Billions of single-use containers — cups, trays, bottles, food boxes — are produced, used once, and discarded every year. Regulators across Europe have said this must change and are accelerating the move away from single-use materials toward reusable and recyclable systems. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requires
Every day, RAIN RFID tags are being read billions of times across the world — in hospitals, warehouses, airports, factories, retail stores, and sports stadiums. Most of the time, nobody notices. That is exactly the point. The technology works quietly in the background, giving organisations real-time visibility into where their
On March 26, 2026, at the Nation RFID 2026 New Product Launch Event in Shanghai, Nation RFID unveiled its flagship AI-integrated RAIN RFID solutions — iSense and iMax — marking a significant milestone as IoT RAIN RFID chips enter a new phase of AI convergence. Mr. Wang Zhucheng, CEO of
RAIN Alliance Reports 42.7 Billion Tag Chip Shipments in 2025 Adoption and new-program expansion continues despite macroeconomic factors Each year, the RAIN Alliance compiles shipment data from its leading tag manufacturer members — EM Microelectronic, Impinj, NXP, and Shanghai Quanray Electronics — to track how the market is moving. In
By Aileen Ryan, President & CEO, RAIN Alliance In recognition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Tech I began my career as an engineer. Like many women in technology, I learned early how much perseverance, curiosity, and confidence it can take to find your voice in technical
KTC (TOKYO:5966), Japan's No.1 industrial tool manufacturer, introduces nepros ID, a revolutionary line of IoT-ready tools poised to transform tool management in the aerospace and MRO industries. This groundbreaking innovation will be showcased at MRO Americas 2026 (booth #N-S Hall 1650), held in Orlando FL USA from April 21 to
RAIN RFID projects almost never fail because of tags, antennas, or software. They fail because the physical layer has not been sufficiently mastered. Yet this is exactly where everything happens: on the ground, within the RAIN RF environment, in the ability to precisely control where reading should occur… and where
Leading experts from Decathlon, Fresenius Kabi, Qualcomm, Times-7, and Zebra Technologies join expanded Board RAIN Alliance has announced the five accomplished leaders that have been elected to serve two-year terms on its Board of Directors until March 2028. The Board members are Gwen Volpe (Fresenius Kabi), Joseph “Jos” Kunnen (Times-7
Recent revelations from the BBC’s Disclosure: Hunting the Whisky Bandits documentary have sent shockwaves through the Scotch whisky sector. The investigation uncovered widespread fraud within cask investment schemes, exposing how investors were misled by false claims and, in some cases, entirely fictitious casks. The findings have intensified industry-wide calls for
Case Overview A leading Chinese apparel brand operates over 12,000 retail stores nationwide, managing a vast product portfolio with a high number of SKUs and rapid inventory turnover. With large volumes of merchandise flowing between factories, warehouses, and stores every day, the company faced increasing operational pressure. Traditional barcode-based processes