RFID’s Road Ahead

The converter works primarily with 2-mil to 4-mil polyester RFID inlays supplied on rolls, which are converted through a proprietary process into pressure-sensitive, diecut inlays that can be inserted into various grades of film and paper label stock.

Since the installation, Davenport reports continual growth in Mid South’s RFID business, driven more recently by the release of the EPCglobal’s Class 1, Generation 2 standard for UHF products, which has brought prices down and volumes up. “So the automation that we have here has become very important in terms of us being able to turn around large orders in a quick period of time,” he sums up. “We are seeing several new applications that we have been able to use our equipment for every month.”