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Kathrein RFID readers power free-flow tolling on São Paulo’s Rodoanel Norte ring road
Case Study: The South African Retailer That Couldn’t Make RFID Stick
What the gates at shop doors actually detect
Corny bar maker Schwartauer Werke automates workwear issue with ACG Pulse RFID
Japanese recycler uses UHF RFID to stop power-tool batteries reaching the shredder
Korean uniform maker Hyungji Elite signs with Beontag to RFID-tag 2027-season products
Beontag will supply RFID tags for 4 million pieces of Hyungji Elite's 2027 season, the first hard number since the Korean uniform maker signed a memorandum of understanding in October…
JD Sports hits 98% shelf availability with Zebra RFID, but McGrath says it’s the last 2% that counts
Zebra has put its name, its hardware and a 98% figure on JD Sports' RFID rollout across 414 UK and Ireland stores, using entry-level TC2 handhelds with RFD40 UHF sleds.…
TSC brings Bluebird’s 199g X40 RFID handheld to market under its own name
TSC Auto ID has put Bluebird's X40 UHF handheld into its own catalogue, three months after Bluebird launched it in August 2026. The 199 g device reads to 1.2 m…
Côte d’Ivoire picks French firm Vet’Tronic for RFID livestock tagging as pilot of 20,000 animals starts in December
Côte d’Ivoire starts tagging livestock in December 2026 under a 12-month pilot covering 20,000 electronic ear tags and 5,000 pet chips, paid for by French supplier Vet’Tronic out of its…
NZ wine bottler WineWorks uses Nedap long-range RFID to open gates for its electric tug trains
An expansion put a waterway between two buildings at WineWorks' Marlborough bottling plant. A conveyor proved too costly, so pallets travel by electric tug and trailer instead, with Nedap uPASS…
Zebra posts record $1.6bn quarter, but its RFID and automation segment grows slowest
Net sales hit $1,614m in the quarter ended 3 October 2026, up 22.3% reported but 11.3% organic once Elo Touch and currency come out. The Asset Visibility & Automation segment,…
NXP Q3: industrial surges, mobile slips, and RFID stays hidden inside the numbers
Revenue of $3.79bn for the quarter ended 27 September 2026, with Industrial and IoT up 39 per cent and Mobile down 4 per cent. Neither figure is an RFID number:…
How RFID tracked tool containers at France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant before its closure
Dozens of metal tool containers at France's Fessenheim nuclear station were tagged with Xerafy on-metal UHF tags and read with handhelds, running on Nexess NexCap software. The site projected a…
Impinj tag chip revenue hits record $97m as demand outpaces supply
Impinj sold a record number of RAIN RFID tag chips in the quarter to 30 September 2026, taking endpoint IC revenue to $97.3m, and met market need without getting ahead…
Choosing the Right RFID Tag for Your Environment
The wrong tag fails in any environment, and the right tag fails in the wrong one. Frequency comes first: LF for metal and liquid tolerance at centimetre range, HF for…
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