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Corny bar maker Schwartauer Werke automates workwear issue with ACG Pulse RFID

Corny bar maker Schwartauer Werke automates workwear issue with ACG Pulse RFID

Schwartauer Werke, maker of Schwartau jams and Corny bars, has swapped manual workwear handouts for pooled rental from Elis and an RFID gate from ACG Pulse that logs issue and…

RFID News weekly digest, 29 October 2026

Thursday's email in full, now open to everyone: 14 stories, led by Interview: Gary Moskovciak on the RFID Business Case and the Limits of Cheaper Tags.

Japanese recycler uses UHF RFID to stop power-tool batteries reaching the shredder

Japanese recycler uses UHF RFID to stop power-tool batteries reaching the shredder

A recycler in Chiba Prefecture strips washing machines by hand, then crushes the parts whole. Maspro Denkoh fitted a circularly polarised UHF antenna at the shredder infeed: if a tagged…

How does Zara’s self-checkout work?

How does Zara’s self-checkout work?

Put a pile of clothes on a Zara self-checkout and every item appears at once, with no barcodes and no unfolding. The tag doing that work is a battery-free radio…

Primark to roll out RFID across its ranges as ABF boss admits fulfilment accuracy ‘not good enough’

Primark to roll out RFID across its ranges as ABF boss admits fulfilment accuracy ‘not good enough’

Primark has funded an RFID rollout for its ranges, in phases across all markets, after ABF chief executive George Weston told analysts on 3 November 2026 that fulfilment accuracy is…

RFID in Libraries: The Original Mass-Deployment Success Story

RFID in Libraries: The Original Mass-Deployment Success Story

A large public library holds half a million items, and before RFID a full shelf-read happened perhaps once every few years. Self-service kiosks, security gates and handheld inventory wands made…

If you cannot secure an RFID reader, you should not be putting it on a client’s network

If you cannot secure an RFID reader, you should not be putting it on a client’s network

The freezer attacks across Europe used basic failings in networked devices that contractors maintain remotely. Fixed RFID readers have the same profile, and integrators need to own that.

Six-store activewear brand Varley lifts inventory accuracy from under 70% to 99% with RFID

Six-store activewear brand Varley lifts inventory accuracy from under 70% to 99% with RFID

Varley tagged roughly 5,000 items in each of its six US and UK stores and took inventory accuracy from below 70% to more than 99%. The brand signed with Datascan…

Korean uniform maker Hyungji Elite signs with Beontag to RFID-tag 2027-season products

Korean uniform maker Hyungji Elite signs with Beontag to RFID-tag 2027-season products

Beontag will supply RFID tags for 4 million pieces of Hyungji Elite's 2027 season, the first hard number since the Korean uniform maker signed a memorandum of understanding in October…

JD Sports hits 98% shelf availability with Zebra RFID, but McGrath says it’s the last 2% that counts

JD Sports hits 98% shelf availability with Zebra RFID, but McGrath says it’s the last 2% that counts

Zebra has put its name, its hardware and a 98% figure on JD Sports' RFID rollout across 414 UK and Ireland stores, using entry-level TC2 handhelds with RFD40 UHF sleds.…

TSC brings Bluebird’s 199g X40 RFID handheld to market under its own name

TSC brings Bluebird’s 199g X40 RFID handheld to market under its own name

TSC Auto ID has put Bluebird's X40 UHF handheld into its own catalogue, three months after Bluebird launched it in August 2026. The 199 g device reads to 1.2 m…