while an employee of the company was the buyer in just 9 instances.

Trimble Navigation Limited (TRMB) announced today (February 17, 2016) the new ThingMagic® USB Pro RFID Reader, allowing solution developers to support applications that require desktop reading and writing of EPC Global Gen2 tags. Based on Trimble’s best-in-class Micro LTE UHF RFID module, the new USB Pro RFID Reader is controlled and powered by a host PC or laptop through a USB interface that can support autonomous operation.

Applications for the ThingMagic USB Pro reader include:

• RFID tag programming stations


• Manufacturing work-in-process workstations


• Health care customer/patient care check-in and check-out applications


• Document tracking


• Event and hospitality solutions


• Retail point-of-sale

In addition, the USB Pro writes data more effectively to high-memory tags and reads small form factor tags, which are becoming more common across applications. The USB Pro is a simple, yet powerful solution and includes the following features:

Compatibility with ThingMagic application development tools including Universal Reader Assistant and Autonomous Configuration tools

Multiprotocol Gen2 (ISO 18000-63) tag reader, with optional ISO 18000-6B, ISO 18000-6D (IPx) and AEI ATA protocol support

• Instant read autonomous operation


• Two antenna ports – integrated and external


• +30dBm TX power (max) with dual USB/power cable


• Backward compatible with ThingMagic USB Plus+ Desktop Reader


• Read range adjustable up to 20 feet


• Android and Windows mobile platform support


• Configurable for worldwide UHF frequencies

RAINTM (RAdio frequency IdentificatioN) standards compatible