Zebra RFID lifts Spex warehouse picking efficiency 50%
Spex in Auckland has swapped three decades of paper picking sheets for Zebra UHF RAIN RFID handhelds and FX9600 fixed readers. One picking task fell from 15 minutes to five,…
Suntory cuts spare parts stocktaking from 57 hours to 2 with SATO RFID
Tagging about 24,000 equipment spare parts with RFID took a stocktake at Suntory's Kita Alps natural water plant from 20 people and 57 hours to one person and two hours.…
RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?
Passive UHF inlays now sell for 4 to 8 cents, and 50-million-unit buyers are negotiating towards 2 cents. Chip die shrinks from Impinj and NXP keep pushing prices down, yet…
Bonfiglioli reads 400 parcels in and 400 out every day through seven RFID gates at its EVO plant
Seven RFID gates cover goods-in and despatch at Bonfiglioli's EVO plant near Bologna, three inbound and four outbound, handling around 400 parcels received and 400 shipped every day. Integrator Tenenga…
Dutch frame maker Van de Vin cuts €30,000 a year in printing with embedded RFID dowels
Timber window and door frame manufacturer Van de Vin has replaced paper drawings on its factory floor with UHF RFID tags embedded in the frames themselves, in a deployment built…
Impinj Move manufacturing of R700 from United States to Malaysia
Impinj has announced a significant change to the production of its flagship R700 Antenna Hub, transitioning assembly operations from the United States to Malaysia. Starting in July 2026, the RAIN…
UID Acquires AEG ID
Unified Information Devices, Inc. (UID) has completed its acquisition of AEG Identifikationssysteme GmbH (AEG ID), bringing together two established players in the industrial RFID space. The deal includes AEG ID’s…
Pepperl+Fuchs IDENTControl launch Compact B40 CRA-Ready Multi-Frequency RFID Unit
Pepperl+Fuchs has unveiled the IDENTControl Compact B40, a new RFID evaluation unit designed to simplify multi-frequency identification across industrial and IT environments. The device, officially designated IC-KP2-2HB40-2V1D, supports LF, HF,…
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