Why Collaboration is at the Heart of Connected Technology

Why Collaboration is at the Heart of Connected Technology

2026-07-22T22:00:56+00:00May 20, 2026|Blog|

Aileen Ryan, President and CEO, RAIN Alliance In an era defined by global supply chains and connected commerce, the infrastructure underpinning these systems cannot be built by one single organization – or even one single type of organization. Harmonising the countless stakeholders involved, in a way that encourages

RAIN Alliance, GS1 US, and AIM Global Respond to NextNav Testing

2026-05-15T18:00:08+00:00May 15, 2026|Recent News|

The undersigned organizations, representing the breadth of the RFID ecosystem, believe NextNav’s recent “test” video and accompanying blog post fall far short of addressing the documented coexistence and interference risks associated with high-power terrestrial operations in the lower 900 MHz band. Rather than providing a rigorous technical rebuttal, the materials

Xerafy Announces XPLORER Screw Availability for OCTG and Tubular Lifecycle Tracking

2026-05-19T13:43:24+00:00May 13, 2026|Member News|

Xerafy today announced the availability of the XPLORER Screw, an embeddable, in-metal RAIN RFID tag engineered for OCTG and tubular assets requiring secure, field-serviceable identification. The XPLORER Screw supports lifecycle tracking programs across field operations, inspection workflows, and harsh industrial service environments. Its threaded, in-metal design provides a protected identification

Xerafy Wins NAUMD Innovation Award for TEX Roll, Introducing Print-Ready RAIN RFID Tagging for Uniform Manufacturing

2026-05-13T15:50:42+00:00May 13, 2026|Member News|

Xerafy has won the NAUMD Innovation Award for its TEX Roll, recognizing a new print-ready RAIN RFID format that enables uniform manufacturers and textile service providers to print and encode RAIN RFID laundry tags on demand. The Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors (NAUMD) represents a broad network of

BarTender Closes the Gap Between Labeling and Supply Chain Visibility with Built-In Track & Trace

2026-05-12T19:42:34+00:00May 12, 2026|Member News|

BarTender Closes the Gap Between Labeling and Supply Chain Visibility with Built-In Track & Trace New integration and APIs ensure every item is visible and trackable the moment a label is printed Seagull Software, maker of BarTender, the world’s #1 label management solution, announced a major platform advancement that connects

Altinteg: AI-Ready RAIN RFID Architecture for Food and Grocery

2026-05-06T22:45:43+00:00May 6, 2026|Member News|

The emergence of agentic AI in supply chain management represents a fundamental shift from passive data visibility to autonomous operational action. AI agents can now re-route shipments, trigger replenishment orders, isolate recalled product, and produce compliance records without human intervention — but only when the underlying physical data layer is

Meet our Leadership: The Nine Industry Leaders of the RAIN Alliance Board of Directors

2026-05-05T19:42:47+00:00May 5, 2026|Blog, Uncategorized|

Adoption of RAIN RFID solutions has never been stronger. Billions of products now harness the capabilities of the technology, and with RAIN-enabled smartphones coming to market, coupled with the requirement of Digital Product Passport (DPP) legislation introducing mandated traceability, it’s a truly exciting time to be working in this space.

Securing the Spectrum That Powers Global RAIN RFID

2026-04-29T17:39:11+00:00April 28, 2026|Blog, Uncategorized|

Author: Joe Preishuber-Pflügl, Head of Regulatory Affairs, RAIN Alliance What is radio spectrum, and why does power matter? Radio spectrum is the range of electromagnetic frequencies used to transmit information wirelessly. Every wireless technology — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile networks, and RAIN RFID — occupies a portion of this spectrum. The