RFiD Discovery is offering a new automated contact tracing for infection control solution, designed to help hospitals rapidly identify potential exposure events, support infection prevention teams, and reduce the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs)....
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Kyubi System Powers Party Fiesta’s Leap into Retail 4.0: RFID Journal Case Study
Party Fiesta, Europe’s leading party supplies and costume retail chain faced a common but critical retail problem: inaccurate inventory visibility caused by phantom stock Operating an extensive network of corporate and franchise stores, the company manages a very...
Reelables Launches BLE-based Smart Label Indoor Tracking Solution
Reelables recently launched its new Smart Label Indoor Tracking solution that delivers ultra-precise indoor location accuracy of up to 10 centimeters using Bluetooth technology. This level of performance was previously unattainable by existing smart labels and...
Seritag Launches NFC-Enabled Wearable IDs for Most Vulnerable
Seritag, a leading supplier of NFC tags for more than five years, has launched a new range of NFC-integrated wearable IDs designed to make safeguarding information sharing simple, accessible and secure. Seritag’s Lumiio is a smart, wearable IDs use NFC contactless...
Avery Dennison First to Integrate Pragmatic Chips at Scale
Avery Dennison is enhancing its NFC inlay portfolio with a flexible integrated circuit (FlexIC) product line, NFC Connect, from Pragmatic Semiconductor. This first-to-market integration on a mass scale builds on the two companies partnership to deliver secure,...
RRD Details Smart Packaging Implementation
A recent survey of 400 packaging, labels and supply chain leaders conducted found a wide gap between intent and full-scale adoption of connected packaging. While awareness is high, most industry leaders have not implemented smart packaging components and data-driven...
Growth Outweighs Uncertainty for Flexible and Printed Electronics: OE-A Survey
Organic and Printed Electronics Association’s (OE-A) latest member survey expects growth for 2026, although down by half from the previous one last fall. OE-A members expect sales growth of 7 percent this year, down from 14 percent in the last survey. The bi-annual...
CoreRFID Helps Essential Healthcare Achieve Full Lifecycle Traceability: RFID Journal Case Study
Essential Healthcare runs a high-volume equipment hire and decontamination operation, processing more than 12,000 mattress systems and other medical assets each year for healthcare providers across the UK. Each mattress system comprises multiple components— base...
Blecon Launches Agent to Transform Zebra Devices
Blecon has launched Blecon Agent, a new software solution that converts Zebra Technologies’ frontline devices into an autonomous Bluetooth tracking network. As logistics operations become increasingly digitized, the ability to track assets continuously, without...
Paragon ID, Dracula Technologies to Scale Light-powered BLE Tags
Paragon ID and Dracula Technologies are accelerating the deployment of XgenTag-L, the first battery-free, light-powered Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) smart tags. This milestone marks the transition from pilot to large-scale industrial deployment, supported by a...
Hanshow, University of Cambridge Team Up to Advance Next-Generation Augmented RFID
Hanshow has launched a multi-year research partnership with the University of Cambridge to develop next-generation Augmented RFID systems powered by distributed hardware architectures. The collaboration brings together Cambridge’s world-leading expertise in...
Netmore Acquires Actility, Unifing Global LoRaWAN Ecosystem
Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, recently acquired Paris-based Actility, a pioneer in low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) solutions with a presence across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Australia. Benefiting from synergies...











