Identification, sensors, security, and more on September 27 and 28 in Düsseldorf

On September 27 and 28, the 60 most experienced companies for RFID and wireless IoT meet in Düsseldorf for RFID & Wireless IoT tomorrow, the can't-miss event for innovative technologies. Benefit from the great diversity on offer and meet hardware and component manufacturers, system integrators, software providers, consultants, and research institutes.

Experience new developments and use case scenarios for RFID, NFC, BLE, LPWAN, Wi-Fi, and other wireless technologies. In order to accommodate all exhibitors in 2017, the exhibition floor had to be expanded twice already. Register now and meet experts from all over the world!

RFID and IoT pacesetter Smartrac has announced its Ratch tag product line, the first RFID-enabled cable ties with fully integrated RFID tags. Available for both HF and UHF frequency bands, Smartrac Ratch tags are ideal for the tagging and asset control of critical equipment in applications such as lifting, automotive wiring and supply chain, offshore operations or entertainment and stage rigging.

Airport baggage handling system uses BLUEBOX readers and antennas from iDTRONIC

Beumer Group is an international manufacturing leader in intralogistics; specializing in the fields of conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution technology. The company employs about 4,000 people in over 70 countries. Beumer's acquisition of Crisplant a/s, a leading automatic sortation technology provider for airports, brought together two of the strongest brands in material handling and intralogistics.

First Place for Schreiner Group in “Innovation” Category

Schreiner Group has won first place in the “Innovation” category of the 2017 FINAT Label Competition. The high-tech company convinced the jury of the European association for the self-adhesive label industry (FINAT) again this year and was presented with the award on the occasion of the European Label Forum in Berlin.

RFID is the right technology for digitization

The Swiss Federal railways (SBB) are upgrading: Freight traffic subsidiary SBB Cargo relies on a widescale RFID solution to increase efficiency and productivity. Over 5,000 freight cars and train control stations all over Switzerland will be outfi tted with RFID transponders and readers. The goal is modernizing individual railroad car operations.

Anja-Maria Sonntag, Projektleiterin Automation, SBB Cargo, in an interview with “RFID & Wireless IoT Global”

SBA Furniture plans to have all warehouses fully RFID equipped by the end of 2017

SBA Furniture Group handles high volumes of furniture that are shipped via pallets to over 40 countries. In order to eliminate loading errors, SBA Furniture deployed an RFID-based tracking solution in its warehouses, working together with Lithuanian system integrator Vygeja and Dutch international distributor of RFID products Cisper. Ramunas Marozas from SBA Furniture Group and Darius Jodzevičius from Vygeja spoke with “RFID & Wireless IoT Global” about how RFID helped the company to come close to zero loading errors. Due to this success, all six warehouses will be fully RFID equipped by the end of 2017 – opening up possible future prospects for the RFID solution.

Ramunas Marozas, Manager of Production Development and Innovation, SBA Furniture Group, and Darius Jodzevičius, Project Manager, Vygeja, in an interview with “RFID & Wireless IoT Global“

The RFID-Powered Underwear Machine

French underwear retail chain Undiz is adopting RFID across all its stores. After a pilot including four RFID-enabled stores and a new RFID-based store concept called the Undiz Machine, the retailer is rolling out a comprehensive RFID solution in more than 150 stores worldwide. In an exclusive interview with “RFID & Wireless IoT Global”, project leader Maureen de Slane offers a peek into the ongoing roll-out, process benefits, and improvements to the customer experience.

Maureen de Slane, Directeur de Missions, Undiz, in an interview with “RFID & Wireless IoT Global”

TWN4 CONFIG Programmer

The TWN4 CONFIG Programmer is a kit which contains an RFID writer, special contactless TWN4 Configuration Cards and an App. Project specific reader settings are configured in the App and then encoded onto the TWN4 Configuration Cards. When the programmed Configuration Card is swiped over a reader, it adopts the new settings.

• 54 pages of exclusive wireless IoT articles about RFID, NFC, RFID sensing and SAW
• "RFID & Wireless IoT Global" April issue includes 12 exclusive use cases by Agrifac Machinery, Dräxlmaier Group, SBA Furniture Group, Jysk Nordic, SBB Cargo, River Island, Undiz, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Charité Facility Management, Det Nye Universitetshospital i Aarhus, Pirelli, and Aarhus Kommune
• Topics: Industrial IoT, Consumer IoT, Logistics, Retail, and Healthcare
• Wireless IoT technology focus: SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave)
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• In our shop, you have the possibility to subscribe for a full year of quarterly issues sent to you by mail.
• Supported by Balluff, FEIG Electronic, Kathrein Solutions, NXP Semiconductors, Siemens, Turck

Get all background information in the May 2017 issue of "RFID im Blick"

The Teruel region, in the northeast of Spain, is the mecca of dinosaur fans, not least because it is home to the largest dinosaur skeleton ever excavated in Europe, a nearly complete Turiasaurus. From an archaeological point of view, Teruel is an exceptional place whose story has to be told – not only in Spanish, but also in English, French and German. In order to do so, RFID hardware by Feig Electronic becomes the link between audio guide and visitor.