RFID Intralogistics Leader Rielec Rebrands as Clustag Clustag, formerly known as Rielec, has announced a rebranding that marks the beginning of a new era for the company. According to company officials, the rebranding reflects its evolution and consolidation as a...
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RFID Journal 2025 Awards: Celebrating Excellence in RFID and Related Technologies
RFID Journal Awards 2025 are now accepting nominations for its annual awards that are handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2025. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize outstanding achievements in RFID and related technologies. The RFID Journal Awards honors companies...
Avery Dennison, Teleste, Invent.ai: RFID News Roundup
Avery Dennison to Showcase RFID Solution for Pre-filled Syringe Traceability Avery Dennison (AD)will showcase groundbreaking RFID pre-filled syringe (PFS) authentication solution at Pharmapack 2025. BD iDFill Individual Prefillable Syringe Identification is the new...
XtremeSignPost, RapidCanvas, QNX: RFID News Roundup
XtremeSignPost Announces Strategic Partnerships to use NFC System XtremeSignPost, has announced a strategic alliance with Grammy winner Patti Austin, Over My Shoulder Foundation, and Rujunko Pugh to share hidden voices using a patented near-field communication (NFC)...
Nordic Semiconductor, Kigen to Collaborate in IoT Project
The deal combines Kigen’s eSIM IoT Remote Manager (eIM) solution and Nordic’s award-winning nRF9151 System-in-Package (SiP). The collaboration underscores both companies’ commitment to offer IoT solutions that remove the technical barriers to wireless connectivity and...
NRF2025 Recap: SML Launches RFID Ceiling Reader, Optimum Retailing Launches Realgram AI
NEW YORK — RFID companies, their products and their services were well represented in New York City at NRF's Big Show 2025 held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from January 12-14. Representatives from BrightSign, Crave Retail, Impinj, Optimum Reatiling, Oracle,...
NRF2025: Hightouch Partners with Databricks to Launch AI-Audience Management Solution
Hightouch launched Hightouch for Offsite Media Networks, a self-service audience management platform developed in partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company. Together, Hightouch and Databricks will empower retailers to build and activate AI-enhanced custom...
Qualcomm Enters Collaboration with Google to Deliver GenAI for Car Dashboards
Qualcomm and Google will leverage Snapdragon Digital Chassis and Google’s in-vehicle technologies to produce a standardized reference framework for development of generative AI-enabled digital cockpits and software-defined vehicles (SDV). Qualcomm to lead go-to-market...
NFC Forum, BlueStar, ProGlove, Bamboo Rose, Verteego, Cerence AI, NVIDIA : RFID News Roundup
NFC Forum Enhances Certification Program with Kitchen Appliances NFC Forum announced the latest version of its Certification Release (CR14), adding certification for the Kitchen Appliances use case as specified by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) Ki Standard. The...
Intel’s Stacey Shulman to Keynote at RFID Journal LIVE 2025
RFID Journal LIVE! 2025 has announced that Stacey Shulman, vice president of health, education, and consumer industries at Intel’s Edge Computing Group, will be the keynote speaker this year. In her keynote, Harnessing AI for Business Transformation: From Enthusiasm...
Beontag Appoints New CEO
Aejandro Quiroz Centeno was named the company's new CEO on Jan. 6, replacing Ricardo Lobo Quiroz Centeno will oversee Beontag’s global footprint across 40 markets, with a particular focus on the company’s ongoing investment and expansion into North America. Beontag...
Beontag, Michelin Partner for RFID-enabled Smart Tires
The Beontag product will enable complete traceability of all new tires from Michelin The traceability solution ensures that all new tires will comply with upcoming Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulations (ESPR) Beontag has launched a new partnership with tire...









