RFID Tagging Strategies: Source Tagging vs In-House Tagging
Shifting tag application upstream to manufacturers cuts per-unit costs sharply, but onboarding suppliers can take months and demands ongoing compliance audits. Keeping tagging in-house buys control at the price of…
Identiv completes IoT asset sale to Trackonomy, renames itself INVE Technologies, and replaces its CEO
Identiv has sold its RFID inlay and smart label business to Trackonomy Systems, taken $50 million in preferred equity and renamed itself INVE Technologies, keeping the Nasdaq ticker INVE. The…
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…
Anatomy of an RFID Tag: Chip, Antenna, Substrate
Every RFID tag, no matter how small or specialised, is built from just three core parts: a chip, an antenna, and a substrate. Understanding how these components work together is…
Avery Dennison Announces Strategic $75 Million Investment in Wiliot to Scale Physical AI
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) has put fresh capital and a board seat behind ambient IoT specialist Wiliot, taking a $75 million minority stake in a deal that cements one…
SML RFID Launches GB25U8 Inlay, the First GS1 Spec H Inlay
SML has announced the launch of the GB25U8, a new UHF RFID inlay that it says is the industry’s first product certified to GS1 Tag Performance Specification H. The release…
BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF acrylates based on renewable electricity to be used in RFID inlay tags
BASF and Avery Dennison have announced a collaboration to bring renewable electricity-based acrylates to market, with significant implications for the RFID industry. The new products, Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl…
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