RFID Standards and Protocols: EPC Gen2, ISO 18000, and Beyond
EPC Gen2, formally ISO 18000-63, is the reason a tag from one manufacturer answers a reader from another anywhere in the world. A guided tour of the standards stack behind…
Clinic Barcelona implements a pioneering material management system with RFID at their Cardiovascular Institute
Hospital Clinic Barcelona put RAIN RFID material tracking into the hemodynamics and arrhythmia rooms of its Cardiovascular Institute in September 2025, registering each device automatically and assigning it to the…
Building an Internal RFID Centre of Excellence
Fragmented knowledge is what undermines mature RFID programmes: one team knows antennas, another knows middleware, and nobody sees the whole picture. A lean centre of excellence of three to six…
RFID for SMEs: Is It Finally Affordable for Smaller Businesses?
Passive UHF inlays that cost 20 to 30 cents a few years ago now sell for 5 to 8 cents, and entry-level fixed readers have dropped under $500. Add cloud…
Renegade Materials automates out-of-freezer tracking for aerospace prepreg with RFID
Aerospace composites manufacturer Renegade Materials has automated its out-of-freezer records with RAIN RFID from Xemelgo, using Impinj R700 and Speedway R420 portal readers plus Zebra encoding and handheld kit. Xemelgo…
Sainsbury’s deploys RFID to Tu in 400 stores
Tu clothing is getting RFID in 400 Sainsbury's stores, with full implementation reported for early next month after a successful pilot. Clothing MD Ben Smith says the technology lets the…
Incora slashes inventory search time by >95% with Zebra and Xemelgo RFID
Incora has cut the time its staff spend locating missing stock by more than 95% at its Jonestown distribution centre, using Zebra ATR7000 overhead RTLS readers, FX9600 fixed readers and…
Understanding RFID Frequencies: A Side-by-Side Comparison
LF reads through water and metal at 10 centimetres, UHF reaches 12 metres but struggles near liquids, and HF sits in between, powering payment cards and NFC. A side-by-side comparison…
NXP Semiconductors Breaks Ground on Assembly and Test Site Expansion in Malaysia
NXP has broken ground on a 500,000 square foot assembly and test expansion in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, taking the site to around 900,000 square feet and more than doubling its…
Avery Dennison ships the first UCODE X inlays – eight months from chip launch to a globally tuned inlay
Eight months after NXP launched UCODE X, Avery Dennison has shipped ARC certified inlays built on it. The AD Miniweb Global UCODE X packs a 42 by 16 mm antenna…
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