Xerafy wins NAUMD Innovation Award for TEX Roll RFID tags

By AI, Created 10:29 AM UTC, May 20, 2026, /AGP/ – Xerafy won the NAUMD Innovation Award for TEX Roll, a print-ready RAIN RFID format designed to let uniform manufacturers and textile service providers print and encode laundry tags on demand. The rollout targets a long-standing bottleneck in textile operations by moving RFID tagging into the production line and cutting lead times, inventory waste and manual handling.

Why it matters: - TEX Roll is designed to move RFID tagging into the garment production workflow instead of treating it as a separate pre-processing step. - The format targets uniform manufacturers and textile service providers that need faster deployment, less manual handling and more scalable RFID operations. - Xerafy says effective RFID deployment can reduce textile loss from around 15% to below 3%.

What happened: - Xerafy won the NAUMD Innovation Award for TEX Roll. - NAUMD recognized the product on May 7, 2026. - The award highlights a print-ready RAIN RFID laundry tag format for uniform manufacturing. - Michel Gillmann, Xerafy’s chief marketing officer, said the award validates the company’s approach to making RFID easier to deploy at production scale.

The details: - TEX Roll is a roll-format RFID laundry tag that can be printed and encoded on demand. - Traditional RFID laundry tags are usually pre-encoded and supplied in bulk. - TEX Roll removes lead times, minimum order constraints and pre-processing steps. - The format supports on-demand printing and encoding with Zebra, TSC and SATO printers. - TEX Roll is compatible with automated attachment systems such as TEXPA. - Xerafy says the product supports in-line tagging during garment manufacturing. - Xerafy also offers an RFID Enablement Kit for textile tracking that combines TEX Roll tags with compatible printers and readers. - The kit is intended to help teams test, print, encode and deploy RFID tags within production and laundry workflows. - Xerafy says the company’s standardized tag portfolio is designed to work with existing RFID systems and workflows without complex system changes. - Xerafy provides engineering support tailored to industrial laundry environments.

Between the lines: - The award signals growing demand for RFID tools that fit existing production lines rather than forcing operators to build separate tagging steps. - The pitch is less about the tag itself and more about removing deployment friction, which has been a barrier for scaling RFID in textile operations. - Xerafy is positioning TEX Roll as an incremental adoption path for operators that want to control cost and reduce implementation risk.

What’s next: - Xerafy says TEX Roll is available for pilot and deployment. - The company expects customers to use the enablement kit to accelerate setup and on-site implementation. - Xerafy says textile operators can scale RFID on demand, on budget and on quality. - The company is targeting broader use across industrial laundry, healthcare, hospitality and textile rental services.