RFID Manufacturers & OEMs
The companies behind RFID technology – from the silicon inside every tag to the readers, printers, and software that power supply chain visibility. Each profile covers what they make, their key products, and which industries they serve.
RAIN RFID chips and readers. The Impinj M700 series brought sub-cent chip pricing and extended read range that made item-level retail RFID economicall...
UCODE (UHF), NTAG (NFC), and ICODE (HF) chip families. NXP invented MIFARE, the most widely deployed contactless smart card technology in the world.
Fixed and handheld RFID readers, industrial RFID label printers, and mobile computers. Zebra hardware is the de facto standard in retail RFID programs...
High-volume UHF RFID inlay manufacturing. Their Smartrac portfolio includes the Web and Dogbone inlay designs that are industry standards for retail i...
ST25 NFC/RFID chip family, including dynamic NFC tags with I2C interfaces that bridge RFID and microcontroller worlds.
LF RFID transponders for animal tracking (EM4205/EM4305 are industry references) and the em|echo dual-frequency NFC/RAIN chip.
Higgs series UHF RFID ICs and ALR fixed readers. Early pioneer of Fluidic Self-Assembly for high-volume chip manufacturing.
Rugged mobile computing and industrial RFID printers. The Intermec acquisition brought decades of RFID expertise into the Honeywell portfolio.
Secure access control credentials. HID iCLASS and SEOS cards are the standard for corporate building access worldwide.
Industrial thermal transfer printers with integrated RFID encoding. SATO printers are particularly popular in Japanese and Asian manufacturing supply ...
Cost-effective industrial RFID printers with multi-emulation capability. Over 7.3 million printers sold globally.
Industrial RFID hard tags and on-metal solutions. Their Ironside and Steelwave tags are industry standards for metal asset tracking.
Multi-frequency RFID reader platforms with exceptional build quality. Popular in European industrial and automotive applications.
Compact, ergonomic handheld RFID readers. The Nordic ID EXA series is one of the smallest full-performance UHF RFID readers on the market.
The PowerScan 9600 RFID – the first dual barcode + RFID handheld reader. Strong in retail POS and industrial scanning.
Full-stack RFID capability and Chinese railway RFID systems. Over 400 registered patents and manufacturing plants in China and South Korea.
Combined EAS + RFID tags for retail. Their SFERO system uses RFID-enabled EAS gates that simultaneously perform anti-theft detection and inventory tra...
Innovative reader form factors. The CAEN Tile reader sits beneath a table or shelf surface, enabling hands-free tag reading for point-of-sale, jewelle...
Battery-free Bluetooth sensor tags. Their IoT Pixel is a postage-stamp-sized tag that harvests energy from WiFi, Bluetooth, and cellular signals to tr...
Ultra-thin UHF RFID antennas and near-field antenna designs. The A5010 SlimLine is one of the most widely deployed circular panel antennas in retail a...
Ruggedised RFID panel antennas for industrial environments. Their circular panel antennas are a common choice for warehouse dock doors and manufacturi...
End-to-end retail RFID solutions. Their !D Cloud platform provides item-level visibility for fashion and apparel retailers from distribution centre to...
High-precision RFID antennas for automotive production lines and industrial environments. Their integrated smart-antenna readers combine reader and an...
Compact, high-performance embedded antennas for IoT devices. Their UHF RFID patch antennas are designed for integration into handheld devices, printer...
RFID antenna integration into flexible circuits and packaging. Their printed and etched antenna designs enable ultra-thin RFID labels and embedded tag...
Integrated identification systems combining RFID, barcode scanning, and dimensioning for high-speed logistics sortation. Their RFID tunnel systems ach...