By Barbara Dunin, co-lead, RAIN Alliance Sustainability Workgroup and ESG and marketing director of Beontag It’s amazing how small things can make a big difference. Most people now know that the path to a more sustainable world must go through our global supply chains, and that these supply chains are [...]
Preishuber-Pflügl to Counsel RAIN Alliance Members about UHF RFID Global Regulations WAKEFIELD, MA– April 17, 2023 – The RAIN Alliance today announced Josef Preishuber-Pflügl as its new Head of Regulatory Affairs. In this role, Preishuber-Pflügl will leverage his extensive industry experience to track and influence regulatory activities for the [...]
Failure to ensure purity in the food chain can be a literal matter of life and death. Few public matters are as important as ensuring people are protected from foodborne illness. Outbreaks are dangerous and are happening all the time. In summer of 2022, a Listeria outbreak that led to one death [...]
While the annual manufacturing volumes of RAIN tags at over 30 Billion are indeed impressive, the potential is in Trillions. I dare to claim we are seriously underperforming! Let’s have a look at how the RAIN market has evolved over the past 20 years, and what has been the driving [...]
Almost 30 billion RAIN Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag integrated circuits (IC) were sold worldwide in 2021 resulting in a 36% increase over 2020 sales according to research by the RAIN Alliance. The RAIN RFID Market Research Report from VDC Research predicts IC shipments are expected to scale to [...]
CAEN RFID unveils 4 new RAIN RFID reader modules: Lepton3x1, Lepton3x4, Lepton7x1 and Lepton7x4. The modules are based on the recently released Lepton3 and Lepton7 SMD modules and are designed to facilitate the usage for those customers who don’t use automatic manufacturing. Source: https://www.caenrfid.com
At $13 billion annually, the estimated annual cost of aviation FOD (Foreign Object Debris) is receiving increased attention. In an industry where margins have been historically thin and where safety is of paramount importance, the pressure is building to find operational solutions for the automation of tool control in aviation [...]
Asset tracking and supply chain management are important activities across a range of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, including manufacturing plants, logistics and distribution centers, data centers, hospitals and health care, agricultural, construction, and transportation. Specifying a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) asset tracking system is complex. Valuable assets [...]