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SML Group Unveils Breakthrough Small Form Factor Retail RFID Inlays Powered at NRF

DALLAS — January 15, 2018 — Today, leading retail RFID solutions provider SML introduced the first production-ready small form factor RFID inlay for the retail industry using the super high sensitive RFID chip, UCODE 8 from NXP. The GB4U8 RFID inlay is fully compliant with GS1 EPC/RFID Gen2v2 standard, supports RAIN RFID with global UHF frequencies and meets the following Auburn University RFID Retailer Performance Specifications: Spec A, B, C, D, M, G, Q, F, and Spec N.  GB4U8 RFID inlay, measuring only 42x16mm, is the first small-format inlay in the RFID history to pass all active categories including F and N, making it ideal for use by omnichannel retailers in-store and supply chain deployments around the world. 

“Our global technology team at SML is working tirelessly to be on the forefront of all RFID technology advances so that we can deliver innovative solutions to our retailer and brand owner customers who are working just as hard to transform their operations to RFID,” said Dean Frew, Chief Technology Officer and Sr. Vice President of RFID Solutions for SML Group. “While other companies may design an inlay using the NXP UCODE 8, SML has achieved a step-function change in performance with this very small form factor inlay resulting in faster encoding speeds and more accurate stock counts in-store and supply chain environments.”

With GB4U8’s small inlay size, broad use case applicability, strong read performance and shattering previous price/performance ratios for tags, the new RFID tag has set the new benchmark for RFID tags in retail. The new SML inlay also has the advantage of being able to fit on the vast majority of tagged products at a retailer, improving the consistency of read performance for inventory tracking in large-scale retail deployments. In addition to supporting apparel/footwear/home product segments, the new tag also supports other retail product areas such as cosmetics and fragrance, sporting goods, wine and spirits, pharmaceutical and food.

“We are extremely impressed with this latest performance provided out of the UCODE 8 chip from NXP. It has helped us to bring to market the world’s highest performing inlay for the retail industry,” adds Dr. Jeremy Liu, RFID Technology Innovations Manager, SML Group. “Our use case and lab testing have shown this breakthrough design enables more than 30% performance improvement over inlays of similar size on the market today enabling the technology to be even more effective in stores and supply chains.”  

For more information about the availability of the GB4U 8 or any of our other RFID technology innovations, contact us at //This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.&;source=gmail&ust=1516111043399000&usg=AFQjCNE3Octr-vOfRBJ8ZuK9mu9UzcOYkA">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Visit SML in Booth #938 at NRF 2018 from January 14-16, 2018 held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC. 

About SML RFID

As the leading full-service RFID solution provider, SML is a trusted partner to the world’s largest retailers and top fashion brands, delivering proven results and rapid ROI. SML offers a broad spectrum of certified RFID-enabled tags and the enterprise-class Clarity™ RFID software application suite providing best-in-class item-level RFID inventory management in-store and throughout the supply chain.

SML has successfully deployed RFID tags and software solutions to some of the world’s most prominent retailers, including American Apparel, Decathlon, Herman Kay, Marks & Spencer, Target, Tesco and many others. SML has delivered over one billion encoded RFID tags to retailers in 2016 and over five billion retail RFID transactions were successfully conducted on Clarity™ in 2016 creating millions of dollars in enterprise benefit for our customers. Whether a retailer or brand owner needs millions of high quality encoded RFID tags delivered to factories around the world, or they need a full RFID software solution to drive significant business transformation, or both, SML is the Technology Behind this New Era in Retailing. 

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