SimplyRFID offers CSL, Avery Dennison tech for monthly fee; Kerlink, ClearBlade intro IoT tech for smart cities and agriculture; Zigbee Alliance launches Europe Interest Group; Senet receives patents for cloud-based IoT network architecture; Everactive upgrades IoT wireless networking protocol; Swissbit extends storage solutions for IoT and more.
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Players Point to RFID Growth in Brazil
An RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! panel, held with authorities, entrepreneurs and executives from that nation, shows market expansion.
RFID Tag Costs Drop to About 3 Cents with Talkin’ Things Products
The Polish company says it will be able to produce and ship about 170 million UHF, NFC and HF RFID tags a year to start, for use in smart packaging, with the aim of bringing nearly any product online.
CenTrak Expands Offerings With Single-Source Healthcare Solution
The company is planning or deploying RTLS solutions for several U.S. hospitals, for which it provides a customized system, integration, software, hardware and post-installation consultation.
RFID Journal Announces Winners of Its 14th Annual RFID Journal Awards
This year’s winners—Grupo Boticário, Volkswagen do Brasil, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, SportCor, EM Microelectronic and Tali Freed—were announced at the RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! conference.
GS1 Netherlands RFID Benchmark Results Show Sales Boost, Inventory Accuracy
The standards organization completed a survey of 20 fashion companies for the University of Parma’s RFID Lab to contribute to its international “RFID Barometer in Retail” study, which finds that RFID is enabling omnichannel sales and the rate of stalled or failed deployments has dropped.
Smart Trucks and Smart Warehouses
How real-time digital twins enable critical deliveries.
Avery Dennison Presents Label Converter Workshop at Virtually LIVE! 2020
The workshop was a widely attended component of RFID Journal’s online conference, held this week.
Amazon Brings IoT Home with Sidewalk
Amazon’s latest product is intended to expand wireless transmission for Internet of Things solutions beyond the front door of homes or businesses, leveraging BLE and LoRa technologies.
RFID News Roundup
SML announces new RFID retail inlay; STid offers RFID readers for industrial asset management; Metalcraft intros RFID tags for security applications; Twilio unveils IoT connectivity and device-management platform; WiSilica, iGuzzini illuminazione partner on BLE-based intelligent lighting; STMicroelectronics software facilitates power-conscious building automation; Senet closes funding round to drive LoRaWAN IoT network deployments.
RFID, IR Provide Temperature Screening and Location System
Powercast is employing its new solution at its own offices to enable individuals to scan and automatically report their temperature before gaining access, while the system tracks their location in key public areas of the building for contact-tracing purposes.
Making the World Greener, One Label at a Time
Avery Dennison has launched a pilot program with RoadRunner Recycling to accelerate matrix-recycling processes and thereby reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.












