RR Donnelley has entered the RFID and NFC market, announcing this week that the company’s production facilities can now provide customers with unique printed NFC and RFID tags. The tags can be embedded in an extensive range of products that RR Donnelley produces, including retail displays, product packaging, shipping labels, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazines [...]
We often hear from end users about the need for highly ruggedized RFID readers and transponders for use in overly harsh environments like oil and gas, construction and mining. In an effort to prove the endurance of its RFID solutions, Holland 1916 RFID had some fun and affixed several tags to a demolition derby car. [...]
The total value of the worldwide RFID market is expected to reach $7.46 billion in 2012, up from $6.37 billion in 2011. In total, four billion tags will be sold in 2012, a sharp increase from the 2.9 billion tags consumed in 2011. The market forecast from IDTechEx includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID [...]
Smartrac announced today that it has completed the acquisition of UPM’s RFID business, and that the three UPM divisions it has acquired will all operate under the Smartrac brand name. Smartrac announced the deal to purchase UPM’s RFID division on Dec. 22. As part of the deal, UPM-Kymmene Corp. will become an indirect shareholder in [...]
While industry verticals like pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco show signs of ramping up usage of item level tagging, the apparel industry continues to be the main driver when it comes to item level tagging. In a recent web cast hosted by VDC Research, RFID analyst Mike Liard estimated that apparel accounts for 75-80 percent of [...]
Smartrac N.V., the Amsterdam-based developer, manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders and inlays, has embarked on a new branding campaign to incorporate its recent transaction of KSW Microtec AG. As part of the initiative, Smartrac announced today that KSW has changed its name to Smartrac Technology Dresen GmbH. Smartrac acquired KSW in December, and the [...]
Economic volatility has been at a high level for the past several weeks, and the stock market remains in a choppy pattern. With this in mind, we wondered about a pair of issues — if indeed Impinj would go through with its planned IPO during an unpredictable time for the stock market, and how the [...]
Last year at this time, Impinj was preparing for its most dynamic product launch ever, its innovative Monza 4 product line. Less than a year later, the launch played major role in Impinj achieving the top ranking in ABI Research’s 2010 UHF RFID transponder IC vendor report. The report includes ABI’s independent ratings of Gen [...]
IDTechEx author Raghu Das claims the value of the entire RFID market will be $5.63 billion this year, up from $5.03 billion in 2009. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. Das says that just over 2.3 billion tags will be sold this year, up from [...]
For anyone that missed last week’s issue, here is our lead story on item-level tagging. 07/05/10 | John R. Johnson | email john@rfid24-7.com As the benefits of RFID technology continue to expand, users of RFID have become more excited about the technology than RFID vendors themselves. That speaks volumes for the technology as it gains [...]
