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News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 19, 2026

Massachusetts student wins award for developing printable, chipless RFID tag

A high school researcher has developed a chipless RFID tag made from conductive MXene that can be printed directly onto plastic packaging and dissolved during standard industrial recycling washes. This innovation addresses a critical barrier to circularity by enabling automated polymer sorting without contaminating the final recycled material, offering a low-cost, sustainable alternative to traditional silicon-based tags.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 19, 2026

Inside the EU DPP Registry: What the New Rules Actually Mean for RFID

The EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) registry is officially live, but implementation remains stalled as regulators have yet to finalize the battery semantic catalogue or choose between QR, NFC, and RAIN RFID as the mandatory data carrier. This delay creates significant strategic uncertainty for manufacturers and integrators who must decide which hardware to invest in to meet upcoming European compliance standards.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 18, 2026

RFID and Returns Management: Turning a Cost Centre Into Insight

Fixed RFID readers can transition returned inventory back to saleable stock within hours, significantly reducing the labor and time costs associated with manual intake. Serialized UHF tags also provide a robust defense against swap fraud and repeat returns while offering real-time data insights that identify product quality trends faster than traditional barcode systems.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 18, 2026

Avery Dennison supply the NFC tag in Willem II’s 130th-anniversary jersey

Avery Dennison has integrated NFC tags into the 130th-anniversary jerseys of Dutch football club Willem II, linking fans directly to the team’s digital platform. This development signals that connected apparel is transitioning from a niche luxury for flagship clubs to a standard engagement tool for mid-tier sports organizations and their sponsors.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 18, 2026

Edgbaston Stadium’s achieve 98.79% return rate on cups in a UK First for cricket grounds.

Edgbaston Stadium achieved a record 98.79% return rate for reusable cups by deploying Aucxis’s STAR RFID tracking system during a high-capacity cricket match. This deployment demonstrates how automated deposit refunds and item-level tracking can virtually eliminate single-use waste, providing a scalable model for stadium operators to improve sustainability and recover inventory costs.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 18, 2026

Bahia public hospital tags 20,000 linen items with RFID, and Sesab plans a state-wide rollout

Hospital Geral Clériston Andrade has tagged 20,000 linen items with RFID, marking the first phase of a state-wide rollout across Bahia’s public health network through 2026. This deployment enables item-level visibility for managed rental stock, providing a scalable model for government-run facilities to reduce shrinkage and optimize laundry logistics via automated tracking.

News wire · newsRFID JournalAugust 17, 2026

Sensormatic Solutions at 60: Tony D’Onofrio on RFID, Shrink Analyzer and What’s Next

Sensormatic Solutions is transitioning its 60-year legacy from traditional Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) toward a retail intelligence model centered on RFID and predictive analytics. This shift allows retailers to move beyond reactive loss prevention by using the Shrink Analyzer tool to identify and mitigate theft patterns in real-time. Commercially, this evolution signifies the growing necessity for hardware providers to integrate software-driven insights that improv

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 16, 2026

The Total Cost of NOT Implementing RFID

Transitioning from barcode-only systems to RFID can bridge an inventory accuracy gap of up to 30%, directly recovering lost sales opportunities and redundant labor expenditures. For manufacturers and retailers, the commercial value of RFID lies in eliminating "invisible" costs associated with stockouts and customer churn that standard inventory audits often fail to capture.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 15, 2026

Do RFID-blocking wallets actually do anything?

While RFID-blocking wallets effectively shield radio signals, UK crime statistics indicate that remote contactless card skimming is virtually non-existent in real-world scenarios. For manufacturers and retailers, this suggests that the commercial value of these accessories relies more on consumer peace of mind than on addressing a statistically significant security threat.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 14, 2026

RFID and Blockchain: Hype vs Reality for Supply Chain Transparency

Integrating RFID with blockchain creates a permanent, immutable record of physical goods, but its commercial value is often limited to high-stakes applications like luxury goods or pharmaceuticals where provenance is critical. For high-volume logistics, the integration remains challenging because the computational overhead and latency of blockchain can struggle to match the high-speed data generation of modern UHF RFID systems.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 14, 2026

MIA Teknoloji Completes RFID-Based Biometric Identity R&D Project

MIA Teknoloji has successfully completed an R&D project to store facial biometric data directly on RFID identity cards, enabling decentralized verification without the need for a central database. This development enhances data privacy and security by localized storage, offering a scalable solution for high-security access control and government identification systems.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 14, 2026

Signicat ReadID Gains UK Digital Identity Trust Certification

Signicat’s ReadID has earned UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) certification for its NFC-based document verification and orchestration services. This accreditation allows UK service providers to legally integrate secure RFID chip-reading technology into automated Right to Work, Right to Rent, and DBS background screening workflows.

News wire · newsIndustry bodyAIM GlobalAugust 13, 2026

TSC Auto ID Joins Auburn University RFID Lab Advisory Board

TSC Auto ID has joined the Auburn University RFID Lab Advisory Board to support research on hardware performance and global standards. This partnership grants the printer manufacturer direct influence over industry testing protocols, ensuring their thermal and RFID encoding solutions align with the evolving requirements of major retail and logistics end-users.

News wire · newsRFID JournalAugust 13, 2026

Avery Dennison Receives First-to-Market RecyClass Technology Approval

Avery Dennison has secured RecyClass Technology Approval for its AD CleanFlake RFID tags, certifying their compatibility with PET recycling streams in Europe and North America. This milestone allows manufacturers to deploy high-performance traceability solutions that do not contaminate plastic waste streams, removing a critical regulatory and technical barrier for brands pursuing circular economy initiatives.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 13, 2026

Case Study: Hoek Group adopt Reusable Flower Boxes

Hoek Group has implemented a UHF RFID system to manage reusable flower boxes in compliance with new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations. This deployment serves as a vital blueprint for logistics specialists needing to transition from single-use to circular models while maintaining high-speed inventory accuracy.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 13, 2026

Identiv Q2 2026 earnings released

Identiv reported Q2 revenue growth to $5.7 million as it prepares to divest its specialty HF and NFC inlay business and the Identiv brand to Trackonomy Systems. This pivot allows the remaining entity to focus on security and IoT software, while the acquisition consolidates high-end transponder manufacturing under a new market leader.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 13, 2026

University of Wyoming Libraries: 2M Items RFID-Tagged Across 6 Locations Including Grand Teton National Park

The University of Wyoming Libraries has completed an RFID rollout for 2 million items across six locations, reducing a manual five-year inventory cycle to a matter of days. This implementation demonstrates the scalability of UHF RFID in large-scale archival management and highlights the operational efficiency gains possible when replacing legacy barcode systems with automated tracking.

News wire · newsIndustry bodyRAIN AllianceAugust 12, 2026

Vanch VI-IR Series RAIN RFID Industrial Reader Product Introduction and Industry Applications

Vanch Intelligent has launched the VI-IR series of RAIN RFID industrial readers designed to replace manual barcode scanning in high-volume production and warehouse environments. These devices improve commercial efficiency by enabling bulk inventory recognition and long-range pallet tracking, addressing critical bottlenecks in automated material handling and logistics.

News wire · newsRFID JournalAugust 12, 2026

If Your Systems Aren’t Connected, Your Supply Chain Isn’t Either

Modern supply chains are shifting priority from cost optimization toward real-time resilience and transparency to combat geopolitical and economic volatility. For RFID stakeholders, this necessitates a transition from isolated tracking points to integrated data ecosystems that ensure end-to-end visibility. Adopting these connected systems is critical for manufacturers and retailers to maintain operational agility in increasingly compressed market cycles.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 12, 2026

15+ Premier League Clubs adopt NFC Digital Ticketing

The Premier League has mandated that all member clubs must transition to NFC-based digital ticketing by the 2026/27 season to standardize stadium access. This shift provides a massive, high-volume use case for mobile contactless credentials, offering manufacturers and integrators a blueprint for eliminating counterfeit tickets and enhancing fan data collection at scale.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 12, 2026

Spanish industrial laundry Limpink, uses customised RFID tag-on-label

Spanish laundry Limpink has deployed Datamars Textile ID’s customized RFID tag-on-label solution to integrate transponders directly into branding and care labels. This unified design streamlines manufacturing processes and improves inventory accuracy for high-turnover hospitality linens, reducing operational disputes over missing stock while maintaining brand aesthetics.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 12, 2026

RFID Contracts: Key Clauses You Should Negotiate

Negotiating intellectual property ownership and data rights is often more critical for long-term ROI than the upfront unit cost of tags or readers. Ensuring explicit ownership of custom solutions prevents vendor lock-in and allows businesses to scale or modify their systems without legal or technical dependencies on a single provider.

News wire · newsRFID NewsAugust 12, 2026

PPWR Applies From Today: EU Packaging Compliance Just Became a Data Problem, and RFID Is Ready for It

The EU's new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) now mandates comprehensive digital technical documentation and declarations of conformity for all packaging types entering the market. This shift transforms regulatory compliance into a complex data management challenge, positioning RFID and NFC as essential tools for automating traceability and providing the high-granularity data required for the Digital Product Passport.

News wire · newsIndustry bodyRAIN AllianceAugust 11, 2026

Is Your Retail Business Ready for What’s Next?

The RAIN Alliance has introduced a Retail Maturity Journey framework to help businesses navigate the transition from basic inventory tracking to advanced omnichannel fulfillment. This roadmap allows manufacturers and integrators to standardize deployment stages, ensuring technology investments scale effectively as physical stores evolve into high-data digital hubs.