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RFID Labels, Hard Tags and Combo Tags

As an RFID tag supplier to retailers, brand owners, apparel manufacturers and distributors, TrustTag helps you bring item-level RFID into your loss prevention and inventory programs. Since 2004 we have supplied EAS tags and labels worldwide, and our RFID range builds on that experience with three product lines: RFID labels for source tagging, reusable RFID hard tags, and EAS and RFID combo tags that protect merchandise and support inventory control with a single tag. All TrustTag products are manufactured at our factory in Hai Duong, Vietnam.

Icons showing RFID item tracking at source, in transit, in store, during delivery and at attempted theft

RFID source tagging: hang tags, labels and sew-in labels

RFID Label Source Tagging

Source tagging means applying tags or labels to merchandise at the point of manufacture, so products arrive at the store ready for sale. Besides standard RFID labels and hang tags, TrustTag supplies RFID sew-in labels for apparel source tagging programs. We produce the labels to your specification and ship them to your garment manufacturers, where they are sewn in or applied during production. Each item then carries its own RFID data from the factory to the sales floor, giving you better visibility of goods in transit and more accurate stock counts in store.

RFID labels and EAS labels are different technologies: EAS labels trigger the store’s anti-theft gates, while RFID labels carry item data for inventory tracking. We also supply AM and RF source tags and sew-in labels, so EAS and RFID labelling can run through the same supply chain. Sew-in labels are single-use: after purchase, customers can leave them in the garment or cut them out.

Production tip: industrial garment washing can damage the chip inside an RFID label, so we recommend sewing RFID labels in after the washing process. Learn how washing affects RFID source tagging.
TrustTag ET-L079 Whale Tag, a reusable hard tag available with UHF RFID

RFID Hard Tags

For stores that reuse hard tags, TrustTag offers reusable hard tags with built-in UHF RFID. The ET-L079 Whale Tag is available in RF (8.2 MHz), AM (58 kHz), RFID (UHF) and EAS and RFID combo versions. It attaches and detaches with one hand, which helps save staff time at the point of sale.

Already using EAS hard tags? The ET-ST09 Flexible RFID Pin (UHF 860–960 MHz, EPC Class 1 Gen2 / ISO 18000-6C) works with a wide range of security hard tags to create a combo solution, so you can add RFID without replacing the hard tags you already own.

TrustTag also offers alarming tags with RFID, combining alarm tag protection and RFID in one solution.

We also supply standard AM hard tags and RF hard tags and support hard tag recirculation programs.
TrustTag ET-L084 EAS and RFID combo tag combining 58 kHz AM and UHF RFID

EAS and RFID Combo Tags

A combo tag does two jobs in one housing: the EAS element deters theft at the store exit, while the RFID inlay provides item-level visibility for inventory management. Retailers can use RFID for stock control while keeping EAS as a theft deterrent, without applying two separate tags to each product.

Browse all models in our RFID tags range, or read more about the benefits of combining EAS and RFID.

RFID Encoding Service

On request, we can encode RFID tags and labels before shipment. You provide your UPC/EAN codes, we generate the EPC data to GS1 standards, and each tag is encoded, printed and checked so it arrives ready to use.

Planning an RFID program or adding RFID to your EAS tags? Contact our sales team for samples and a quote, or learn how to become a TrustTag distributor.