Nedap revenue up 7% with growth in key markets of 9% in the third quarter of 2026
Nedap's third quarter 2026 revenue reached EUR 76.0 million, up 7 per cent on a year earlier, with retail among the strongest contributors. The retail RFID business added first time…
SBB reads rail vehicle IDs with RAIN RFID at 68 points up to 180 km/h
Swiss Federal Railways reads the ID of every passing rail vehicle at 68 trackside points, at anything from 5 to 180 km/h and through a Swiss winter. Kathrein RAIN RFID…
RFID in Tyres has taken 10 years, but is now the time it breaks through?
A TikTok of a Michelin Pilot Sport 4S sidewall passed 17,600 views in January 2026 and the first assumption was surveillance. Michelin has been tagging tyres for a decade, roughly…
Why airlines still lose your bag
Your suitcase is rarely lost. It is separated from its paperwork. Follow a bag through eleven miles of conveyor, find out why one tag in eight defeats the scanners, why…
South Eastern Railway equips conventional locomotives with RFID Kavach safety system
South Eastern Railway commissioned Kavach on ten locomotives at its Kharagpur Electric Loco Shed between 25 July and 1 October 2026, with four more in hand, and separately fitted GS1…
RFID and the Metaverse: Physical Products in Virtual Worlds
Scan a tagged handbag with your phone and your avatar can wear a verified digital twin of it. Luxury brands are already embedding NFC and UHF inlays as authentication keys…
Audi tags paint atomisers with RFID on 28 Ingolstadt robots for demand-driven maintenance
Twenty-eight painting robots in Audi's new topcoat line at Ingolstadt now carry RFID on every atomiser component. Dürr and Kathrein Solutions developed transponders with bespoke antenna geometry that read reliably…
River Island Opens RFID Concept Store at centre:mk With Weight-Sensing Self-Checkout
River Island's new 12,800 sq ft store at centre:mk, opened on 28 September 2026, is billed as an RFID-driven concept. The chain has in fact run EPC UHF RFID across…
Keio, JRC and UPR prototype what they call the world’s first 920MHz hybrid active-passive RFID tag
Keio University SFC Research Institute, JRC and UPR have prototyped the DXh tag, which pairs the active 920 MHz radio in UPR's Smart Pallet with a battery-free ISO/IEC 18000-65 passive…
Medigas Italia Integrates UHF RFID Technology Into Home Ventilator Distribution
Loading a delivery van 20 minutes faster is what UHF RFID bought Medigas Italia, one of Italy's main home oxygen therapy providers. On-metal tags on its liquid oxygen containers and…
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