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Pragmatic Semiconductor appoints Dr Paul James as EVP Manufacturing and Operations to scale NFC chip output

Pragmatic Semiconductor appoints Dr Paul James as EVP Manufacturing and Operations to scale NFC chip output

Dr Paul James joins Pragmatic Semiconductor as EVP Manufacturing and Operations, effective 8 September 2026. He spent 10 years running the Vishay Newport fab, taking it from IDM to independent…

RFID Network Infrastructure: What Your IT Team Needs to Know

RFID Network Infrastructure: What Your IT Team Needs to Know

A fixed UHF reader can draw up to 30 watts, so PoE budgets are often the first thing to check with your switch vendor, not read rates. From dedicated VLANs…

Troy Design & Manufacturing Automates Identification of Critical Vehicle Safety Components

Troy Design & Manufacturing Automates Identification of Critical Vehicle Safety Components

Troy Design & Manufacturing, a Ford subsidiary, tags critical safety components on first responder vehicles with Confidex Steelwave Classic on-metal UHF tags and reads them at end of line, inside…

AP-HM to tag linen with RFID after losing 60,000 sheets a year across its Marseille hospitals

AP-HM to tag linen with RFID after losing 60,000 sheets a year across its Marseille hospitals

Around 60,000 bed sheets vanish each year from the four Marseille hospitals run by AP-HM, an estimated 400,000 EUR of linen. The group's central logistics platform, which treats 12 to…

Mainzer Weinmarkt tracks reusable dishes by RFID through eight deposit return machines

Mainzer Weinmarkt tracks reusable dishes by RFID through eight deposit return machines

Eight automated deposit return machines stood in the Mainz Stadtpark for the 2026 Mainzer Weinmarkt, reading an RFID chip in every plate and bowl to refund deposits and sort dishes…

Avery Dennison study: 97% of fans want personalised merchandise, but 63% walk away from queues and stockouts

Avery Dennison study: 97% of fans want personalised merchandise, but 63% walk away from queues and stockouts

Ninety-seven percent of fans want personalised merchandise at live events and 52% would pay more than $15 for it, yet 63% walk away because of queues and stockouts. Avery Dennison's…

Bonfiglioli reads 400 parcels in and 400 out every day through seven RFID gates at its EVO plant

Bonfiglioli reads 400 parcels in and 400 out every day through seven RFID gates at its EVO plant

Seven RFID gates cover goods-in and despatch at Bonfiglioli's EVO plant near Bologna, three inbound and four outbound, handling around 400 parcels received and 400 shipped every day. Integrator Tenenga…

Bradford Teaching Hospitals takes Lyngsoe X-Tracking to St Luke’s Hospital, reaching 172 RFID readers

Bradford Teaching Hospitals takes Lyngsoe X-Tracking to St Luke’s Hospital, reaching 172 RFID readers

Bradford Teaching Hospitals has added 40 Zebra FX9600 readers and 80 antennas at St Luke's Hospital, taking its Lyngsoe X-Tracking network to 172 readers and 354 antennas covering up to…

RFID Emergency Equipment Checks in Aircraft Cabins: Emirates, AirAsia and Hainan Airlines

RFID Emergency Equipment Checks in Aircraft Cabins: Emirates, AirAsia and Hainan Airlines

Emirates scans 820 pieces of emergency equipment on an A380 in 11 minutes, down from 350 by hand. AirAsia Thailand cut nightly cabin checks from 60 minutes to about 20.…

VR Group reads wagon RFID tags at 250km/h across Finland’s 5,900km rail network

VR Group reads wagon RFID tags at 250km/h across Finland’s 5,900km rail network

Trackside Gen2 UHF RFID readers identify freight wagons at up to 250km/h across Finland's 5,900km rail network, with antennas rated to -45C. Turck Vilant Systems built the installation for VR…